2017 Recipient of The Global Ageing Network for Excellence in Applied Research Award

 

 

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WHAT’S HAPPENING!

OUR FUTURE IS AGING CONFERENCE JUNE 3-4: Our Future is Aging Conference has wrapped up! Over the three days, participants benefited from top notch speakers, more than 70 oral and poster presentations, skill building opportunities, making new connections and reconnecting with others. The Conference’s success could not have happened without the contribution of so many:

  • Excellent keynote speakers and panelists
  • Session chairs and moderators
  • Guest Judges
  • Abstract reviewers
  • Program advisory committee [link to page]
  • Our financial supporters [link to sponsors page]
  • Catering by Chartwells
  • Volunteers and staff

Thank you!

FREE PUBLIC EVENT VIDEO NOW AVAILABLE – For those of you who missed our free public event, A Fireside Chat… Aging Is Our Future: Navigating the Next 50 Years on Monday, June 2, 2025, it is now available to watch online. Click here to view.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE “OUR FUTURE IS AGING” CONFERENCE POSTER COMPETITION WINNERS!: Congratulations to the “Our Future is Aging” conference poster competition winners! Thank you to the judges and all the students in the competition for participating.
Undergraduate level – Mohammed Ali Ahmed
Masters level – Maddison Hodgins
Doctoral level – Rowland Goddy-Worlu
Postdoctoral level – Kelly O’Neil

 

NEW ARC-LTC PUBLICATION ON PROJECT’s PROTOCOL: A new research paper is now available: Examining Quality of Work Life in Atlantic Canadian Long-Term Care Homes: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Survey Study, assess the quality of work life among staff in LTC homes in Atlantic Canada. It examines the effects of the work environment on the quality of work life and builds capacity for research in the LTC sector in Atlantic Canada among knowledge users, researchers, and trainees. The objective of this paper is to describe the approach needed to examine the quality of work life and health of care staff in LTC homes. The paper can be found here.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE MSVU AGETASTICS TEAM:  The MSVU Agetastics Team raised $3,718! Thank you to everyone who supported our team in the Walk for Alzheimer’s! For more than 10 years the NSCA has been participating in support of the important work of the Alzheimer Society.

 

 


SCHOLARSHIPS AND ASSISTANTSHIPS AVAILABLE: Full time students pursuing a thesis-based graduate degree in the Mount’s Family Studies and Gerontology or Applied Human Nutrition with a research focus in an area related to long-term care are encouraged to apply for scholarships and assistantship opportunities (up to $10,000 per year) made possible by the Shannex-MSVU Partnership. LINK to the Media page announcement. More: https://www.msvu.ca/shannex-donates-500000-to-msvu-for-healthy-aging-research-innovation/#HealthyAgingNow

RESEARCH ON STAFF QUALITY OF WORK LIFE IN LONG-TERM CARE WRAPS UP SURVEY: The team is pleased to share that more than 2000 staff in 53 care homes in Atlantic Canada completed the survey. Stay up to date on the project activities at www.arcltc.ca

HOME CARE PATHWAYS TEAM SHARING RESULTS: The Pathways team is sharing results to various audiences and working on a number of manuscripts. Stay up to date with news at  www.homecarepathways.ca

TRAINING OPPORTUNITY IN DATA ANALYTICS: MSVU is one of several partners of the CAnD3 initiative, an innovative training program in Population Analytics in an Aging Society to equip the next generation of academic and applied population researchers with the knowledge, skills, and networks to support data-driven decision-making in aging societies. Contact nsca@msvu.ca for more information on training opportunities and possible funding through our site. For more information on the CAnD3 initiative go to https://www.mcgill.ca/cand3/