(Français) AGE-WELL’s Board of Directors appointed two new Board members, effective October 31st. As we welcome these new members, we would like to thank outgoing Board members Ms. Susan Thorning and Dr. John Reid for their contributions to AGE-WELL, Canada’s technology and aging network....

(Français) New national innovation hub focuses on sensors and analytics that help seniors age in place OTTAWA, Nov. 27, 2017 – The AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE), Bruyère Research Institute and Carleton University are pleased to announce the launch of the newest...

(Français) It’s happened to all of us: we lose our balance and reach for a handrail to steady ourselves. But is that handrail in the right place to prevent a fall? Vicki Komisar, an AGE-WELL trainee and University of Toronto/Toronto Rehab doctoral student, is...

AGE-WELL welcomes the Ontario government’s release of Aging with Confidence: Ontario’s Action Plan for Seniors. The plan outlines how Ontario will support seniors at all stages from maintaining their independence and staying active to accessing services and long-term care. This plan is a follow...

(Français) Scientific talks, demos, a product launch and the grand finale of a national ideathon competition – those were just some of the highlights of AGE-WELL 2017, a major national conference on technology and aging held in Winnipeg on Oct. 17-19. The theme of...

Every summer, we are pleased to offer an exciting and innovative week-long training event to AGE-WELL trainees across Canada. Shediac, New Brunswick was the picturesque setting for the 2nd AGE-WELL EPIC Summer Institute, held on July 4-8, 2017. Eighteen highly qualified personnel (HQP) from...

AGE-WELL is making remarkable progress in developing solutions to support healthy aging. Our 2016-2017 AGE-WELL Annual Report focuses on the benefits AGE-WELL brings to Canadians. It highlights an array of AGE-WELL innovations and profiles some of our talented trainees. Some of the stories featured...

(Français) Technology can support healthy aging in so many ways. But a complex health-care system coupled with an unclear path for approvals can make it a challenge to implement new technologies. “Our goal is to help AGE-WELL innovators and others doing similar work to...

(Français) Prizes for winner and runner-up total $75k in cash and in-kind services Winnipeg, Oct. 19, 2017 – A new technology being developed to decrease hand tremors has won a national ideathon competition hosted by the AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence and HACKING...

(Français) WINNIPEG, Oct. 18, 2017 – The Canadian Centre for Elder Law (CCEL) has been named a new AGE-WELL core facility in elder law. The announcement was made today in Winnipeg at AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference. AGE-WELL is a federally-funded pan-Canadian network driving research...

(Français) Braze Mobility Inc. has launched an add-on system that can transform a regular wheelchair into a “smart” wheelchair able to help prevent collisions. The novel system uses sensors to detect obstacles and provides visual, audio or vibration feedback to drivers. It can be...

(Français) AGE-WELL NCE welcomed the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, to its host facility the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute on October 2. Minister Petitpas Taylor met with researchers and trainees from AGE-WELL (Canada’s Technology and Aging Network) and Toronto Rehab. AGE-WELL Board Member...

October 1 is National Seniors Day 2017. To mark the day, AGE-WELL is profiling some of our researchers who are working to improve the lives of older adults. With support from the Government of Canada, these researchers are creating solutions to help older adults...

(Français) It’s not something that happens every day. AGE-WELL investigator Dr. Judith Sixsmith found an email from the President of Chile in her inbox, inviting her to speak on the challenge of an aging population at the Futures Congress in Santiago in January 2017....

(Français) At age 22, Mackenzie Martin is casting a wide net in the hope that one day her research will improve the lives of aging populations in Canada and around the world. In the summer of 2016, the AGE-WELL trainee travelled to the Netherlands...

(Français) WinterLight Labs is getting a lot of attention for its tablet-based assessment tool that analyzes a person’s natural speech to detect and monitor Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive disorders. The tool records short samples of a person’s speech as they describe a picture―even...

(Français) Seven finalists will compete for $75,000 in cash and in-kind services at the grand finale of the AGE-WELL―HACKING HEALTH National Ideathon Competition. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 18 from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM CDT at the AGE-WELL 2017 Annual...

(Français) Nine young researchers from six universities and research centres across Canada are receiving 2017 AGE-WELL Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards in Technology and Aging. “We are thrilled to be supporting and training talented young researchers so that they can be future leaders in...

(Français) AGE-WELL provides ‘Accelerator’ funding for seven research projects in technology and aging An app that uses artificial intelligence to help caregivers. Back-up sensor technology for wheelchairs. A Silver Alert program to find people with dementia who wander, even when a lost person crosses...

(Français) AGE-WELL researchers and trainees are sharing their research posters, papers and more at the 2017 International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress being held from July 23rd to 27th. The week began with a full day Master Class lead by Dr....

(Français) AGE-WELL Scientific Director named Vice-Chair of CIHR’s Institute Advisory Board on Health Innovation Dr. Alex Mihailidis, AGE-WELL Scientific Director, has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s (CIHR) Institute Advisory Board (IAB) on Health Innovation. The IAB on Health...

(Français) AGE-WELL announces funding for nine innovative research projects  The AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) today announced almost $400,000 in funding for nine research projects in the area of technology and aging. The projects are led by 11 researchers from 9 Canadian...

(Français)                 New national innovation hub launched to support healthy aging APPTA will help deliver new and emerging technologies to seniors and caregivers May 16, 2017, Fredericton – The AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) and...

AGE-WELL is pleased to announce that it will again offer research funding to highly qualified graduate students and postdoctoral fellows across Canada through our Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards in Technology and Aging. AGE-WELL NCE is a national research network whose goal is to...

(Français) AGE-WELL is delighted to partner once again with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to provide a major funding opportunity for Canadian researchers through the Active and Assisted Living (AAL) Programme. The theme of the new AAL 2017 Call challenge is “AAL...

(Français) Carolyn Sutherland, a busy Ottawa professional in her fifties, makes time to take a 90-year-old family friend to appointments and out for excursions. She enjoys their time together but is concerned that she doesn’t know the best way to transfer her friend from...

 AGE-WELL welcomes the federal government’s budget commitments to innovation and training. The growth of smart homes, assistive and digital technologies is all around us and this budget recognizes the need to invest in the future of Canadian innovation. Budget 2017 includes: $125-million to launch...

Tour a subterranean laboratory with a giant hydraulic motion simulator that can generate winter-like conditions such as ice and snow. Discover cutting-edge innovations designed to support healthy aging. It’s all part of two special evenings on April 4 & 5 from 4:30 PM –...

(Français) A clinical trial funded by AGE-WELL is underway to test a novel treatment for overactive bladder (OAB), a condition that affects 18 per cent of Canadian adults—and up to 500 million people worldwide. “OAB is a huge problem that does not really get...

(Français) Do you have an innovative idea that has the potential for real-world impact at the intersection of technology and aging? AGE-WELL’s new “SIP Accelerator” funding program supports innovative post-discovery projects focused on the commercialization and/or knowledge mobilization of solutions (e.g. technologies, services or...

(Français) AGE-WELL is excited to launch its 2nd Catalyst Funding Program to support innovative research projects aimed at generating, promoting or accelerating economic and social benefit in the field of technology and aging. The Catalyst Funding Program represents the first stage in AGE-WELL’s innovation funding stream. Catalyst...

    (Français) Toronto, ON (February 8, 2017) – The Impact Centre at the University of Toronto has been named a new AGE-WELL core facility in entrepreneurship. This is the first new AGE-WELL core facility to be announced since 2015 when AGE-WELL was established...

 (Français) Creating an innovation ecosystem The development of technologies that promote healthy aging “doesn’t just happen by chance,” says Dr. Josephine McMurray, an assistant professor in the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford, Ont. Instead it benefits from...

(Français) At age 22, Mackenzie Martin is casting a wide net in the hope that one day her research will improve the lives of aging populations in Canada and around the world. In the summer of 2016, the AGE-WELL trainee travelled to the Netherlands...

(Français) Prizes total $75k in cash and in-kind services January 11, 2017 – A national ideathon competition launched by AGE-WELL and HACKING HEALTH will take place in five Canadian cities in 2017. The goal is to identify and invest in great new technologies and...

 (Français) Eighty-seven trainees are the first to earn AGE-WELL Innovators of Tomorrow Certificates—a major step for emerging researchers and young professionals in their journey to become the next generation of leaders in the field of technology and aging. “Congratulations to the trainees who have...