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GILBREA NEWS HAMILTON SENIORS ISOLATION PROJECT

This semester was jam-packed with aging related conferences, On Monday September 23, 2019, the Hamilton Council on Aging social events, kicking off our annual seminar series and the start of hosted their 12th annual general meeting and community forum at this year’s student group. Liuna Station in Hamilton. The community event included a seniors’ resource fair for positive aging, a “Conversation Café” and lunch. We look forward to January 2020 when Dr. Toni Calasanti joins us at The Conversations Café allowed the public to hear more about McMaster University as the Fulbright Visiting Scholar hosted by the the Hamilton Senior Isolation Impact Plan from those involved and Gilbrea Centre. Dr. Calasanti is recognized for her outstanding work impacted by the project. It included a panel of peer connectors and in social and critical gerontology. We are excited for her arrival and older adults who described their experiences within the program co-sponsored seminar in March 2020 as part of the Gilbrea Seminar and expressed the positive impact it has had in their lives. The Series. discussion was informative, emotional and really put into perspective the influence that this program has had in the fight to combat social Holiday Closure Announcement: isolation. The community forum had a great turnout and was attended by community members, stakeholders/connectors, as well as the Please note that our office will be closed starting on December 23rd, Honorable Filomena Tassi and Mayor . 2019 and will re-open January 6th, 2020. During this time, phones and emails will not be answered. We will respond to messages upon Learn more about the Hamilton Seniors Isolation Impact Plan: our return. Website: The Gilbrea Centre wishes you and your loved ones a very happy http://socialisolation.ca holiday season! Email: [email protected] CAG 2019 Left: Gilbrea Student Member, Blessing Ojembe

The Gilbrea Centre and McMaster University was well represented at this years’ Canadian Association on Gerontology conference Right: Amanda Grenier ‘s “Navigating the Tides of Aging Together” held in Moncton, session on Social New Brunswick on October 24-26th, 2019. It was the 48th Isolation and the Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting and brought together HSIIP Project experts in the field of aging across a range of disciplines and professions, including health, social science, practice and policy. The Gilbrea Centre and Department of Health, Aging and Society were excited to once again co-host the annual exhibit booth at Left: Award winner, Stephanie Hatzifilalithis the conference. The Gilbrea Centre and HAS participants were able to greet lots of new faces and say hello to some old friends.

Visit our “Member Participation” section below to find out who from McMaster University participated in the conference. Gilbrea Centre travel awards were also given to three students to facilitate their travel to CAG2019. See the “Student Travel Awards” section for Right: Participants from Gilbrea more information. Centre and HAS Dept, McMaster Left: HAS Students Peter DaMaio & Daniel Cursio Lastly, congratulations to Gilbrea Student member and research assistant Stephanie Hatzifilalithis who was awarded the “Margery Boyce Bursary” award at CAG2019. STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS

This Fall the Gilbrea Centre provided travel grants to three students attending the Canadian Association on Gerontology conference. “Navigating the Tides of Aging Together” held in Moncton, New Brunswick on October 24-26, 2019. Each Above: Gilbrea Centre & Health, Aging student provided a blog detailing their experiences at the & Society Dept - Exhibit Booth event. Visit https://gilbrea.mcmaster.ca/gilbrea under the awards section to read the blog posts.

• Margherita Duesbury - Contemporary Considerations for Aging Together with Companion Animals: The Growing Above: Gilbrea Student Member, Rachel Weldrick Interest in the Strength of the Human-Animal Bond • Blessing Ojembe - Leaving no one behind while “Navigating the Tides of Aging” • Stephanie Hatzifilalithis - Reflections on CAG 2019: Above: Martin Hyde, Keynote Navigating the tides of ageing together (https:// criticalgerontology.com/reflections-on-cag-2019/) Above: Seniors of Canada presentation

Left: Equity Burke and Meridith Griffin, Gilbrea Centre

Above: Gilbrea Research Assistant Stephanie Hatzifilalithis MEMBER PARTICIPATION MEMBER PUBLICATIONS

The following members and students participated in the Canadian Barken, R. (2019). The temporal aspects of mobility intentions: Older Association on Gerontology conference in Moncton, NB. people’s reflections on present and future support arrangements. “Navigating the Tides of Aging Together” was held from October 24-26, 2019. Ageing and Society, 1-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ S0144686X19001223

