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Nov 13

Tools to aid patients making decisions about their health

Discover tools to aid patients making decisions about their health and healthcare.

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Oct 24

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.

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Sep 18

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 …

Feb 12

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…

Jan 31

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…

Jul 5

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”.…

Jun 12

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…

Oct 15

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 …

Aug 2

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 …

Sep 9

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…

May 28

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.

Apr 25

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. 

Jul 31

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…

May 23

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…

Dec 4

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…

Jun 23

Forum 2016

First discussion forum on Age-Friendly Business – Joint ILC-Canada/Faculty of Health Sciences Age-Friendly business research forum targeting older wor…

Feb 9

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