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CANADA | Apr 24, 2024
[News] Call For Nominations: Canada's Volunteer Awards
Have you ever wondered how you can show your appreciation for an amazing volunteer in your community? Canada’s Volunteer Awards, a comprehensive volunteer recognition program, is now accepting nominations in five categories and five regions of Canada until June 12, 2024. For individual volunte
READ MOREFraudsters are exploiting the COVID crisis to facilitate fraud and cyber crime.
As COVID-19 continues to spread globally, watch out for associated scams. Fraudsters want to profit from consumers' fears, uncertainties and misinformation. Fraudsters are exploiting the crisis to fac
Intergenerational programs: Reduce stigma associated with aging, and more.
In this blog post, 'Intergenerational programs: It takes a village to age optimally', on the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal, three main points are outlined:
Intergenerational programs can have a p
COVID-19 and the extended care crisis: two-thirds support government takeovers of long-term care facilities
May 25, 2020 – The horror and sorrow arising from the disproportionate number of deaths in long-term care facilities as a direct or indirect result of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed grim realitie
Eligible seniors can receive additional $500 from federal government as support during COVID-19 pandemic
The federal government is promising additional support for seniors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 21, they pledged to give a one-time, tax-free payment of $300 to eligible seniors through the Old
New program to begin in Surrey: Storytelling for seniors
Surrey Shares, is an initiative of the Surrey Intercultural Seniors Social Inclusion Partnership Network, starting new free program Over the course of 16 weeks, participants will engage in goal-setti
Multilingual COVID-19 Resources
The Government of B.C. has announced a new website where you can find all government information on COVID-19 that is made available in eight languages. This includes: Traditional Chinese, Simplified C
Safe Seniors, Strong Communities Announcement
BC Minister of Healthy Adrian Dix and Isobel Mackenzie, B.C.'s Senior's Advocate announce the expansion of bc211 and the Better at Home Program to provide additional community supports for seniors dur
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At this critical time, we must all take the necessary precautions to suppress the spread of coronavirus (COVI
Premier appoints parliamentary secretary for seniors
Premier John Horgan has appointed Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA for Courtenay-Comox, as parliamentary secretary for seniors.
“Ronna-Rae Leonard has a strong record of getting results for her community,”
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