Burke, E., Grenier, A., Kobayashi, K., and Gontcharov, I. (Oct 25, 2019). Knowledge Mobilization in Research on Aging and Technology: An Action- Grenier, A., Hatzifilalithis, .,S Laliberte-Rudman, D., Kobayashi, Oriented Study in Poster Session IV: Social Sciences K., Marier, P., & Phillipson, C. (2019). Precarity and Aging: A Scoping Review. The Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnz135 Currie, G., Grenier, A., Watson, S. and Burke, E. (Oct 25, 2019) Hamilton Seniors Isolation Impact Plan (HSIIP): Insights from seniors and community Grenier, A., Griffin, M., Andrews, G., Wilton, R., Burke, E., stakeholders. Ojembe, B., Feldman., Papaioannou, A. (2019). Meanings and feelings of (Im)mobility in later life: Case study insights from a DeMaio, P. and Cursio, D. (Oct 26, 2019). Posthumanist perspectives ‘New Mobilities’ perspective. Journal of Aging Studies. https://doi. in gerontology: An overview in Poster Session VII: Latebreaker Posters - org/10.1016/j.jaging.2019.100819 Social Sciences. Griffin, .,M Harvey, K., Gillett, J. & Andrews, G. (2019). Writing as/ Duesbury, M., Gillett, J., Dell, C. and Chalmers, D. (Oct 25, 2019). “I had about Leisure: Connecting with Oneself and Others through Creative a dog” - Reflections on an animal-assisted intervention among older adult Practice, Leisure Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2019.1 veterans. 694609

Grenier, A., Currie, G., Watson, S. and Burke, E. (Oct 25, 2019) Seniors’ social isolation? Suggesting social exclusion as a lens. INCG

Griffin, .,M Wynia, K., Gillett, J. and Andrews, G. (Oct 25, 2019) Responding to an Aging Population: A Qualitative Exploration of Older Adult Library Programming in Poster Session IV: Social Sciences.

Griffin, M., Harvey, K., Gillett, J. and Andrews, G. (Oct 25, 2019) Writing as/for leisure: Connecting with oneself and others through creative The International Network for Critical Gerontology blog practice. facilitates discussion with regards to critical issues in the study of aging and late life. Read the latest posts by Hatzifilalithis, S., Weldrick, R., Harvey, K. and Cerisano, S. (Oct 25, 2019) visiting http://criticalgerontology.com/ Looking through the lens: Leveraging digital media to shift dominant narratives of aging. • Reflections on CAG 2019: Navigating the tides of ageing together by Stephanie Hatzifilalithis Hatzifilalithis, .S and Grenier, A. (Oct 25, 2019) Unpacking • Dementia is changing. Social media arguments show Intergenerationality: Definitions, Concepts, and Reflectionsin Poster Session IV: Social Sciences us how by James Fletcher • Design and Social Innovation in an Ageing Society by Ojembe, B., Kalu, M. and Grenier, A. (Oct 25, 2019). Television, Radio and Michela Cozza Telephone: Tools for reducing loneliness among older adults in Nigeria in Poster Session A: Poster Competition (Masters Level). • “The world seems to be designed against the elderly” – how can emerging technology work for older people? Weldrick, R., Dunn, J., Ploeg, J. and Andrews, G. (Oct 25, 2019) Alone in by Barbara Barbosa Neves & Frank Vetere a Crowd: Social connection and place among older people who live alone. • Calling for (a more) Critical Dementia Studies – Critical Dementia Network by Linn Sandberg • The Past in the Present: Ageing and the Workhouse Inheritance by Hamish Robertson • Masculinity and Aging in Home Support: The Challenge of Unwanted Sexual Attention by Rachel Barken and Joanie Sims-Gould UPCOMING EVENTS STUDENT MEMBERS The Gilbrea Centre is pleased to announce the following new members to the student group: Ewalina Jeyanesan, Yumiko Kiuchi, Melissa Ricci, Kaitlyn Jaggers, Rachel Dunsmore, Olivia Virag, Stehphanie Blais, Kelley Prendergast, Joceyln Badali, Alicia Clifford and Julia McCord. Our 2019/2020 Seminar Series is well underway! All seminars are held at McMaster University | Main Campus | L.R. Wilson Hall | Room 1003 and are no-cost and open to the community. Interested in supporting the Alzheimer’s society? Join Social Disadvantage, Gentrification, and Aging in Place: the Gilbrea Student team for Implications for Chronic Conditions the Walk for Alzheimer’s on February 5, 2020 -1:00PM - 2:00PM January 25, 2020 at McMaster Ronica Rooks, Fulbright Canada Fellow Innovation Park. If you can’t make the event, you can still support Associate Professor, University of Colorado Denver this great cause by donating to the team at: http://bit.ly/344tv8R Intersectionality, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and caregiving for partners/spouses in later life Keep an eye on the Gilbrea Student twitter page for dates and March 25, 2020 -1:00PM - 2:00PM times of the next Journal Club meeting. Everyone is welcome to Toni Calasanti, Professor, Virgina Tech join in on the conversation! In Case You Missed It The Gilbrea Centre student group welcomes students with an The seduction of successful aging: Imag(in)ing older age in comics interest in social studies of aging. Learn more about the Centre and and graphic novels its current student members by visiting http://gilbrea.mcmaster. Nicole Dalmer Postdoctoral Fellow, , Trent University ca/people. For anyone interested in becoming a member, please Lucia Cedeira Serantes, Assistant Professor, The University of Western contact [email protected]. Watch Now: https://youtu.be/VCrl5dyO380 IN THE NEWS

