“With Friends Like These”: Unpacking Panicked Metaphors for Population Ageing

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“With Friends Like These”: Unpacking Panicked Metaphors for Population Ageing Date: July 1, 2021 Published in: Societies MDPI Available here for free Age studies scholars have long noted problems with using a tsunami metaphor to describe population ageing. Age-friendly offers a new way to respond to an increase in older adults. Though critical gerontologists identify…

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Revisioning aging: Indigenous, crip and queer renderings.

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Revisioning aging: Indigenous, crip and queer renderings Date: June 3, 2021 Published in: Journal of Aging Studies Available online In this article, we re-vision Anishinaabe, crip and queer futures of aging against and beyond dominant successful aging narratives by drawing on our archive of digital/multimedia videos (short documentaries) produced in conjunction with older/e/Elder persons and…

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Aging During COVID-19: Imagine Aging

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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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Trent University lecture examines seniors and targeted online ads

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Trent University lecture examines seniors and targeted online ads Date: October 16, 2019 Interviewed by: Global News   Professor Sally Chivers, B.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (McGill), Director of the Trent Centre for Aging and Society speaks about the annual Stephen Katz lecture at Trent University. Open to the public, the lecture features Professor Dr. Kim Sawchuk…

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