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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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Blog: Residential Schools: Uncovering and Honouring the Truth

Edmonton Social Planning Council

News on the search for unmarked graves located at former residential schools has quieted since this past summer when the remains of 215 children were revealed at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C. Since then, dozens of First Nations across Canada have begun the painfu

Views From the Front Line: Taking the Pulse of Canada’s Healthcare Professionals

The Conference Board of Canada

COVID-19 has had a huge impact on those at the front lines of healthcare. Here’s what Canadian clinicians want you to know about how it’s affected their work and well-being. Document Highlights The Conference Board of Canada surveyed 200 healthcare professionals in September 2021. The three

Opioid Response and Nasal Naloxone Training

St. John Ambulance

Opioid Poisoning is on the rise across Canada. All across Canada, the opioid epidemic is getting worse. Health Canada asked St. John Ambulance to provide desperately needed opioid and nasal Naloxone training, as well as nasal Naloxone kits, to communities who are struggling to stop opioid poisoning

Cognitive Impairment: How can we prevent falls

McMaster University

In response to practitioners and clinicians asking, "What evidence is available to guide decision-making about how to prevent falls in cognitively impaired adults?", check out this resource from the McMaster Evidence Review and Synthesis Team.

Social Snacking Toolkit

Connections First

Have you ever been walking down the street, crossed paths with someone, and that person gave you a smile and said “hello,” or “beautiful day for a walk isn’t it?” It felt good, didn’t it? A random connection between two people that is positive and kind, like the above situation, can mak

Technology, Talent, and the Future Workplace: Canadian CIO Outlook 2021

The Conference Board of Canada

The Conference Board of Canada’s annual Canadian CIO Outlook identifies past, current, and future strategic priorities for senior IT executives within Canada. Technology proved vital in helping businesses adapt to the COVID-19 crisis. Information technology infrastructure and collaboration tools

New Report: Reimagining Non-Profit Governance through a Social Justice Lens

Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations

Non-profit governance discussions have undergone a transformation over the past decade, shifting from a focus on boards to a focus on governance as a complex system of people, structures, and processes embedded in a particular organizational culture and broader social ecosystem. Similarly, discussi

Shift Lab’s Guide to Bystander Intervention

Edmonton Social Planning Council

For anyone who has witnessed an incident of racial or sexual harassment in a public place, this handy guide gives you tips on how to respond. All these stories are Edmonton stories but these incidents could be from anywhere. Based on feedback from the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton, Sisters Dial

RECORDING: November Network Gathering

Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council

  A Network Gathering on November 24th provided an opportunity for Network members to share information about current and emerging collaborative initiatives and to participate in a discussion of the current environment. Mariam Elghahuagi, Project Manager of Healthy Aging Alberta, presented filter

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