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CANADA | Nov 13, 2025
[Survey] Intergenerational Landscape - Practitioners and Researchers
Your responses will help us identify successful practices, assess field-wide needs, and build a robust support network for practitioners and researchers.
READ MOREScreening for breast cancer: What you should know about mammography
In Canada, it is estimated that 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer. Amongst those battling breast cancer, 1 in 33 will lose their life to this disease (1). As with other cancers, early detection
United Way BC Community Recipe Book - would you like to be involved?
October 1st was National Seniors Day (Canada) and International Day of Older Persons Â
What better way to celebrate than to come together with food and stories from those in our Healthy Aging comm
2022-23 Better at Home Evaluation Request for Proposals (RFP)
United Way British Columbia (UWBC) is requesting proposals to evaluate the 82 Better at Home programs across British Columbia.
The evaluation framework will be designed to examine and report on the c
September 30th, 2021: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, commemorating the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families, and their communities. Confronting
BC Provincial Summit on Aging 2022: Teaser Sessions
As a sneak preview for the upcoming BC Provincial Summit on Aging on April 28 & 29, 2022, this Fall we will be hosting a series of 60-minute virtual international keynotes and discussions that you
Project Impact Healthy Aging
Project Impact Healthy Aging is a developmental evaluation course that helps agencies in the CBSS sector in B.C. to develop the ability to do credible self-studies of their impact, and to see and co
Back-to-School with Canada HomeShare: Intergenerational Living Embraced by Students and Older Adults
This year, back-to-school for many post-secondary students and older adults across Canada looks different. Canada HomeShare, an intergenerational housing program that addresses social isolation by b
Human Rights Watch research on the impact of heat on older people and people with disabilities in British Columbia
Recent heat waves in the western Canada province of British Columbia have left hundreds dead, and older people and people with disabilities are at a high risk. According to British Columbia’s Chie
Connecting Families: Affordable high-speed Internet for low-income seniors and families (Aug 11, 2021)
On August 11th, 2021, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Deb Schulte, Minister of Seniors announced the second phase of the C
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