Full details available at : • Chelsea Gabel, was named a “Powerhouse Researcher” in https://gilbrea.mcmaster.ca/events McMaster Alumni Community. • McMaster hosted an international conference on university freedoms and responsibilities on Oct 15 -16. Jim Dunn, chair of the Department of Health, Aging and Society participated as one of the speakers. Below: Kim Wilson • Laura Watts from the National Initiative for the Care of the presents “Pedagogical Elderly talks about the prevalence of ageism, and discusses the Approaches to Disrupt Normativity in City of ’s new anti-ageism campaign. Gerontology : A Focus on • Jim Dunn and Mat Savelli discuss the new minor, Social LGBTQ+ Aging” Studies of Mental Health and Addiction, in the McMaster Daily News. • “We are changing how people think about dementia and we are reducing misconceptions”. Pia Kontos discusses “Cracked: A New Light” play. • Gilbrea Advisory Committee member, Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou, Above: Gilbrea Seminar Speakers is interviewed in “The Facts about Osteoporosis” for goodtimes. Nicole Dalmer and Lucia present “The seduction of successful aging: ca. Imag(in)ing older age in comics and • Professor Sally Chivers, Director of the Trent Centre for Aging graphic novels” and Society and former Gilbrea Seminar Speaker, discusses the annual Stephen Katz lecture at Trent University. Visit us online at gilbrea.mcmaster.ca UPCOMING CONFERENCES BECOME A MEMBER

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Gilbrea Centre MIRA RESEARCH DAY The MIRA/Labarge Annual Research Day took place on December 12th at CONTACT US McMaster Innovation Park. It was a fantastic turnout and great way to highlight new and ongoing interdisciplinary research at McMaster. The day started with a display of over 50 research project posters including Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging several by Gilbrea studens Hannah Song, Stephanie Hatzifilalithis L.R. Wilson Hall, Room 2026 and Kelsey Harvey. Next, was a keynote by Dr. Parminder Raina on McMaster University “Epidemiology of Aging: What Do We Know?” which brought about a 1280 Main Street West great discussion. Finally, 5 interdisciplinary researchers showcased a “research snapshot” of their current projects and results. This featured a Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1 presentation by Gilbrea Acting Director Meridith Griffin who discussed the findings from the project “Meaning of (im)mobilities: A ‘New Mobilities’ T: (905) 525 9140 ext. 24449 Perspective” (Co-PI Amanda Grenier). It was a wonderful day and great F: 905 525 4198 to connect and reflect back on the last year of innovative research being E: [email protected] conducted at McMaster. Thank you to MIRA and all of the organizers of the event. We look forward to research day 2020! W: http://gilbrea.mcmaster.ca/ If you missed Meridith’s presentation, check out the new article by the mobility project team to learn more : The information in this update is for information purposes only. The Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging provides these links only as a convenience and Grenier, A., Griffin, M., Andrews, G., Wilton, R., Burke, E., Ojembe, B. 2019. not as an endorsement by the Centre. These linked sites are not under Meanings and feelings of (im)mobility in later life: Case study insights from a the control of the Gilbrea Centre. If you decide to visit any linked site, you ‘New Mobilities’ perspective. Journal of Aging Studies 51, 1-10. https://www. do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089040651930324X?dgcid=coauthor measures to guard against viruses and other destructive elements.