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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan

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Research @UofT_FIFSW @urristudy | @shadesresearch supported by @WCHospital | @tamilarchive | Aging, Tech, Care & Colonialism

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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
1 year
What will the impact be on both sides of the border with an overworked labour force and increasing number of residents with complex care needs? Immigration crackdown could reduce caregiving workforce
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Promised immigration crackdowns, including planned mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, could ripple across America's already stretched caregiver workforce.
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
1 year
If you are a #ltc home, resident, or family council interested in learning more, feel free to contact me. Always welcome questions! More information here on the study: https://t.co/MZcGQ0fXEp We offer $25 for residents, $50 for staff plus $2500 and free training for the home.
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
1 year
Highlighting on #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons the CIHR-funded @urristudy working with/for people residing in Ontario long-term care homes. We are asking residents what contributes to their physical, social, and mental well-being and what doesn't.
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@JnlGlobalAgeing
Journal of Global Ageing
1 year
Our 1st Editors’ Choice collection is now live! Enjoy free access to articles focusing on different aspects of ageing in India, Uganda and Chile https://t.co/JPWZOgHXBh @britgerontology
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
1 year
had a wonderful time at the last one I attended. anyone want to panel?
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
2 years
Research lags behind on women's health. I do #aging research in long-term care where #women make up the largest group. What does an intersectional approach to research look like in practice? #makeitcount
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
2 years
I will be part of this panel tomorrow (Wed) on "Imminent Visions Screening & Panel Discussion" led by @DMG_UTSC educator-in-residence Myuri Srikugan Only a few tickets left tho: https://t.co/lJ4tOBY7rc
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
2 years
Are older adults more vulnerable to scams? What psychologists have learned about who’s most susceptible, and when https://t.co/QeXnKp2v6X via @ConversationUS
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Many factors shape an individual’s risk for falling prey to deception, including where and how they are targeted.
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
2 years
Accessible version of the job posting ( https://t.co/Dj4flTLTr9) is now available on our website:
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
2 years
Join our wonderful team to undertake vital research with residents living in Ontario long-term care and their well-being. Please share and reach out if you have questions. Follow our work @urristudy
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@picardonhealth
André Picard
2 years
The state of #dementia research in Canada. Q+A w/ @SaskiaSiva https://t.co/UbVpLGgDl9 via @TheSocialCTV
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Paula Rochon
2 years
The epidemic of #loneliness is spreading at an alarming pace in @canada, impacting older adults & other vulnerable populations. #WomensAgeLab's latest #policy brief provides recommendations for the federal government to put to action. @WCHResearch 🔗 https://t.co/HLelYTaYCQ
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
2 years
this podcast series illuminates many new and exciting research directions. grateful for the opportunity to talk about my work with Anissa Talahite-Moodley.
@RHUL_CVC
Royal Holloway Centre for Visual Cultures
2 years
✨NOW LIVE✨ A new episode of (un)touched: the podcast where we delve into the themes of touch, tangibility and intangibility in the world of art and visual culture. In this episode, Anissa Talahaite-Moodley speaks to @_vasukis; it's not to be missed!
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@YorkuCare
YU-CARE
2 years
YU CARE invites you to the Aging in the City Seminar on the pandemic in long-term car: making the story public with Dr. Megan Davies. Sept. 22, 2023. FREE. on ZOOM. register: YU CARE Event Registration Form ( https://t.co/G6EPZPX8FA) @YorkUHealth @YUResearch @YorkUnews
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
2 years
Come join a stellar research team studying the social well-being of people living in Ontario long-term care homes. Do you have experience working in long-term care? Know how to use tablets for data entry? Contact me 👋🏽 #researchjobs #gerontology #RAjobs #aging
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
3 years
Come see our project "portals, not homes" that was 3 years in the making and questions our longing for home 💽
@InterAccessTO
InterAccess
3 years
Announcing Vector Festival 2023: shadow work, curated by Mitra Fakhrashrafi ↗↗ Join us for this 10-day festival of exhibitions, performances, screenings, and workshops! Details will continue to be announced at https://t.co/sWkHVJJ4JO
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
3 years
An honour to have TAP be a finalist. This nomination list contains many of the organizations and artists we look up to & for when we need examples of arts leaders, innovators, and advocates who do the heavy lifting to help our communities. Thank you for the hard work you do!
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@LongWinterTO
Long Winter
3 years
Vasuki Shanmuganathan's practice engages with archives of the mundane and symbiotic forms of connections using material/immaterial means to trace the borders of the digital sphere. Vasuki joins LW's Hypercity Residency this fall🧬 🔗 https://t.co/YZD8XPLwxT for more+
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Dr. Vasuki Shanmuganathan
3 years
thank you @Tom_Beedham for this nuanced write-up and for listening! If you are interested in a sneak peak of my upcoming exhibit...
@LongWinterTO
Long Winter
3 years
“In the dream world, you can’t be surveilled. It’s one of the spaces where technology cannot surveil you. I hope.” –Vasuki Shanmuganathan For the LW blog, @tom_beedham spoke with @_vasukis about dream demons, reclaiming the mundane, care, and more! https://t.co/sFHf7XRNFt;
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@NaheedD
Naheed Dosani
3 years
Disgusted to hear that Marcus Charles, a Black man, was tasered down by Hamilton Police while experiencing a medical emergency (an epileptic seizure). This is what racism in policing looks like…Just disgusting.
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