Science and Technology for Aging Research Institute
Responding to the BC Vaccine Card Rollout
The SFU STAR Institute and 411 Seniors Centre Society conducted a rapid evaluation of the BC vaccine card rollout amongst the community members at the 411 Seniors Centre Society in Vancouver. Through community-based participatory action research, we worked together to capture the emerging issues to communicate various challenges experienced by older adults to the governmental sectors.
Events and Opportunities
PETRA 2022 Conference Workshop on Ethics and AgeTech
Paper Deadline: March 10, 2022
BC Support Unit Putting Patients First Conference
March 10-11, 2022
AGE-WELL AgeTech Implementation Response (AIR) funding program
Application Deadline: March 18, 2022
2022 Provincial Summit on Aging
April 27-29, 2022
Horizons: Crisis and Social Transformation in Community-Engaged Research
May 26-29, 2022
PETRA - PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
June 29-July 1, 2022
British Society of Gerontechnology (BSG) Conference
July 6-8, 2022
International Society of Gerontechnology (ISG) Conference
October 24-26, 2022
Journal of Aging and Mental Health Special Issue: Technology, Aging, and Mental Health: Opportunities and challenges
Paper Deadline: November 1, 2022
Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Conference
November 2-6, 2022
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Affordable Internet for Older Adults in BC and Alberta
The TELUS Internet for Good program provides low income older adults in British Columbia and Alberta with a low-cost internet wireless service. Your internet plan could be as little as $9.95 plus taxes per month. Learn more and apply.
PETRA 2022 Conference Workshop on Ethics and AgeTech
SFU STAR and AGE-WELL are collaborating on a workshop on Ethics and AgeTech at the PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) 2022 Conference. View call for papers above.
SFU STAR | Journal on Aging and Mental Health Special Issue
SFU STAR is collaborating on a special issue on Technology, Aging, and Mental Health: Opportunities and challenges. STAR Director Andrew Sixmsith is an editor on the issue. View call for papers above.
Citadel Love Stories: An Intergenerational Creative Storytelling Project
Out of creative writing online workshops in Summer 2021 came a small zine that includes countless stories and poems from people of different ages and many of whom identified as belonging on the LGBT2QI+ rainbow. SFU STAR's project manager and designer created the zine's layout.
Age-Friendly Living Ecosystem (AFLE) project
This project creates translational opportunities for intergenerational placemaking towards developing an age-friendly and intergenerational community ecosystem. A poster summarizing the project is being presented in a conference this month.
Technology Access is a Human Right
SFU STAR, in collaboration with 411 Seniors and University of Dundee, presented a paper at APA 2021 exploring the notion that technology access is a human right, illuminating intersectional, digital determinants of health to enable agency in a digitized era.