Upcoming Webinar:
Equitable and age-friendly communities
February 22, 2022
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (ET)
This event will take place in English, with closed-captioning in English and simultaneous French interpretation.
This webinar is part of a series co-developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) and Health
Promotion Canada (HPC) based on content from the book entitled Promoting the health of older adults: The Canadian experience (PHOA).
This second webinar in the series will explore the opportunities and challenges to
creating supportive environments that promote health and equity for older Canadians.
Participants will learn:
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how supportive environments underlie health equity and the social determinants of health for older adults;
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features of age-friendly communities and the challenge of inequities in age-friendly initiatives
Speakers:
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Dianne Oickle, Knowledge Translation Specialist, NCCDH
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Irving Rootman, Contributor and Co-Editor PHOA, Health Promotion Canada
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Verena Menec, Contributor PHOA, University of Manitoba
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Suzanne Garon, Contributor PHOA, Université de Sherbrooke & Research Centre on Aging
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Mélanie Levasseur, Contributor and Co-Editor PHOA, Université de Sherbrooke & Research Centre on Aging, contributor and co-editor
Best,
Caralyn Vossen
(she/her)
Knowledge Translation Coordinator | coordonnatrice du transfert des connaissances
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health | Centre de collaboration nationale des déterminants de la santé
St. Francis Xavier University | Université St. Francis Xavier
Email | courriel [log in to unmask]
www.nccdh.ca / www.ccnds.ca
Currently located in Montreal, on the traditional
territory of the Kanien'kehŕ:ka. This land has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst many First Nations including the Kanien’kehá:ka of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Huron/Wendat, Abenaki, and Anishinaabeg
Travaille actuellement ŕ Montréal, sur le territoire
traditionnel non cédé des Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawks), qui a longtemps servi de lieu de rassemblement et d’échange entre les nations, y compris les Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawks), la Confédération des Haudenosaunee,les Hurons-Wendats, les Abénakis et les Anishinaabes.