Conference Presentations

2023 11th International Qualitative Research Conference: Aging in the right place: Using qualitative photovoice interviews to discover the role of biophilia for older homeless shelter residents

2023 Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America: Meanings of aging in the right place for housing insecure older adults in temporary housing

2023 Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America: Aging in the right place: Temporary supportive housing for older male veterans in Calgary, Canada

Canadian Association on Gerontology 2023: Disenfranchised trajectories. Living in LTC as an older adults who has experienced homelessness.

Canadian Association on Gerontology 2023: Feeling the Lived Experiences of Aging, Homelessness, and Supportive Housing: Community-based Storytelling as Critical Pedagogy

Canadian Association on Gerontology 2023: Sharing experiences through photovoice: Older people experiencing homelessness express the importance of built environmental features to aging in the right place

Canadian Association on Gerontology 2023: Disrupting discrimination through Community Conversations and “stereotype cards”

Canadian Association on Gerontology 2023: Cracks in the foundation: Intersectional ageism & discrimination towards older people experiencing homelessness

Homeless Services Association of British Columbia 2023: Seniors Homelessness in BC Panel

Ontario Professional Planners Institute Annual Conference 2023: Planning to age in the ‘right’ place: Opportunities, challenges, and lived expert inclusion

Environmental Design Research Association 2023: Building the soil: Biophilic design and access to nature in supportive housing for older adults with experiences of homelessness

Environmental Design Research Association 2023: Sensory aspects of the built environment; Creating a sense of well-being in supportive housing

John K. Friesen Conference 2023: Promising practices for aging in the right place (AIRP) for homeless-experienced older adults

Recognizing housing as a fundamental right amidst increasing rates of homelessness in later life, this session will focus on the unique vulnerabilities of homeless-experienced older adults—those aged 50 and older—and models of housing and services that support this unique population.

In this presentation we elucidate the importance of sensory aspects of the built environment in contributing to the well-being of older supportive housing shelter residents.

Arts in Society 2022: Community artmaking: Creating a sense of belonging among older supportive housing residents, university students, and community members

2023 Society for Social Work and Research Conference: Picturing the supportive shelter needs of older adults experiencing elder abuse

University of Calgary Undergraduate Research Symposium: Impacts of COVID-19 on Aging in the Right Place

CAEH 2022: Promising practices for supporting homeless-experienced older adults

CAEH 2022: Integrated harm-reduction health services for older people experiencing homelessness in three Canadian contexts: Recognizing common threads and discussing promising next steps

CAEH 2022: Disrupting discrimination against older people experiencing homelessness through community-based art initiatives

CAG 2022: Mental health and housing resources: the double bind to better understand the lived experiences of adults who have experienced homelessness

CAG 2022: Delivering services to older persons experiencing homelessness: Providers’ perspectives of what work

CAG 2022: Intersectionality and older adult experiences of homelessness: A social justice approach

CAG 2022: Informing housing practices throughout photovoice with older adults who experience homelessness or housing insecurity

CAG 2022: Thinking about space: Methodological considerations for integrating a trauma-informed approach to research with older persons with experiences of homelessness

International Metropolis Conference 2022: Housing insecurity and homelessness among immigrant older adults in Canada

Horizons 2022: Transforming aging in the right place through community-engaged research: Photovoice with older adults who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity

GSA 2021 Conference: Aging in the right place: A conceptual framework for housing insecure older people.

GSA 2021 Conference: Environmental assessment of housing for older adults facing housing insecurity.

GSA 2021 Conference: Evaluating spaces for older adults experiencing homelessness: Findings from an environmental audit

GSA 2021 Conference: Aging in the right place? Photovoice with older adults residing in shelters during Covid-19

GSA 2021 Conference: Temporary housing for older people: Addressing housing insecurity to promote aging in the right place.

CAG 2021 Conference: Aging in the right place for housing insecure older people: A conceptual framework

CAG 2021 Conference: Older adults experiencing housing insecurity: An environmental assessment of housing

CAG 2021 Conference: Perceptions of aging in the right place: Photovoice with older adults transitioning from experiencing homelessness during COVID-19

CAG 2021 Conference: Through the service providers’ eyes: A first glance on practices aiming to support aging in the right place for older adults experiencing homelessness in Montréal

UCalgary Symposium: Mapping the Research Landscape of Older Newcomer Housing Insecurity and Homelessness in Canada

NVivo Conference Presentation: In Meeting the Field: When Clinical Experience Transcends Research Work and Promotes Methodological Innovation in Working With Former Homeless Individuals

2021 SSWR Conference: An environmental scan of promising practices of shelter/housing that support aging in the right place for older people experiencing homelessness in Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver

2021 SSWR Conference: Discovering, dreaming, designing, and delivering the ‘right’ place for older people experiencing homelessness: Needs, challenges, and solutions

2021 SSWR Conference: Shelter/housing options, supports, and interventions for older persons experiencing homelessness: A scoping review

2020 GSA Conference: Advancing the concept of resilience for older people who are experiencing homelessness

2020 GSA Conference: Shelter and housing options, supports, and interventions for older people experiencing homelessness

2020 GSA Conference: Uncovering promising practices for supporting older persons experiencing homelessness

2020 GSA Conference: Conceptualizing the shelter and housing needs and solutions of older people experiencing homelessness

2020 IAPS Conference: Examining and conceptualizing the lived experience of resilience for homelessness: A life course perspective

2020 IAPS Conference: Promising practice models that support aging in the right place for older persons experiencing homelessness in Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal

2020 IAPS Conference: Shelter/housing models that support aging in the right place for older persons experiencing homelessness

2020 IAPS Conference: Homeism: Naming discrimination against the homeless

The numbers of older persons experiencing homelessness (OPEH) is on the rise globally Yet housing and shelter options that support the varied and complex needs of this population are scarce.