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Resources on CORE include checklists, toolkits, reports, studies, videos, and other materials on topics relevant to those working or volunteering in support of healthy aging and older adults independent living.
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Maintaining social connections while benefiting from physical activity
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
Maintaining meaningful relationships and social interactions and engaging in the community is one of the key themes of successful aging. But in the past year, over one-third of Canadians aged 65 and older have expressed that there had been a negative impact on their mental health since the beginning
Loneliness is strongly linked to depression among older adults, a long term study suggests
National Institute for Health Research
Depression is a major public health problem that is growing worldwide. The causes are complex and vary from person to person. However, new research estimates that up to one in five cases of depression among older adults could be prevented by reducing loneliness. The study therefore has important pub
Facilitating (and Leading) “From the Chair”
Curtis Ogden, Nonprofit Quarterly
One of the questions that often comes up in our popular workshop, Facilitative Leadership for Social Change, goes something like this, “It’s great that I’m learning all of these practical leadership and facilitation skills, but what happens when I’m not the one leading or facilitating?” Ho
Who Decides? Mapping Power and Decision Making in Nonprofits
Jon Huggett and Caitrin Moran, Nonprofit Quarterly
Editors’ note: This article, which comes from the fall 2008 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly, “Working Nonprofit Style,” discusses tools to improve organizational decision making.
These tools can identify who should make critical decisions and how participants should make them. The authors
Building a Culture of Accountability
Piper Anderson, Stanford Social Innovation Review
Last summer, institutions across sectors were called to account for their failure to address systemic racism. Many organizational leaders addressed the backlash by requesting trainings and consultations from professionals like myself in the field of racial equity.
Unfortunately, many of these same
RECORDING - Community-Based Seniors Serving Sector Initiative - Community Activation Sessions
Community-Based Seniors Serving Sector Initiative
Watch a recording of the session and review the session slide deck.Â
Throughout May and June 2021, community-based seniors serving sector staff and volunteers and allied systems partners were invited to attend these sessions to learn more about the work of and participate in the exciting futur
OpportuNext Online Career Transition Tool
The Conference Board of Canada
A new solution for a changing job market. Switching careers can be hard—but what if there were an easier way to identify, assess, and pursue new opportunities?
The Conference Board of Canada and the Future Skills Centre are excited to launch a free online tool designed to help job placement profe
Innovation Report Card 2021
The Conference Board of Canada
Innovation is important.
Innovation is the process through which economic or social value is extracted from knowledge—by creating, diffusing, and transforming ideas—to produce new or improved products, services, and processes.
How does Canada stack up? Innovation is important. It is the drivin
Bridging the Affordability Gap: Report and Recommendations
Edmonton Social Planning Council
Bridging the Affordability Gap summarizes the results of a short-term bridge funding program involving five women with histories of sexual exploitation who were facing financial difficulties making ends meet and did not want to turn back to the sex trade to pay the bills. For five months (November 2
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