AboutWrinkle RadioOther Projects Writing Videos Projects Media Episode 15: What Algorithms Do In this episode: what do algorithms do? And what does that have to do with aging? Featuring Kim Sawchuk (Professor of Communications Studies, Concordia) talking with host Sally Chivers about: Algorithms and ageism Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation Data Harms The need for better […]
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AboutWrinkle RadioOther Projects Writing Videos Projects Media Episode 14: My stove isn’t my stove anymore In this episode: what condundrums do we face as we age in a digital world? Featuring Kim Sawchuk (Professor of Communication Studies and Director of engAGE: Centre for Research on Aging, Concordia University) talking with host Sally Chivers about: Rethinking
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AboutWrinkle RadioOther Projects Writing Videos Projects Media Episode 13: Thanks! It’s the Botox In this episode: we know Botox mostly as a means to prevent wrinkles. But the history of Botox shows there’s much more to this purified toxin than hiding signs of aging. Featuring host Sally Chivers (Full Professor at the Trent Centre for
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PROJECT Aging in Data SEE HERE Dr. Sally Chivers is Co-Investigator and sits on the Governing Board. How does an era of unprecedented data-gathering affect how we grow old in our communities? Aging in Data brings together an interdisciplinary network of scholars from ten countries, community-based activists and organizations. We research how age studies intersect
AboutWrinkle RadioOther Projects Writing Videos Projects Media Episode 12 Getting Friendly with Death In this episode: death-friendly communities. How we create them. Why we need them. Featuring Julia Brassolotto (Associate Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Lethbridge) talking with host Sally Chivers about: Shifting cultural fears of death Death-friendly communities
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AboutWrinkle RadioOther Projects Writing Videos Projects Media Episode 11: Boomers who Rock In this episode:Thinking of rocking into your retirement? Want to know more about your aging rockstar idols? Featuring Stephen Katz (Professor Emeritus, Sociology, Trent University) talking with host Sally Chivers about: How he learned to play the drums Wanting to be a Beatle
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AboutWrinkle RadioOther Projects Writing Videos Projects Media Episode 10: Talkin’ ‘bout my generation In this episode: when you say “Okay, boomer,” have you thought about who you’re dismissing? We unpack the boomer backlash, thinking through what it means to be part of a generation first scorned as radical youths and then insulted as greedy wealth
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AboutWrinkle RadioOther Projects Writing Videos Projects Media Episode 9: Dignity and Joy In this episode: how the conditions for dignity are the conditions for joy in nursing home care. Featuring Susan Braedley (Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Political Economy at Carleton University) talking with host Sally Chivers about: what constitutes
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AboutWrinkle RadioOther Projects Writing Videos Projects Media Episode 8: The Future of Nursing Homes In this episode: have you ever thought about nursing homes as an opportunity? Featuring Professor Susan Braedley (Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Political Economy at Carleton University) talking with host Sally Chivers about: Why nursing homes
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AboutWrinkle RadioOther Projects Writing Videos Projects Media Episode 7: Information Piles and Palaces In this episode: do you know where to go to get good information about dementia care? Featuring Nicole Dalmer (Assistant Professor of Health, Aging, & Society and Associate Director of the Gilbrea Centre for Studies of Aging at McMaster University) talking with
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