Canada's technology and aging network
May 16 2017
(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 the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF) are pleased to announce
May 01 2017
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 accelerate innovation in the field of technology and aging in order
Apr 18 2017
(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 packages / integrated solutions” – integrating different solutions based on ICT
Apr 04 2017
(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 the chair to the walker, and in and out of the
Mar 27 2017
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 a Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy $22.3-million over five years to establish