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Programs and Initiatives

Programs and Initiatives profiled on Healthy Aging CORE provide examples of the important work being done by local, provincial, and national organizations and the value of these programs and initiatives in promoting health and well-being and fostering resilience for older adults seniors.

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Wìdjìwàgan project

What you know as social innovation might actually be Indigenous innovation. “‘Social innovation’ is a Western term for how Indigenous people have always built business,” reads the homepage of

Project SOS: Share Our Stories

With age comes experience and resilience. We invite you to share a story or two about a difficult time you faced and how you got through it. Your stories can help others who are facing difficult chall

Injury Prevention Centre's Poison Prevention Program

Poisonings are a major cause of unintentional injuries in Alberta. In 2018, Alberta’s poison centre, PADIS, received over 25,000 calls concerning poisoning. 70% of child poisonings needing hospi

WESeniors Community Hub, Westend Seniors Activity Centre

Westend Seniors Activity Centre (WSAC) is a charitable non-profit organization founded in 1978 and based in Edmonton, Alberta. For the past 43 years, WSAC has been serving seniors in Edmonton providin

Volunteer Driver Program

Helping Hands Cochrane & Area's Volunteer Driver Program (VDP) was created in 2016 which was designed to assist citizens who are low income, seniors, ill or injured,  access to affordable local

GeriActors Theatre

GeriActors Theatre is an internationally known and Edmonton based not-for-profit company creating and promoting seniors’ and intergenerational theatre. Founded in 2001 by Artistic Director, David

Edmonton Seniors Home Supports Program

The Edmonton Seniors Home Supports Program (SHSP) is a referral service that gives seniors referrals to screened service providers which offer snow removal, yard help, housekeeping. home repair and m

McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

Optimal aging means staying healthy, active and engaged for as long as possible. There is a lot of information about healthy aging, it can be overwhelming. How do you know which information you can t

THE RURAL MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT

The design, implementation and evaluation of Rural Mental Health project is being done collaboratively with strategic partnerships, to ground approaches in rural and indigenous worldviews. The princip

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