Alberta Age-Friendly Community of Practice (CoP) Diverse Seniors Webinar Series

The Alberta Age-Friendly Community of Practice (CoP) is designed to help communities that are pursuing age-friendliness to connect and share ideas, best practices and expertise. The CoP also works together on matters of priority to the group. The CoP has planned a five-session webinar series focused on how age-friendly communities can foster a sense of belonging for diverse populations of seniors. All sessions will be virtual.

The overall goals for the series are:

• Help to foster a shared understanding of the needs of diverse populations of seniors.

• Identify enablers to the inclusion of diverse populations of seniors.

• Encourage and facilitate a variety of local initiatives that support a sense of belonging for diverse populations of seniors.

December 12

Seniors Living with Disabilities

Seniors are a diverse group, including different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation and those with disabilities. In this session we have a panel that will speak to the challenges seniors living with disabilities experience and explore ways to support their inclusion in age-friendly planning and initiatives that communities could undertake to support a “sense of belonging”. Our panel brings a broad range of experience and expertise from those living with a disability and those who support them. Following the presentations there will be time for questions and answers.

Panelists:

Dr. Mark Iantkow has been registered as legally blind since age 10 due to an inherited eye condition. He over 40 years experience in, and contributions to, the access design continuum.

Deaf & Hear Alberta

o  Lorraine Lavinskas, Hearing Mentor Volunteer

o  Leslie Brachman, Client Services & Volunteer Manager

L’Arche Calgary

o  Dovie Williams, senior living with a developmental disability in a L’Arche home

o  Teresa Ginther, Dovie’s House Leader

o  Carmela Perez, L’Arche Community Life Coordinator

o  Dallas Frank, L’Arche Homes Coordinator

The session will include time for questions and answers. 

For more information and to register for specific sessions in the webinar series click on the links below:

1. December 12- 10:00-11:30 a.m. - Seniors Living with Disabilities REGISTER

This event, and past webinars are recorded and hosted in the Age-Friendly playlist here