🚨 Job Alert!. We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Healthy Aging in the Community, with an anticipated start date of July 15, 2026. 💼 Job Description: 📅 Application Deadline: September 15, 2025, or until the position is filled.

Doctoral student Samantha Teichman partnered with Sydney Witoski, founder of FLOWER HOUSE Studios to host a series of intergenerational flower arrangement workshops at @WestEndSeniors aimed at fostering connection, creativity, and community. Read more:

As a visiting researcher at @SFU, Janissa Altona is contributing to the @DemSCAPEbc project, as part of an international collaboration on dementia-friendly communities. Learn more:

This year’s John K. Friesen Conference, held from June 5-6, 2025, brought together nearly 150 participants to explore the theme, “Research, Practice and Policy to Enhance Community-Based Senior Services.”. Access the recordings:

The latest GRC News is here!. This edition highlights:.✅ June 2025 Gerontology grads .✅ Innovative research initiatives & projects.✅ Stories from our faculty, students & community partners. Read more:

Andrew Wister and Barbara Mitchell's philanthropy spans across multiple areas. In 2020, they established the Wister-Mitchell Graduate Scholarship in Gerontology Endowment to support graduate students passionate about aging-related research. Read more:

RT @sfuurban: Today's the day - registration for fall 2025 is open! Our course outlines are up, including URB 101: What is a City? Watch Pr….

RT @SFUFASS: We had a blast celebrating convocation last week! Almost 1,000 photos are now up on the FASS Flickr account 📸 Congratulations….

Congratulations to Kishore Seetharaman on receiving the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s Research Program Postdoctoral Award!. Learn more about Seetharaman's dementia-inclusive urban design study:

RT @SFU_CERi: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! SFU’s 2025/26 Graduate Fellowship Program is open! If you’re a grad student doing community-based rese….

RT @SFUResearch: How do major life transitions affect relationships? A longitudinal study led by @SFUGero professor Theresa Pauly followed….

Sahra-Lea Tosdevine-Tataryn, Niloofar Hedayati, Rebekah Mahaffey, and consultant Mariam Larson will provide insight on "Age-Inclusive Municipalities in BC: Examples and Next Steps.". Register here:

Join Anthony Kupferschmidt on June 5 for a free public lecture on "Age-Equitable Vancouver," to close day one of the Friesen conference!. 🗓️ June 5, 2025 at 6:30 pm.📍Earl & Jennie Lohn Policy Room (HC 7000). Register here:

In a panel on "Understanding and Strengthening Community-Based Senior Services in BC: A Critical Dialogue," our speakers will discuss what their programs are doing to improve the lives of seniors in the community. Register here:

Join the conversation as Beth Mansell from Healthy Aging Alberta and Prabhraj Sandhu from United Way British Columbia discuss the social prescribing models in Alberta and British Columbia. Register here:

Andrew Wister and Mélanie Levasseur will speak on the Connect!Âge project focused on reducing social isolation and loneliness among older adults in BC and QC, by bringing together resources and community organizations that support seniors. Register here:

The 2025 Friesen conference will feature a panel discussion on "Integration Social Programming in NORCS and Affordable Seniors Housing: The OASIS Example," with participants in the program also highlighting their experiences. Register here:

Keynote speaker Isobel Mackenzie is starting off day 2 of the 2025 Friesen Conference, speaking on The Wants and Needs of B.C. Seniors and the Role of Advocacy. A Reflection. Register here:

The 32nd John K. Friesen Conference will kick off with keynote speaker Tine Buffel on Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities: International Perspectives on Research, Policy and Practice. Register here:

.@SFU researchers are advancing brain health in aging Canadians in a new CLSA-Weston Healthy Brain, Healthy Aging study. Which will provide insight on the neural and biological factors that contribute to brain resilience from mid to late life. Read more: