Dec 30 2015
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...
Dec 11 2015
AGE-WELL invites Canadian researchers and their teams to participate in its inaugural Strategic Investment Program competition. The new funding program supports post-discovery commercialization, business development and knowledge dissemination, mobilization, or translation activities. Successful projects should accelerate Canadian innovation and economic competitiveness, and improve the quality...
Dec 3 2015
AGE-WELL and Mircom are pleased to announce that the University of Toronto’s Zain Hasan has been awarded the inaugural AGE-WELL – Mircom Graduate Student Award in Technology and Aging. This 1 year award will support his master’s project, Artificially Intelligent Fall Predictive Computer Vision...
Nov 24 2015
(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...
Nov 24 2015
As part of a new, nationwide drive to promote research and innovation in technology and aging, AGE-WELL and the Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM) are pleased to team up to offer scholarships to two outstanding students. We are...
Nov 18 2015
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...
Nov 6 2015
Pervasive Health Conference is a premier international forum with specific focus on technologies and human factors related to the use of ubiquitous computing in healthcare and for wellbeing. The overall goal of the Pervasive Health Conference is to take a multidisciplinary approach to Pervasive...
Oct 23 2015
Position: Knowledge Mobilization and Communications Manager Site: Toronto Rehab- University Centre Department: AGE-WELL NCE Reports to: Manager Director, AGE WELL NCE Hours: 37.5 Hours per Week Status: Permanent Full-Time The candidate will be a member of the AGE-WELL Network hosted by Toronto Rehabilitation Institute...
Oct 23 2015
AGE-WELL’s 1st Annual Conference & AGM was a great success. More than 200 Network Investigators, HQP (highly qualified personnel), partners, committee members and staff convened in Calgary October 21 – 23 to share research progress and ideas and to celebrate the first year of...
Oct 8 2015
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...
Oct 5 2015
(Click here for French language version) Although only in existence for a few months, AGE-WELL is on track to provide funding to more than 160 emerging researchers and new professionals as part of its commitment to train the next generation of leaders in the...
Sep 8 2015
Local startups focused on innovation and aging are invited to pitch for an opportunity to present at the Aging2.0 Expo Toronto — August 28, 2015 — Aging2.0, the global innovation platform for aging and senior care, is partnering with local Toronto event planners for...
Aug 27 2015
From: http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2015/08/19/sfu-project-aims-to-put-controllers-in-hands-of-seniors By Patrick Colvin Wednesday, August 19, 2015 5:09:28 PDT PM Pass the controller and move aside children — it’s time for grandma and grandpa to play. A Simon Fraser University project that received funding on Aug. 18 as part of the AGE-WELL national...
Aug 27 2015
From: http://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/announcement/view/210 Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Communication Guest Editors: Houssein Charmarkeh and Martine Lagacé Information and communication technologies (ICT) are ubiquitous and omnipresent in our society. They shape the way we live, work and interact. However, all members of society do not...
Aug 26 2015
From: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/can-playing-video-games-help-seniors-age-better-1.3202586 A new research project launched by Simon Fraser University is exploring how seniors might benefit from playing video games. Andrew Sixsmith is a professor of gerontology and the scientific director of Age Well, a national research network looking at technology and aging. “We...
Aug 19 2015
Par Didier Oti | francais@rcinet.ca http://www.rcinet.ca/fr/2015/08/18/des-technologies-pour-une-vieillesse-digne-et-epanouie/ Vingt-cinq équipes de chercheurs canadiens vont travailler sur des projets de pointe afin d’améliorer les conditions de vie des personnes âgées et leurs aidants naturels. Le réseau AGE-WELL ou Vieillir en beauté dans divers environnements en mettant la...
Aug 18 2015
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...
Aug 18 2015
(Click here for French language version) Toronto – August 18, 2015 –AGE-WELL NCE Inc., the Aging Gracefully across Environments using technology to Ensure Well-Being, Engagement and Long Life (AGE-WELL) network, a national research and innovation network, is pleased to announce the launch of its...
