Posts by Sally Chivers
What does age-friendly mean to you
What does age-friendly mean to you? We asked people at a Toronto seniors centre what age friendly means to them. This is what they said.
Read MoreFrom Old Woman to Older Women: Contemporary Culture and Women’s Narratives
Book From Old Woman to Older Women: Contemporary Culture and Women’s Narratives Sally Chivers provides a fascinating look at and challenge to how North American popular culture has portrayed old age as a time of disease, decline, and death. Within contemporary Canadian literary and film production, a tradition of articulate central older female characters challenges…
Read MoreThe Problem Body: Projecting Disability on Film
Book The Problem Body: Projecting Disability on Film The book is a much-needed exploration of the projection of disability on film combined with a much-needed rethinking of hierarchies of difference. The editors turned to the existing corpus of disability theory with its impressive insights about the social and cultural mediation of disabled bodies. They then…
Read MoreThe Silvering Screen: Old Age and Disability in Cinema
Book The Silvering Screen: Old Age and Disability in Cinema Popular films have always included older characters, but until about the turn of the millenium, old age usually played a supporting role onscreen. As the Baby Boomer population hits retirement, an explosion of films with aging as a central theme demands attention. The Silvering Screen brings…
Read MoreCare Home Stories: Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Residential Care
Book Care Home Stories: Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Residential Care The “nursing home” deserves a closer look as something beyond a personal, social, and political failure, especially if we want to improve it. This book shares and analyzes stories told from within care homes: by workers, by residents, and by visitors as well as family…
Read MoreChallenging the ‘Nursing Home Specter’ in the Age of Austerity”
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Read MoreCo-Founder of Trent Centre for Aging and Society recognized for outstanding achievement
Date: May 3, 2021 Interviewed by: Teresa Kaszuba, Global News As seen on Global News Trent University hands out its distinguished research award on Monday, May 3. The recipient is Sally Chivers, a professor of English and Gender and Women’s Studies. She’s also an author and co-founder of the Trent Centre for Aging and…
Read MoreTrent University in Peterborough honours Dr. Sally Chivers with Distinguished Research Award
Trent University in Peterborough honours Dr. Sally Chivers with Distinguished Research Award Date: April 26, 2021 Read More Article by: kawarthaNOW
Read MoreMaking Sense of Health Through the Arts: New option in Health & Medical Humanities illuminates the everyday contexts of health
New option in Health & Medical Humanities illuminates the everyday contexts of health Date: December 9, 2020 Read more Article by: Trent University
Read MoreAging During COVID-19: Imagine Aging
Aging During COVID-19: Imagine Aging Date: September 21, 2020 Trent Centre for Aging & Society Soon after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Trent University’s Office of Research and Innovation announced a special call for research related to the pandemic. The Trent Centre for Aging & Society is pleased to announce that seven of our…
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