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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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Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation

Eva Jewell and Ian Mosby, Yellowhead Institute

It has now been six years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its six-volume Final Report along with the 94 Calls to Action, meant to remedy the ongoing structural legacy of Canada’s Residential Schools and to advance reconciliation in Canada. Framed by the recent revelations o

Calgary Foundation's 2021 Vital Signs

Calgary Foundation

The Calgary Foundation’s 2021 Vital Signs report reflects the unique perspectives and impressions of 1,000 Calgarians.  Vital Signs uses local knowledge to measure the vitality of a community and support action towards improving collective quality of life. Local data gathered through the program

Geriatric Essentials eLearning

Geriatrics Interprofessional Interorganizational Collaboration

These open-access interactive geriatric learning modules are based on the Geriatrics interprofessional interorganizational Collaboration (GiiC) toolkit developed by the RGPs of Ontario. Users take on a senior character and follow their journey through the health system. Topics include: Delirium, Adv

New Communities of Living

Action for Better Aging

Aging in place at home depends on having a supportive community designed and built to help us be mobile, access the services we need, visit those we want to see and do the things we enjoy. Aging in place models: While Canadians realize that they may need higher levels of care as they age, they wou

Saint Elizabeth Research Centre

Saint Elizabeth Health

Creating a Brighter Future of Health The SE Research Centre is funded by SE Health to conduct impact-oriented health services research and evaluation for the benefit of Canadians. They study the needs of people, their caregivers, and health care providers, to develop evidence-based solutions to tou

Estate Planning Module

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

For some, thinking about the end of life seems unpleasant, and planning for it is unwelcome. But if you plan well, you can leave more to the people or organizations that you care about. More important, if you don't plan, you could leave them with costly problems: You may leave your loved ones wit

Community Science Webinars

Community Science

Get the latest on methods, tools and ways to improve the performance of foundations grantees, and outcomes along with our views on what’s impacting the people you serve. Watch webinars on topics such as advancing equity and justice by connecting evaluation to strategy and ecosystem mapping for str

The Right to Eat Right: Connecting Upstream and Downstream Food Security in Calgary

James Stauch and Cordelia Snowdon, Institute for Community Prosperity

A new report examining Calgary’s food system has been released from Mount Royal University's Institute for Community Prosperity. READ MORE HERE

Mental Health and the Pandemic: What Do Loneliness, Caregiving, and Family Conflict Have to Do With It?

McMaster University

In this video, Dr. Parminder Raina discusses the recent findings on the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on middle-aged and older adults. Hear how loneliness, caregiving, and family conflict are associated with a higher likelihood of depressive symptoms and how these symptoms persist an

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