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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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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.
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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
Remote, Office, or Hybrid? Employee Preferences for Post-Pandemic Work Arrangements
The Conference Board of Canada
Remote, Office, or Hybrid? Employee Preferences for Post-Pandemic Work Arrangements presents findings from the 2020-2021 Employee Wellbeing in Times of COVID-19 survey conducted by Carleton University in partnership with The Conference Board of Canada. It found that employee preferences regarding po
Hadley Learning Resources for Individuals Adjusting to Vision Loss
Hadley
The mission of Hadley is to create personalized learning opportunities that empower adults with vision loss or blindness to thrive at home, work, and in their communities. The organization is especially focused on adults losing vision in later life. The site is designed for people with vision loss
Imagining Relational Infrastructures
Kenneth Bailey and Keller Easterling, Nonprofit Quarterly
Communities are essential infrastructures. Infrastructures can be relational; they can be about improving the ways in which communities work and play together to improve quality of public life. We think new infrastructures can be co-designed, built, and managed by communities. Infrastructure can ev
Learn About Your Taxes: Develop an Understanding of How the Canadian Tax System Works
Canada Revenue Agency
Take this online course to learn about personal income taxes in Canada.
Starting to work
Why you need a social insurance number (SIN), when to fill out a TD1 form, and what’s on your pay stub and T4 slip.
4 lessons 22 minutes total
Preparing to do your taxes
Find out what you
Imagine Canada Launches Updated HR Intervals Service
Imagine Canada
Imagine Canada has unveiled HRIntervals.ca – a new, improved, and free HR toolkit for the non-profit sector.
Specifically developed for managers, employees and board members who perform HR functions at their non-profit organizations, the HR Intervals service builds off assets from the former HR C
Social Policy Trends: The Holidays and Social Policy Issues
University of Calgary
"Most social trends show little in the way of monthly variation. Rates of poverty and measures of inequality, for example, are quite stable month to month. However, some issues of concern to social policy advocates, researchers, and governments take a noticeable turn during the holiday season. Favo
A Biopsychosocial-Ecological Framework for Family-Framed Dementia Care
Carol Ann Podgorski, Sharon D. Anderson, and Jasneet Parmar
According to the World Health Organization there are nearly 50 million people with dementia worldwide and projections indicate that this number could reach 82 million by 2030. The Alzheimer's Association reported that over six million Americans and 747,000 Canadians are living with Alzheimer's disea
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