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WHO KNEW! Understanding your brain through mindfulness
Understanding and training your brain through mindfulness is an effective way to manage your stress response and age well.
Older adults with subjective cognitive decline: Can neuroimaging help identify who is at risk?
Join us for an insightful presentation by Sarah Fraser and Talia Salzman as they explore the potential of neuroimaging in identifying older adults at …
Does age matter?
In Canada, there are more people over the age of 65 than under 15 and life expectancy is now longer than ever. By 2050, the world population over 60 w…
International Expert-Conference on Human Rights of older Persons
Government representatives, UN, EU and civil society representatives, older persons, academics and experts met in Vienna in November 2018 to exchang…
Global Aging: Creating Age Friendly & Vibrant Societies for All Ages
Thank you to AARP for their participation in The Age-Friendly Societies Forum “Towards a World Adapted for Older Adults: Maintaining Quality of Life”.…
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
The International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse will hold on June 16, 2020, a virtual event for the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: The i…
CAG 2018 : Making It Matter: Mobilizing Aging Research, Practice & Policy
Dr. Linda Garcia, founding director of the LIFE Research Institute will be attending the Canadian Association of Gerontology’s 47th Annual Scientific …
Visit to Université Jean-Monnet
July 2018
The LIFE Research Institute was part of an important delegation from the University of Ottawa, to sign an agreement with l’Université Jean …
CO-VIDA 2020
CO-VIDA 2020 is a University of Ottawa student initiative associated with the LIFE Research Institute. The goal of this initiative is to bridge the in…
Health 4.0 Leadership Summit
The Health 4.0 Leadership Summit, organized by the Health 4.0 Leadership Institute, will be held virtually on June 4, 2020.
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Live Well, Learn Well - United Nations 2019
ILC Canada, ILC Global Alliance and the LIFE Research Institute hosted a UN Side Event at the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing, April 15, 2019.
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United Nations 2018
NINTH UN OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP (OEWG) ON AGEING.
The Right to be My Older Self: A North-South Discussion on Long-Term and Palliative Care, Autonom…
Forum 2018
The Second Forum on Age-Friendly Societies “Towards a world adapted for older adults: Maintaining Quality of Life” was hosted by the LIFE Research Ins…
United Nation 2016
In collaboration with ILC-Canada, the LIFE Research Institute participated in a multi-faculty delegation to present at a Side-event of the United Nati…
Forum 2016
First discussion forum on Age-Friendly Business – Joint ILC-Canada/Faculty of Health Sciences Age-Friendly business research forum targeting older wor…
Ottawa MND 2017 Conference | September 7-9 2017
Dr. Linda Garcia is a Professor in the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences and Founding Director of the Life Research Institute (LRI) at the U…
Seminars
Life Course Perspective on Ageing and Technology: Implications for Policy
July 17th, 2018
- Presentation and discussion with: Dr. Jerome Bickenbach, PhD. LL.B., M.A., B.A. given at University of Ottawa
Aging, Assistive technology and Demographics: The ethics of functioning
June 13, 2017
- Dr. Jerome Bickenbach, Université de Lucerne and Swiss Paraplegic Research; in collaboration with Age-Well.
Sharing Big Data Trajectories from the Cradle to the Grave on Individuals, Environmental Enablers and Life Participation
April 27, 2017
- Dr. Patrick Davidson; Dr. Stuart Nicholls; Dr. Annie Robitaille.
Doping for seniors: better aging through chemistry?
February 13, 2017
- Dr. Kevin Conley, University of Washington.
Healthy Links - Making a Difference: How Research and Partnerships Help Meet the Needs of People with Complex Chronic Conditions
November 23, 2016
- Mr. Cal Martell, Champlain LHIN