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Tomorrow! All are welcome!

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Sharing a new project with @gallisv.bsky.social! agingindata.ca/projects/fro...

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I'm so very excited to be hosting Viivi Korpela, PhD Candidate from the University of Jyväskylä at the Gilbrea Centre! All are welcome to come (in person or online) to hear her share her doctoral work about digital citizenship in later life. To register for Zoom access: bit.ly/4j8xHLx

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CAG President Dr. Brad Meisner invites you to submit your abstracts to #CAG_2025: Radical Relationality and Aging, October 23-25 in Montreal mailchi.mp/cagacg/cag20... @bamphd.bsky.social

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I'm kicking off a study that's exploring older Canadians' questions and information practices around their death and end-of-life care needs. I would be grateful if you could circulate this study within your networks. This survey can be accessed via: bit.ly/4lEqd58

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Sharing my take on the implications of #publiclibraries being asked to wear an increasing number of hats while also navigating budget cuts with @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Please come work with me! A full-time Contractually Limited Appointment (CLA) position at McMaster's Department of Health, Aging & Society has recently been posted. careers.mcmaster.ca/psp/prcsprd/...

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I also love this use by @nicoledalmer.bsky.social of floorplans to make things more concrete, to enable young people to imagine tech in their later life. Really interesting findings too @enas-agestudies.bsky.social

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I'm looking forward to speaking with and learning from queer, older women living in the GTA about the ways in which they access cannabis-related information, support, and community. I would be grateful if you could circulate this poster in your networks.

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"My institution neither values nor respects what I do. I can't in good conscience encourage anyone else to dive into that mess."

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It's official!

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in my 'critical perspectives on aging' grad seminar (my favourite!) and our first set of facilitators are exploring critiques around successful aging. loving this first exercise they've brought forward asking us about our associations with successful aging.

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Please join us for the 2nd Virtual Anti-Racism & Anti-Discrimination Speaker Series! Wshkiigmong Dibaajmownan/Curve Lake Storytelling: Anishinaabe Growing Old/Aging, Anishinaabe Affirmations and Refusals Dr. Nadine Changfoot (@trentuniversity.bsky.social) Feb 13 | 9-10AM PDT / 12-1PM EDT

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Looking forward to hosting UBC's Dr. Julia Henderson who will be speaking to "Arts Against Ageism" at the upcoming seminar co-sponsored by The Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging and the Dept of Health, Aging & Society | Jan 29 | 12.30-1.30pm | in-person or online | more info: bit.ly/3VnqDBv

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In cohousing communities, neighbors share common spaces, chores and a sense of connection that benefits everyone. For some, it's an answer to the isolation of parenting that many families feel today.

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🌟 TODAY! 🌟

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Quite thrilled to be part of the inaugural Global Fellows End-of-Life Care Program with Death with Dignity and Completed Life. completedlife.org/global-fello...

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FRIDAY! The inaugural session of the North American Network in Aging Studies' (NANAS) Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination Virtual Speaker Series with Dr. Saskia Furst. Register: ubc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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The Metro NY Library Council, which serves a few hundred libraries + archives across NYC + Westchester (and for which I serve as board president), is launching a new ecological library — www.libraryfield.org — and soliciting CFPs for a community engagement consultant! metro.org/jobs/communi...

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💬 My most prized participant quote I've heard to date is central to this new publication in The Gerontologist where we explore the impact of #age labels in #publiclibraries on #olderadults

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You and the Computer, from General Electric, 1960; illustrated by Bill Charmatz www.modernillustration.org/archive/gene...

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to be used in all forthcoming #agestudies courses 👀 🕰️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1e0...

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The New Yorker has a good article on the cyber attack that has done such damage to the British Library, and affected the Fantasy Exhibition I worked on (I was on the Advisory Board): www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

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Working with a top-notch team connected with McMaster University’s Community Research Platform, we’ve been taking a close look at the new (& vital!) social work program at Hamilton Public Library. #publiclibrary #socialwork Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to:

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My first post here — and I’m happy that it’s to announce the first two short videos from our research group on Aging and Digital Culture (Stephen Katz, Kirsten Ellison, @nicoledalmer.bsky.social, Megan Graham and yours truly) vimeo.com/showcase/107...

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Wrinkle Radio podcast season 2 is live! Featuring @nicoledalmer.bsky.social about the connection between information work & dementia care + the public library. Find it wherever you get podcasts. Transcripts & shownotes sallychivers.ca/wrinkleradio Enjoy and remember: Don’t panic! It’s just aging.

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Take a listen to my conversation with @sallychivers.bsky.social of the @wrinkleradio.bsky.social podcast, as I share some of my research loves: information work, care work, the public library, & the fullness of later life | sallychivers.ca/episode-7-in...

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The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social

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"We deserve a better death" Mosab Abu Toha, Palestinian poet.

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