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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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Calgary Seniors' Resource Society Grocery Resources
Calgary Seniors' Resource Society
This is a list of known grocery resources in Calgary.
Please contact each provider for more information. If you or someone you know is in need of urgent support, Volunteer Drop Offs will be offered to vulnerable seniors who are in need of:
Food and groceries
Toiletries
Medications
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LGBTQ2+ Minority Stress in the Workplace: How Discrimination Hurts Health
Jade Pichette, Charity Village
Explore how minority stress affects LGBTQ2+ people in the workplace.
Considering the continued discrimination against LGBTQ2+ people in the broader world, having discrimination happen in our workplaces can have an even more detrimental effect. Discriminatory comments or actions can build up and ha
Supporting greater mobility through autonomous vehicles
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
Mobility is an important issue for everyone. People want to be able to move around independently, which allows them to go about their daily activities (for example, going to work, shopping, going to medical appointments), to lead an active social life, or even to nurture a sense of freedom.
Yet, ag
Doing More by Doing Less: A Call to Rethink Philanthropy
Ben Wrobel and Meg Massey, Nonprofit Quarterly
The idea for Letting Go, a book Wrobel and Massey recently published on impact investing and participatory grantmaking, came out of a conversation they had at a conference in 2019, one of the last they attended before the pandemic turned the world virtual.
The conference was held in an immense f
Impacts of COVID-19 in Racialized Communities
Royal Society of Canada
Overview of Impacts of COVID-19 in Racialized Communities
Most Canadians do not consider themselves to be racist. In fact, they are often quick to deny their racism and that of the society at large, mainly because racism is generally understood to be overt or physical in nature. Physical acts of v
MindShift Cognitive Behavioural Therapy App
Anxiety Canada
Free Evidence-Based Anxiety Relief
Is anxiety getting in the way of your life? MindShift™ CBT uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge
Geriatric Grand Rounds
University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Geriatric Grand Rounds, evidence-based medicine focus and interprofessional health focus, are held alternatively every Tuesday at noon from the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital via a Zoom link. Geriatric Grand Rounds are held from September to June each year.
Geriatrics-News, an announcement list s
Getting Healthy after COVID-19
Alberta Health Services
A COVID-19 infection can result in long lasting symptoms such as breathing difficulties or feeling short-of-breath, loss of smell and taste, brain fog, and fatigue. These long lasting symptoms have been termed “long COVID-19” and can have an impact on your physical and mental wellbeing. It can a
Interactive Map Breaks Down Alberta Vaccine Coverage
Government of Alberta
Building on Alberta’s commitment to provide robust information to Albertans related to COVID-19 in our province, a new online map will break down vaccine coverage by local geographic area.
Starting May 17, Albertans are able to view the following information for their communities by age group:
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