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CANADA | Nov 06, 2026

[Media Release] Budget 2026: Milestone Change to Canada Caregiver Credit Puts Money into the Pockets of Caregivers

Toronto, November 5, 2026 – The Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence (CCCE), a program of the Azrieli Foundation, is heartened to see real, concrete, action for caregivers in the 2026 Federal Budget with changes to the Canada Caregiver Credit (CCC). If passed, these reforms will make the CCC

[Arts] Healing Through Words - A Mini Collection

This mini collection, created in collaboration with the BC Brain Wellness program aims to carry forward the wisdom of the elders to the younger readers on this platform. With hopes of bridging the gap

[Survey] Help shape WHO’s first global recommendations on loneliness and social isolation

Do you run (or have you run) an initiative or programme that aims to help people who feel lonely or isolated?WHO is developing its first global recommendations on reducing loneliness and social isolat

[Impact Story] Volunteers: Dismantling Stigma, Building Communities of Care

As 2026 is the International Year of the Volunteer, we’ve prepared this special series to celebrate Nav-CARE volunteers across the country who so generously give their time to support persons in the

[Participate] Looking for Health, Housing, and Social Care Providers to Interview

The Aging in the Right Place Partnership research team is working on a project funded through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The proje

[News] Approving access to over-the-counter hearing aids

SummaryAdults 18 and older in B.C. with mild to moderate hearing loss can buy over-the-counter hearing aids without a prescriptionHealth Canada-approved over-the-counter hearing aids will be availabl

[BC Gov News] Applications open for future skills grant

Helping people in British Columbia access affordable skills training for in-demand careers

[Community Story] Stocking the shelves before the storm: Cumberland’s plan for a food-secure future

Picture a winter storm that closes the highway, or a wildfire that severs the routes onto Vancouver Island. Within days, grocery shelves thin out. For a community at the end of a long and fragile supp

[Article] Building Resilient Communities Through Connection

[Report] Older, Online and Open to Virtual Care: Insights from the 2024 NIA Ageing in Canada Survey

In Older, Online and Open to Virtual Care: Insights from the 2024 NIA Ageing in Canada Survey, findings show that more than half (51%) of Canadians aged 50 and older have used virtual care at least on