(Français) When Dr. Rosalie Wang sees people facing the challenges of aging and disability, there is one thing that she wants for all: equitable access to devices and services that can help. In her days as an occupational therapist, Dr. Wang met many older people who wanted to stay active but could not qualify for

It was only a brief message in an AGE-WELL internal email that led to an extraordinary experience for Alexander Moreno. Luckily he opened the email rather than delete it. It was an opportunity for interested researchers to travel to Chile to attend the Third International Summer School on Aging at the University of Chile. “It

(Français) Elder care was part of Carrie Bourassa’s childhood growing up in Regina.  Her great grandmother lived with the family until her death. Bourassa was raised by her Mushum (grandfather in Anishnabe).  But dementia was never part of the conversation. In adulthood, now a professor of Indigenous Health Studies at First Nations University of Canada,

(Français) Earlier this month Sin City turned into the geek capital of the world.  An estimated 170-thousand people descended on Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, now universally known simply as CES. It is the showcase for gadgets that are new, innovative and occasionally wacky.  Some may change our lives.  Others likely will never

(Français) The irony is inescapable:  a research project on technology that demands a gruelling form of human labour. For as much as 50 hours a week over a period of several months, a team at the University of Regina has been staring at video screens, manually coding different non-verbal pain expressions—coding a mind-boggling 50-thousand frames

AGE-WELL took years of planning, followed by months of frantic activity to launch. But the scientific directors could point to a single October day in Calgary as the most memorable and satisfying.  It was the first conference and Annual General Meeting for the new Network of Centres of Excellence. “The day that we had—it was

(version française) Jim Mann was once a world traveller. But the most difficult journey of his life began in a mundane location in 2007. While walking through a small airport, he suddenly realized he had no idea of where he was or what to do next. Before long he was undergoing tests which led to

It was a form of speed dating with a social purpose. 300 people jammed a large, airy room with a view of the lake at George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus. Brilliant researchers, bleary-eyed from long hours of intellectual labour, gathered around laptops, staring intently at apps and gadgets they had just created. Half-eaten pizza littered

Sameer Dhar paced and pitched with the timeless ardour of a young man passionate about a good idea. “We’re a group of 20 year old guys who are willing to do whatever it takes to understand our user,” he told an audience in the Ontario College of Art and Design’s Great Hall. Then the titters

You may not feel the ground shifting beneath your feet, but Canada faces an unstoppable tectonic shift in our demographics. Statistics Canada projects that by the year 2030 almost one in four of us will be 65 years of age and older. We will also be living longer. Projections indicate that by the year 2063