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CANADA | May 08, 2024
[News] 'A dream': New affordable rentals opening for senior artists in New Westminster
Click HERE to read the full articleIt's a creative housing idea for local artists.New affordable rental units are opening for seniors who devoted their lives to the performing arts. Senior artists like former DJ Ellie O’Day.“Most people in the arts realize by the time they hit their 50s that the
READ MOREMinister of Seniors Supplementary Mandate Letter - January 15, 2021
In his mandate letter to the Honourable Deb Schulte, Minister of Seniors, on January 15, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlines some of the priority commitments for her role. Most notably for t
CRA is launching a new grant program for organizations that host free tax clinics
Every tax season, community organizations partner with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Revenu Québec to offer free tax clinics. This is made possible through the Community Volunteer Income Tax Pr
More support for friendship centres benefits urban Indigenous peoples during pandemic
Indigenous peoples living in urban areas are receiving increased supports to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic through new provincial funding for friendship centres throughout B.C.
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Letters, phone calls and meals: How people in Metro Vancouver have pivoted to help isolated seniors
Taken from the CBC article: Letters, phone calls and meals: How people in Metro Vancouver have pivoted to help isolated seniors.Â
Since March, when a state of emergency was declared in B.C. due to
Seniors Party Bus adapts to COVID-19 with a Christmas Dinner Drop Off (Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows)
In the past, Community Services' (Maple Ridge) Active Aging Program, aka Seniors Party Bus, has held a Christmas dinner for seniors in their program and community. Unfortunately, the Active Aging
Funding Opportunity: Navigation and Peer Support Programs - Healthy Aging by United Way
Healthy Aging by United Way (HAUW) is excited to launch our new Navigation and Peer Support (NPS) granting stream which is focused specifically on the gaps in information and referral (I&R) servic
United Nations General Assembly declares 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing
14 December 2020Â - The United Nations General Assembly today declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing.
The UN Resolution follows recent endorsement of the Decade by the World Health Assembly,
Apply for Telus's Mobility for Good program (for Seniors) - $25/month
Low-income seniors are eligible for Telus's Mobility for Good for seniors program. Mobility for Good® for low income seniors provides Canadian seniors receiving the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GI
Towards a UN convention on the rights of older people
From HelpAge International:
Ageism, discrimination and denial of rights in older age continue to be tolerated across the world.
We need a convention on the rights of older people: Existing human ri
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