SFU Gerontology
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Caralyn Randa’s wealth of knowledge and skills obtained through her academic and professional experience has made her an excellent and fitting MA student in the Department of Gerontology. Learn more about Caralyn:

How can we better provide older adults in long-term care with safety, comfort and dignityduring and beyond COVID-19? Join us on October 1 for a discussion with care providers and safety advocates.

Associate Professor Atiya Mahmood writes in The Vancouver Sun about how we can provide more housing in BC through the transformation of solitarily-occupied homes.

Check out SFU's Department of Gerontology professor Andrew Sixsmith's interview on isolation in the seniors populationpart of SFU's Changemaker series.

Sienna Caspar, associate professor at the University of Lethbridge (and graduate of our MA program), wrote about about long-term care reform in the Calgary Herald. Read her piece here:

On February 27, we're hosting a free public lecture by Merill Silverstein, PhD of Syracuse University. In the lecture, Dr. Silverstein will review the long-term care challenges facing China in light of its aging population, increased longevity, growing disease burden and low fertility.

From Shanghai, to Prince Edward Island, to Calgary, to Vancouver read about Lun's journey to the GRC and what he hopes to accomplish while he's here.

Last month, SFU Gerontology MA candidate Alexis Haig attended the 2019 Canadian Centre for Elder Law Conference. Read some of her takeaways on our student blog:

In 2001, SFU Gerontology introduced the Senior Leadership Award, which is presented to a BC senior to recognize their contributions to their community and to the academic field of gerontology. We are now accepting nominations for the 2019 Award. See the link below for details:

Dr. Andrew Wister, professor of Gerontology at Simon Fraser University, uses CLSA data to explore three forms of multimorbidity resilience: functional, social and psychological. Learn more about this CLSA project: http://ow.ly/Ifr630pt8bc SFU Gerontology

In the newest post in our Finding Gerontology series, Shelby Elkes discusses how summers spent with her grandparents in Drumheller, Alberta led to her pursuing her MA with SFU Gerontology.

Our Finding Gerontology series shares the stories of SFU Gerontology students. Read the most recent piece from MA student Holly Lemme: