Canada's technology and aging network
Feb 08 2017
(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 with federal funding to support Canadian research and innovation in the
Feb 06 2017
(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 close collaboration between universities, industry, policy makers, clinicians and end users
Jan 11 2017
(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 services to support healthy aging. Prizes awarded at the AGE-WELL–HACKING HEALTH
Jan 11 2017
(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 obtained these certificates, which demonstrate their transferable skills and comprehensive knowledge
Dec 14 2016
(Français) As a student of civil engineering, Mark Elias learned how to stabilize buildings against earthquakes and wind vibration. Now, he’s applying that knowledge to a problem that affects millions of people worldwide: hand tremors. Elias and colleagues have developed a glove that uses the same ‘vibration damping’ technology that he studied at university and