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CANADA | May 22, 2026

[Survey] Understanding Supports Needed for People with Dementia

The Canadian Dementia Learning and Resource Network (CDLRN) at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging is launching a national survey to better understand the needs and gaps in support for people living with dementia.We would like to hear from: People living with dementia, mild cognitive impair

[News] Providing at-home support for more B.C. seniors

Home-monitoring support program will expand for as many as 2,700 seniors in B.C.

[Participate] Help Shape a Canada Where Older People’s Voices Drive Change

The International Longevity Centre of Canada is recruiting older adults from across the country to participate in a new Pan-Canadian project aimed at reducing ageism in healthcare, the workforce, a

[Article] If you have Parkinson's disease, experts say you should be dancing

Though she's always danced, Barbara Salsberg Mathews found a more urgent reason to take classes a few years ago. "I just thought, 'I better break out and start dancing, because Parkinson's can't stop

[Survey] South of Fraser East Area Transport Plan

TransLink launches public engagement for transit priorities in Langley City, Langley Township, North Delta, Surrey, and White Rock

[Article] Creativity, Care and the Rise of Social Prescribing

Originally published: February 5, 2026Healthcare often starts with the question, “What’s the matter with you?” Bringing the arts into care introduces another: “What matters to you?” The shif

[Federal Program] Renewed funding for tax clinics

Secretary of State Long announces renewed funding for tax clinics for the 55th anniversary of the CVITP

[Film] Silver Screamers

Silver ScreamersFriday, March 20 to Thursday, March 26📍 VIFF Centre, Vancity TheatreBUY TICKETSIn a project financed by the same New Horizons grant that funds VIFF’s Talking Pictures series, dir

[Article] The New Old Age

Life once followed a familiar pattern. You’d go to school, get a job, build a family, and then, sometime in your 60s, retire, enjoying life for a few years until you grew too frail to live on your own. Then you might move in with family or check into a facility where you’d spend your “golden years.”

[Report] The Giving Report 2025: Trends in Charitable Giving 2018-2024

In this eighth edition of The Giving Report, we look at the period of 2018-2024 to understand how giving has evolved during a period shaped by crisis and transformation. The COVID-19 pandemic and a se