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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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Mental Health Resources for Farmers
The Do More Agricultural Foundation
Most Canadian farmers are over the age of 55 years and people working in the agricultural industry are prone to stress, depression, and isolation.info about the community fund
Social Isolation in Older Adults
University of Toronto's Institute for Life Course and Aging
Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Life Course and Aging are conducting a study on the best policies and practices, nationally and internationally, with respect to social isolation.
The researchers are looking for 200 participants (people over the age of 65) to complete an o
Social determinants, health equity, and mental health: A curated list
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
This resource is also available in French.
The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) has compiled and described 17 resources to support public health action on the social determinants of health and health equity as a way to promote positive mental health. The list also in
Introduction to Health Equity Online Course
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
The NCCDH and Public Health Ontario have collaborated to create and release this jointly branded online course regarding health equity.
Developed with the support of a pan-Canadian advisory group of public health practitioners and researchers, the course offers introductory material in self-directe
Healthy Aging CORE BC: Year in Review
Healthy Aging CORE BC
We are excited to share with you the 2020-21 Healthy Aging Year in Review, which tells the story of this most extraordinary year – how United Way responded to the crisis, how the Community-Based Seniors’ Services (CBSS) sector rose to the challenge, and how the lessons learned will help us move
Let’s Talk: Advocacy and Health Equity
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
The sixth release in our “Let’s Talk” series highlights the importance of advocacy as a strategy and practice within public health, and describes the different ways advocacy can contribute to addressing the social determinants of health and improving health equity.
It acknowledges the challen
Health Promotion Canada webinar series
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
These webinars are available in the language in which they were originally delivered, either English or French as noted below.
The NCCDH and Health Promotion Canada (HPC) collaborated on a series of webinars to highlight several chapters of the book Health promotion in Canada, 4th edition: New pers
University of Alberta researcher: Albertans may experience delayed grief as COVID-19 restrictions lift
Bev Betkowski, University of Alberta
Easing of restrictions will be hard on those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19, says U of A researcher who offers coping strategies to help yourself and others.
As pandemic restrictions have eased in the past few months, many of those who have lost a loved one to COVID-19 are experiencing the pa
Older women's experiences of companion animal death: impacts on well-being and aging in place
BCM Geriatrics
This research explores the experiences of 12 women (age 55+), living alone in Alberta, who experienced the death of an animal companion in 2019. Findings revealed that the loss of an animal companion results in significant grief and associated losses such as the social encounters involving their pet
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