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Winter 2019 ... E-NEWS IN THIS ISSUE This is an electronic newsletter published by the Gilbrea Centre and • Gilbrea Centre News available by subscription or on the Gilbrea website. If you would like • CAG 2019 Conference to subscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected]. If your e-mail • Member Research & Participation address is changing, please let us know. • Upcoming Events & Conferences 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 Fred Eisenberger. 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