Principal Investigator
Verena Menec Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Community Lead
Patti Chiappetta Manitoba Seniors & Healthy Aging Secretariat
Co-Investigators
Official Launching
On October 24th, 2007, Chad Gaffield, President of SSHRC announced the Age-Friendly Communities, Active Aging Alliance had been awarded the Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) grant. This official launching marked the begining of a five year project focused on supporting age-friendly community development through rigourous research.
Staffing Updates A warm welcome to Louise Hutton, our new Community Liaison, and Dawn Veselyuk the Project Coordinator. Also, welcome to our new trainees; Toni Morris-Oswald, a Postdoctoral Fellow; Becky Raddatz, a Masters of City Planning student; Sheila Novek, a student in Community Health Sciences; and Kaeleigh Schroeder, a Sociology student.
Presentations Bonnie Hallman and Richard Milgrom will be presenting Making Age Friendly Communities II at the AAG 2008 Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.
Judy Chipperfield Psychology John Everitt Geography, Brandon University Bonnie Hallman Environment & Geography Richard Milgrom City Planning Frances Racher School of Health Studies, Brandon University Elizabeth Ready Kinesiology & Recreation Management Alexander Segall Sociology Laura Taylor Social Work
Students
Toni Morris-Oswald Becky Raddatz Sheila Novek Kaeleigh Schroeder
Collaborators
Kimberly Weihs Manitoba Society of Seniors Frances Kuo Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign Amanda Macrae Age & Opportunity Inc. Barbara Payne Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba Louise Plouffe Division of Aging & Seniors, Government of Canada Marjorie Wood Creative Retirement Manitoba
Age-Friendly Summit The Age-Friendly Summit was held in Portage la Prairie on February 11th and 12th with 70 representatives from ten communities. Kerri Irvin-Ross, the Minister responsible for Seniors, gave the opening statement and announced that the participating communities will share $20,000 in provincial funding. The interactive summit included various speakers, a panel discussion and breakout sessions.
Project Updates WISER Study Phase III
Interviews with 1015 individuals living in Winnipeg have been completed. Analysis of the data has begun.
Age-Friendly Communities Survey
A paper survey was sent to 198 communities and responses have started to return in the mail.
PhotoVoice
Photo taking has been completed by two groups in Winnipeg and one group in Dauphin. The cameras are currently being returned. The project is now starting with a group in Carman.
Partners
Active Living Coalition for Older Adults (ALCOA) Age & Opportunity Centres, Inc. Assiniboine Regional Health Authority Brandon Regional Health Authority Creative Retirement Manitoba Division of Aging & Seniors, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Federal Superannuates National Association (FSNA) Manitoba Association of Multi-Purpose Seniors Centres (MAMSC) Manitoba Council on Aging Manitoba Seniors & Healthy Aging Secretariat Manitoba Society of Seniors Inc. NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority Rural Development Institute South Eastman Health Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) Winnipeg in motion World Health Organization (WHO)
Portage la Prairie Implementation Meetings
An advisory committee has been established. The committee meets monthly and is now preparing a ‘terms of reference document.’ This document outlines background information on the committee, its purpose, and other details.
Websites Centre on Aging www.umanitoba.ca/centres/aging/
(click on Age-Friendly Communities - Community-University Research Alliance)
Manitoba Seniors & Healthy Aging Secretariat www.gov.mb.ca/agefriendly/index.html
Contact Information Dawn Veselyuk Project Coordinator Phone: 474-6583 Fax: 474-7576
[email protected]
