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NEWS & EVENTS

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Sept 27th, 2023

COLLOQUIUM SERIES

The Role of Neighbourhood Built Environment on Outdoor Mobility of People Living with Dementia

Join Dr. Habib Chaudhry, Kishore Seetharaman and Cari Randa-Beaulieu as they talk about The “Dementia-inclusive Spaces for Community Access, Participation, and Engagement (DemSCAPE)” study, that aims to identify spatial and temporal patterns in activities undertaken outside home by people living with dementia, and ways in which the neighbourhood built-environment affects their outdoor mobility and social participation.

 

More information HERE.

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Dec 6th, 2022

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Digital Learning and Remotely Supervised Online Chair Yoga: For Rural and Underserved Adults at Risk of Cognitive Impairment

Rural communities often face disparities in access to online exercise interventions that have gained momentum due to social isolation. Remotely supervised online chair yoga interventions have shown that older adults can participate in chair yoga virtually in the comfort of their home. Watch Dr. Juyoung Park shares her research.

 

More information HERE.

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May 25th, 2022

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Working in Partnership with People Living with Dementia: Examples from UK Community Based Initiatives and Research

Scholar Dr. Anthea Innes shares examples and encourage discussion of different approaches to working in partnership with people living with dementia.

Anthea also shares a partnership model of working, developed over a 5-years period, driven by people living

 

More information HERE.

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January 25th, 2022

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Addressing Stigma and Discrimination:Hearing the Voices of People with Dementia

 Join the Action Group and member of the Research Team at our next colloquium where they will be discussing how this project came about and what it has been like to participate in this study.  Team members will also be introducing the Flipping Stigma on its Ear Toolkit, one of the main outcomes of the research project.

 

More information HERE.

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June 13th, 2023

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Raising the curtain on the lived experience of dementia

Dr. Julia Henderson and Dr. Colleen Reid talk about their research "Raising the Curtain". A community-based participatory research (CPBR) project that explores the question: "What is the lived experience of dementia?" through the ideas, creativity and perspectives of those living it.

 

More information HERE.

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Nov 14th, 2022

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Understanding Service Engagement and Resistance among People Living with Young Onset Dementia and Family Members

Dr. Sheila Novek shares her dissertation research exploring the complex processes that impact dementia care access, drawing on in-depth interviews with people living with the young onset dementia, family members and providers in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

 

More information HERE.

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April 26th, 2022

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Peer Support and Dementia: Possibilities for Post-Diagonistic Support

Dr Laura Booi, a Gerontologist and Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University’s Centre for Dementia Research in the United Kingdom, will discuss the developments of a project, funded by a UK Research and Innovation Catalyst Award, to co-develop a peer mentorship program with people living with Lewy Body Disease. 

 

More information HERE.

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May 23th, 2023

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Social Prescribing: Healthcare-Community Collaboration to Support Quality of Life

In this presentation Margeret Lin will discuss how BC is implementing social prescribing, how social prescribing can support a person’s autonomy and quality of life, the potential for social prescribing to become a valuable resource for people living with dementia, their care partners, and healthcare providers, and how you can actively support this effort.

 

More information HERE.

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Sept 20th, 2022

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Fostering Intergenerational Connection: Perceptions and Projections 

Dr. Shelley Canning discusses the work she has been doing with school-aged children, fostering intergenerational connection, addressing ageism, and improving knowledge of dementia amongst younger people.

 

More information HERE.

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March 17th, 2022

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Engaging People Living with Dementia in Decision Making

Join us at our next Colloquium event at the Centre for Research on Personhood in Dementia which will focus on the Canadian Centre for Elder Law's project Engaging People Living with Dementia in Decision-Making.  

 

Speakers Krista James, Jessica Fehrenbacher and Jerry Gosling.

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More information HERE.

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HAPPY MEMORIES CAFE

 

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STUDENT CONNECTIONS

 The CRPiD Student Connections is a supportive environment  and forum for students of all levels, including undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral fellows of all disciplines/fields of study, who share an interest in dementia and gerontological scholarship.

 

There is no cost to join. Meetings will have a hybrid format (in-person and virtual) and will take place the last Thursday of every month.

More Information HERE

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RESEARCH GRANT

Congratulations to Alison Phinney, Deborah O’Connor, Jim Mann, Habib Chaudhury, Elaine Weirsma, and Heather Cowie on receiving a CIHR grant (2018-2022) for their project, “Putting Social Citizenship into Practice: Reducing Stigma and Promoting Social Inclusion of People with Dementia”!

The purpose of this four-year study is to address social problems of stigma and exclusion experienced by people living with dementia. This study will engage a participatory action group of people with dementia to work in collaboration with academic researchers and community partners to develop a set of guidelines and principles for supporting social citizenship in community settings.

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