The TCAS Aging & Society Seminar Series is a set of guest lectures hosted by the Centre each year. We bring in researchers from a wide range of disciplines to discuss their work and illuminate current issues facing older adults and their supporters. Critical dialogue is most encouraged at these free events. All welcome.
Upcoming Seminars
Please, stay tuned to our networks to receive updates on our upcoming Fall 2024 events.
Recent Seminars
Towards Just Care: Coalition-Building for Home Care Transformation in Ontario
June 12th, 2024
Dr. Mary Jean Hande (Assistant Professor, Trent University, and TCAS Faculty Member), Alana Hart (MA Student, Trent University, and TCAS Graduate Associate), and Danielle Turpin (President and Founder, Home Care Workers Cooperative) shared insights from their project "Towards Just Care", developed in partnership with the Disability Justice Network of Ontario. The project focuses on reimagining more “just” home care systems through grassroots coalition-building, and develops new community-engaged approaches to building solidarity between older home care receivers and workers through social justice frameworks, “power mapping” existing home care systems, and innovative cooperative models for improving the conditions of work and care.
Aging & Dementia at Trent University Durham
February 29th, 2024
Researchers in the Durham campus have a wide expertise in the field of Aging Studies. This event was a great opportunity to learn and engage from the presentations of fours professors: Dr. Scott Henderson, Dr. Raheleh Saryazdi, Dr. Nancie Im-Bolter and Dr. Mary Chiu.
- “When I’m 64, I’ll still be Touring: Aging, Music and Well-being” by Dr. Scott Henderson, Dean & Head of Trent Durham
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“Facilitating Communication between Persons Living with Dementia and their Family Care Partners through Technology” by Dr. Raheleh Saryazdi, Assistant Professor, Psychology
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“Intergenerational Connections: The Living Lab” by Dr. Nancie Im-Bolter, Associate Professor, Psychology
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"Empowering Family & Unpaid Dementia Caregivers using Simulation Practice and Skills Building in Virtual Reality” by Dr. Mary Chiu, Adjunct Professor, Psychology
The Future of Health Care. Lessons from Dementia at Home.
November 29th, 2023
After years of working within a system not designed for persons with complex medical issues and dementia, Dr. Jennifer Ingram hopes to convince decision makers that health care does not need to be defined by wait lists, and ALC. When approached from the vantage point of the “Art of the Possible”, the future of health care delivery can be one of promise and hope for individuals and economic viability for governments.
Trained as a Geriatrician, Dr. Ingram is recognized for introducing twelve Nurse Practitioner led, and Geriatrician supported interprofessional GAIN teams across Central East Ontario, that annually support >6000 high need complex Ontario seniors at home. Dr. Ingram recently received the King Charles Medal for Exemplary Service to Canada and was recognized with an Honorary Doctor of Science from Trent University.
Aging From a Cellular Perspective
May 23rd, 2023
Featuring Dr. Stephanie Tobin (Department of Biology, Trent University), this seminar introduced some molecular aspects of aging which are conserved from the water flea, Daphnia, to humans and offer an opportunity to reflect on whether prospective "anti-aging" therapies are based on reality or are a thing of science fiction.
Watch the recording here!
Book Launch: Dance, Ageing and Collaborative Arts-Based Research
March 22nd, 2023
TCAS celebrated the launch of a new book co-edited by TCAS members Dr. Mark Skinner (Trent's Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences), Dr. Rachel Herron (Canada Research Chair at Brandon University) and Dr. Rachel Bar (Director of Research at Canada's National Ballet School). The co-editors were joined on a panel with Dr. Stephen Katz (Professor Emeritus, Trent University) and Trent alumni An Kosurko (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Helsinki) who discussed the creative collaboration behind the book project and its impact on early career aging researchers and the field of interdisciplinary aging studies.
Watch the recording here!
Immigrants, Aging, and Caregiving: Fostering Social Inclusion Amongst Older Immigrants
February 14th, 2023
Dr. Bharati Sethi (Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Care Work, Ethnicity, Race and Aging) provided an overview of her CRC research program, and presented findings of an SSHRC-funded multi-site study ‘Aging Well’ of older immigrants in Ontario.
Watch the recording here!
Decolonizing Dementia: Deconstructing a Critical Indigenous Health Inequity
November 23rd, 2021
The 2021 Aging & Society Seminar Series, in partnership with the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, featured a talk by Cliff Whetung, a fourth year Ph.D. student at New York University's Silver School of Social Work. In this talk, Cliff discusses and critiques existing research about Indigenous cognitive health and its connection to colonialist perspectives. He then considers tangible steps toward the equitable inclusion of IOAs in cognitive health research, policy, and intervention.
Watch the presentation here!
Past Seminars
2020
Dr. Kirsten Ellison, "Aging and the Language of Intervention: How We Make Sense of Living Beyond the Bounds of Age"
2019
Dr. Outi Hakola, "Constructing Good Death in End-of-Life Documentaries
Dr. Nicole Dalmer, "Informing Care: Tracing Tensions in Everyday Information Work in Dementia Care"
2018
Dr. Janine Wiles, "Managing Health and Well-being in Advanced Age"
2017
Dr. Neil Hanlon, "Voluntarism, Community Development, and Aging in BC's Northern Interior: Prospects for Place Integration"
2016
Dr. Pauline Marsh, "Walking Each Other Home: Weaving End-of-Life Supports into a Community Garden"
Dr. Áine Ní Léime, "Active Ageing and Extended Working Life Policy: Older Workers in Secure and Precarious Occupations"
Dr. Rachel Winterton, "Exploring the Nexus Between Rural Citizenship and Retirement Migration: Reflections from the Australian Context"
2014
Dr. Linn Sandberg, "Sexuality, Intimacy & Gendered Subjectivity in Couples with Alzheimer's Disease: Some Early Reflections"
Dr. May Chazan, "Resisting Invisibility, Mobilizing for Change: Feminist Perspectives on Aging, Activism and Being Remembered"
