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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 MOREHome Support…We Can Do Better
In a comprehensive report released June 17th titled Home Support…We Can Do Better, BC Seniors' Advocate Isobel Mackenzie examines the public home support program, which is a lifeline for many senior
A Portrait of social isolation and loneliness in Canada today
June 17, 2019 – A wide-ranging new study from the nonprofit Angus Reid Institute, conducted in partnership with Cardus, explores the quality and quantity of human
connection in the lives of Canadian
Seniors and Aging Statistics Portal
Statistics Canada has launched a Seniors and Aging Statistics Portal. Check it out here.
United Way Lower Mainland Celebrates BC Seniors’ Week!
Throughout BC Seniors’ Week (June 2-8, 2019), United Way of the Lower Mainland (UWLM) is celebrating the older adults of our province by profiling seniors who have been impacted by Community-Based S
New Data Release: Non-profit institutions and volunteering: Economic contribution, 2007 to 2017
Economic activity in the non-profit sector totalled $169.2 billion in 2017, representing 8.5% of Canada's gross domestic product (GDP). Community non-profit institutions accounted for 16.4% of the
BC Seniors Advocate releases report: Monitoring Seniors Services 2018
The Seniors Advocate today released Monitoring Seniors Services 2018. The annual report examines a range of services and supports and measures whether they are keeping pace with the increased demand o
New social prescribing pilot launched in Ontario
Ontario's Alliance for Healthier Communities is piloting a Social Prescribing project in 11 diverse Community Health Centres (CHCs) to adapt and measure its impacts in an Ontario context. Running from
Program to ease loneliness for Richmond County seniors wraps up
A yearlong project to ease loneliness and depression for Nova Scotia seniors in Richmond County wraps up this fall.
The Mind Body Spirit project set up pilot programs to bring seniors out of isolatio
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