Registration Now Open! Early Bird Registration until August 24! CAG2018: Making It Matter: Mobilizing Aging Research, Practice & Policy 47th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting Canadian Association on Gerontology http://CAG2018.ca October 18-20, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Join us in an exciting and dynamic forum for knowledge exchange and networking in the field of aging at CAG2018: Making It Matter: Mobilizing Aging Research, Practice & Policy, the 47th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology: http://CAG2018.ca CAG2018 will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, decision- and policy-makers, students, older adults, community groups and all others with an interest in individual and population aging. It is an interdisciplinary event featuring stimulating sessions across a diverse range of topics in gerontology and geriatrics. Along with many thought-provoking symposium, paper, poster and workshop presentations and networking opportunities, program highlights at present include: | Pre-conference events on reducing social isolation; improving mental health; sensory-motor research; and engaging people with dementia in research | Keynote addresses from Carol Brayne (Cambridge); Dale Dannefer (Case Western); Catharine Ward Thompson (Edinburgh); and Roger Wong (UBC) | Sponsored sessions on home care work; frailty; healthy aging; housing; and dementia support | Stimulating oral, poster, symposium and workshop sessions, including CAG Divisional Symposia | Student and recent graduate events, including speed networking; a symposium on leading in gerontology; a luncheon hosted by the CIHR Institute of Aging; the CIHR-IA Student Poster Competition; and a visit to Science World Full conference program and registration available at http://CAG2018.ca. Discounted rates are also available at the conference venue, the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre. For more information, please visit http://cag2018.ca/hotel-travel/ Register by August 24, 2018 to take advantage of early-bird rates. Save even more by becoming a member of the CAG! CAG members receive a discount on conference registration, in addition to other member benefits. Read more about joining the CAG at http://cagacg.ca/membership Follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/cagacg), Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/CdnAssocGero) or subscribe to our mailing list ( http://eepurl.com/cVwmr9) to keep up-to-date on the conference. CAG2018 is hosted by the Gerontology Research Centre at Simon Fraser University (https://www.sfu.ca/grc.html). We are grateful to our Supporting Partner, CIHR Institute of Aging, and our sponsors ( http://cag2018.ca/sponsors) and exhibitors (http://cag2018.ca/exhibitors). Please note, all conference events are subject to change. To manage subscriptions/passwords, or view archives, go to http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html . [log in to unmask] is run in collaboration with Health Nexus: http://www.healthnexus.ca/index_eng.php