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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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Time is Currency
Danielle Coates-Connor, Nonprofit Quarterly
How are you spending your time? Itās a simple question. Yet people struggle to answer and tell little lies.
Calculating how our time is spent typically reveals our obligations, inadequacies, vices, and shortcomings. Itās like this when we take a linear view of time. Realizing the nature of this
Centering Care
Edge Leadership, Nonprofit Quarterly
āHealing Ourselves Freeā is a conversation facilitated by Resist board president Allen Kwabena Frimpong as part of the Justice is Essential series. Frimpong is joined by Tricia Hersey of the Nap Ministry and Emanuel Brown of the Acorn Center for Restoration and Freedom. This segment highlights w
Are Your Organization and Its Board āAccess Ableā?
Katherine Schneider, Nonprofit Quarterly
Charity to people with disabilities goes back to Biblical times, but philanthropy involving meaningful input from those served is a recent phenomenon.
The demand for ānothing about us without usā is core to the ethos of the disability rights movement. Major civil rights legislation for the one-
Eldersong: Finding and Celebrating Our Voice
Music Mile YYC
The first week of June is Seniorsā Week in Calgary. ā
Music Mile, National Music Centre, and Skeeter Media, in partnership with Age-Friendly Calgary, present senior Calgary artists in an exciting new Seniorsā Week broadcast called Eldersong.ā
Each artist has put together a 10 minute video,
Blog: Harm Reduction, People Who Use Drugs, and Their Communities
Edmonton Social Planning Council
In early May, ESPC volunteer Jayme Wong published a blog post on supervised consumption sites in Alberta, detailing the debate surrounding their closures. Since then, the Alberta government has decided to close yet another service site in Calgary. While it has promised to move these services to anot
Age-Friendly Calgary Social Isolation Awareness Campaign
Age-Friendly Calgary
Age-Friendly Calgary and partners have come together to create a Social Isolation Awareness Campaign that offers resources and information for people to get involved throughout the year.
#Stayconnectedyyc promotes awareness and support of older adults who may be socially isolated. The campaign help
Accessibility Statistics
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada in collaboration with Employment and Social Development Canada, is pleased to unveil the new Accessibility Data Hub.
This new portal provides users with a single point of access for a wide range of data and information related to accessibility.
Users can quickly and easily browse
New National Standard for LTC will Improve the Safety and Quality of Care
Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario
Dr. Samir Sinha is the Director of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai and the University Health Network (UHN) Hospitals. Heās the expert lead of Ontarioās Seniors Strategy. In this column, Dr. Sinha reflects on developing new national LTC standards for Canada in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and how RPN
Specialized Geriatric Services East: Supporting Older Adults with Complex Needs
Seniors Health Knowledge Network
This webinar explored how emerging data, evidence-informed approaches and regional leadership can transform older adult care in the East region of Ontario, Canada.
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