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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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[Article] Racialized Homelessness: A Review of Historical and Contemporary Causes of Racial Disparities in Homelessness

Matthew Z. Fowl- Taylor and Francis Online

What are the primary drivers of this severe racial concentration of homelessness?

[Resource] Leading and Learning WITH PRIDE: A Revitalized Tool Kit on Supporting 2SLGBTQI+ Seniors

City of Toronto

2SLGBTQI+ older adults face unique challenges as they age and often experience barriers to access across healthcare, long-term care, retirement, homecare, and social service environments. This toolkit includes guidance from working groups, insights from folks with lived expertise, and real-world ex

[Video] The Animated Story of the Moose Hide Campaign

Moose Hide Campaign

Moose Hide Campaign Day is a day of ceremony where all Canadians are called to join together to take a stand against violence towards women and children and to take practical steps for our collective journey of reconciliation.

[Webinar Recording] Forward with Dementia Webinar: Promoting Hope Through Culturally-Specific Dementia Resources

Schlegal-UW Research Institute

Previously recorded webinar from January 24, 2024. People living with dementia and caregivers have a right to information that is aligned with their unique culture, and can support them to live fulfilling lives and have hope for their future.It is critical that resources and education are culturall

[Article] Learning from older adults: The wholeness of aging in the right place

Maxine Ho, AIRP Vancouver Undergraduate Research Assistant

Click HERE to learn moreLearning from older adults: The wholeness of aging in the right placeBy Maxine Ho, AIRP Vancouver Undergraduate Research AssistantIt is a cloudy day in Metro Vancouver with some snow covering the sidewalks. My research partner and I are comfortably seated in an interview part

[Resource] Transformative Research Toolkit

Othering and Belonging Institute Berkeley

Transformative Research ToolkitWe have seen and participated in transformative research strategies that defeated proposed jail expansions, won millions of dollars for community-prioritized programs, and built new community-led organizations that changed a political landscape, among many other achi

[Webinar] Social prescribing: The Value of a Holistic Patient Navigation Support on Equity

Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU)

"Undesirable social determinants of health (such as wealth, language and/or sociocultural barriers, living in minority situations, etc) lead to higher risks of poor health outcomes and impede access to services and resources that can address or counteract their effect. Social prescribing, is an appr

May National Caregiver Awareness Month- 2024 Media Package

Caregiver-Centered Care Initiative, University of Alberta, Dept. of Family Medicine

Recognize National Caregiver Awareness Month this May and “Help Alberta’s Caregivers THRIVE!” Caregiving can be overwhelming. Supporting ABs family caregivers with kindness, compassion, and community resources is vital to caregiver well-being and the ability to sustain care. The Alberta Caregi

[Resource] The Nova Scotia Housing Isolation Program builds holistic supports for underhoused populations through unlikely community partnerships

NCCDH

Health services designed specifically for under-housed and precariously housed populations were not abundant in Nova Scotia prior to COVID-19. For public health practitioners in Nova Scotia (NS), our work around affordable housing, homelessness, and poverty-focused primarily on the policy level, whe

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