Aug 5 2015
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (PRWEB) AUGUST 04, 2015 Aging2.0, the global innovation platform for aging and senior care, today announced its new#30in30in30 initiative. This globally distributed program of events, in partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs, is designed to discover, showcase and support aging-focused entrepreneurs around...
Jul 28 2015
BACKGROUND On May 20, 2014 a group of family/friend caregivers (herein called care partners), care providers, educators, administrators, policy makers, and other professionals from the community, social service, and private sectors participated in a one day, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR, Grant No....
Jul 9 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Click for French language version) Canadian seniors to benefit from technologies developed by AGE-WELL and Mitacs New partnership will see internships between industry and university researchers Vancouver, BC — July 9, 2015 — AGE-WELL, Canada’s technology and aging Network of Centres...
Jun 17 2015
TORONTO, June 16, 2015 /CNW/ – Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the social, health and applied sciences across Canada now have access to research support from the AGE-WELL NCE through new Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards in Technology and Aging. The AGE-WELL NCE...
Apr 24 2015
Researchers from AGE-WELL (including Alex Mihailidis, Janet Fast and Andrew Sixsmith) are presenting at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Congress, 23-26 April 2015 in Dublin, Ireland Speeches by the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny and Irish Gerontological Society President Mo Flynn...
Apr 15 2015
REGINA, April 14, 2015 /CNW/ – Today, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, and Member of Parliament for Regina-Lumsden- Lake Centre, Tom Lukiwski, were pleased to host a roundtable on healthy aging. The roundtable was attended by a variety of seniors- and health-related...
Mar 27 2015
Alex Mihailidis, Scientific Director of Age-Well, a government-financed organization dedicated to developing a better quality of life for Zoomers through technology, explains how his group will design and manufacture technology-based tools to help us as we age. Listen at: http://www.goldhawk.com/2015/03/24/alex-mihailidis
Mar 16 2015
A team of Toronto-based researchers have their way, older adults and people with disabilities – including dementia patients – will one day have the help of robots. The high-tech, low-cost helpers are currently being tested at the HomeLab, a physical mock-up of a furnished...
Feb 27 2015
Victoria, BC- February 23, 2014 – Innovative practices and services are alive and well at Retirement Concepts. On Monday night, Dr. Azim Jamal and Joe Moosa, owners of Retirement Concepts, received the BC Care Providers Innovation of the Year award from BC Health Minister...
Feb 25 2015
A one-day forum held Feb. 5 in Vancouver brought together more than 130 participants – representing research, health care, industry, government, and lived experience – to start a dialogue about digital health needs and opportunities in BC and the Yukon. Convened by MSFHR in...
Feb 17 2015
From: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/48967.html Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) announce the launch of a Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program. This program will provide funding for Canadian and Israeli researchers to assemble world-class...
Jan 21 2015
CTV News is covering aging well and GPS technology. Researchers in Alberta are trying to determine whether GPS technology can help people with early stage dementia stay safe and live independently longer. The Locator Device Project is a six-month trial being conducted out of...
Jan 19 2015
Follow today’s AGE-WELL news release online: Government of Canada links: News Release Communiqué de presse Backgrounder Document d’information Industry Canada Media Room Links: News Releases Communiqués
Jan 19 2015
The Minister of State Alice Wong announced Canada’s first research network in technology and aging – AGE-WELL – today. Front: Minister of State (Seniors) Alice Wong (seated) tests a new robot for older adults with AGE-WELL’s Marg Coahran, Research Associate, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute –...
Jan 19 2015
AGE-WELL: New National Hub for Research and Innovation to Help Seniors Live Independently and Safely at Home Canada’s first research network in technology and aging; researchers hit the ground running with focus on improving lives of an aging population Toronto – January 19, 2015 –...
Jan 16 2015
Minister of State Wong to Announce Investment in New National Research Network – AGE-WELL The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors) will meet research teams with AGE-WELL (Aging Gracefully across Environments using Technology to Support Wellness, Engagement and Long Life), one of Canada’s...
Jan 15 2015
Did you know that women represent 72 per cent of Canadians living with Alzheimer’s disease? They could be your mothers, wives, sisters, grandmothers or friends – even you. The Alzheimer Society has launched a nationwide campaign called The 72% to inform women in their...