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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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2025 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Toolkit

Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Council

The AEAAC has developed a promo kit for World Elder Abuse 2025 including posters and graphics with the theme “Grow the Conversation … Recognize the Signs, Reduce the Risks.”

[Resource] CCCA Election Kit

Canadian Coalition Against Ageism

The Canadian Coalition Against Ageism (CCAA) has launched the Election Toolkit 2025, a resource to help individuals and organizations advocate for older adults during the upcoming federal election. The toolkit provides key questions for candidates, strategies to address ageism, and ways to ensure ag

[Podcast] Defy Dementia Episode 21: The Heart of a Healthy Brain

Baycrest

This episode of Defy Dementia delves deep into the cardiovascular risk factors of dementia, such as blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, and exercise. Nicole McLachlan shares her experience suffering from a heart attack as a fit and healthy 42-year-old, and her subsequent road to recovery.

[Resource] Federal election readiness for nonprofits

IMAGINE CANADA

Elections are an important opportunity to advance public policy priorities. We’re sharing resources and events to help the sector ensure it plays by the rules and is effective when engaging in federal election advocacy.

[Article] Building a Better Calgary

Enough for all

Over the past year, Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) has been exploring different ways to engage Calgarians in civic matters, including zine workshops, community conversations, and a public survey. The first engagement included the making of zines (small publications) that gave participants an opportunity to show what a city with enough for all looks like.

[Resource] Let's Talk: Community organizing

National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health

As understanding of the structural determinants of health deepens within the Canadian public health community, there is growing recognition that advancing health equity requires changing the written and unwritten rules that maintain patterns of inequities.

[Recorded Webinar] Connecting People and Community for Living Well - March Partners' Meeting

CPCLW CORE Group

Partners' Meetings are open to anyone with an interest in supporting seniors and other underserved populations

[Recorded Webinar] Connecting People and Community for Living Well - February Partners' Meeting

CPCLW CORE Group

Partners' Meetings are open to anyone with an interest in supporting seniors and other underserved populations

Strengthening Care: A Toolkit for Caregiver-Focused Social Prescribing

Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing

This toolkit equips organizations and professionals in the caregiver sector with the knowledge and strategic communication tools needed to effectively convey the value of social prescribing. It provides a clear overview of social prescribing, tailored key messages for different audiences, and practi

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