Community Library

A growing hub of resources and tools to support older adults, researchers, and communities in building climate resilience. Explore practical guides, research insights, and ways to get involved in local climate action.

Extreme Weather Preparedness

Preparing for Extreme Weather (Technical Safety BC)
Comprehensive Approach to Enhance Older Adults’ Preparedness for Extreme Heat (COPE) Website:
Community Resources
- Booklet: Smart & Sustainable Ways to Cope with Extreme Heat and Climate Challenges (PDF)
How Older Adults Can Reduce Risks of Climate Change Hazards (BC Healthy Communities)
Prepared BC: Extreme Heat Prepardness Guide (PDF)
Health information about risks from wildfires and smoke (BC Centre for Disease Control)

Healthy & Resilient Homes

DIY Air Cleaner - The BREATHE Project (SFU)
Portable AC Units and Gas Appliances: What BC Homeowners Need to Know (Technical Safety BC)
Preventing indoor overheating (NCCEH)
Navigating Extreme Weather Impacts on Technical Systems (Technical Safety BC)

Wellbeing & Connectedness

Seniors Helping Seniors: Free peer-led workshops that help older adults stay informed, healthy, and connected.
Age-Friendly Rural and Remote Communities: A Guide (Government of Canada)
Video: Working with Indigenous older adults: Elders as knowledge keepers and storytellers
Seniors First BC fosters connection, dignity, and empowerment — helping older adults across the province access support, advocacy, and community.

Reports & Publications

Healthy Ageing in a Changing Climate: Creating inclusive, age-friendly, and climate resilient cities and communities in the UK (PDF)

The Impact of Climate Change: Why Older Adults are Vulnerable (PDF)

Climate Change and Health in British Columbia: From Risk to Resilience (PDF)

Climate Change in an Ageing World (PDF)

Researching Age-Friendly Communities: Stories from older people as co-investigators (PDF)

Interactive map for wildfires
(Government of Canada)

Interactive map for wildfire smoke

Interactive tool for projected weather/climate
(Plan2Adapt)

Community Partners

Educational Materials

Participant Led Rapid Realist Review for Aging and Climate Action Training
- Training for Older Adults (Co-researchers) (PDF)
- Training for Students (Co-researchers) (PDF)
- Navigating the Realist Search (Video)
The BREATHE Project (SFU)
- Train the Trainer Guide:
  A guide for organizations, municipalities, and emergency management personnel wanting to host their own DIY air cleaner workshops to build resiliency to wildfires and other indoor air pollution.
Co-Researcher Training Toolkit (Heriot-Watt University)
- Training Guide for Community Researchers: The Case of the RomaPlaceAge Project (PDF)
- Co-Researching Visual and Mobile Methods with Roma Communities: A toolkot (PDF)

Connect and Take Action

Seniors For Climate
A Canada-wide community of older adults demanding urgent climate action for a livable future. Their message: Later is too late. See their documentry below:

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Cool Hoods Project (UBC)
A free UBC program that trains residents to become climate leaders by mapping local impacts, imagining resilient futures, and co-creating neighbourhood action plans. Get started in your community with the "do-it-yourself" Citizen's Coolkit.pdf.

Resilient Neighbourhoods Program (City of Vancouver)
A toolkit that can be used by community-based organizations and groups interested in hosting Resilient Neighbourhoods workshops.

(SPEC) The Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (BC)
A non-profit, charitable, and volunteer-driven organization founded in 1969, they work with citizens, industries, and government agencies to create a healthy environment we can all call home.

Suzuki Elders
A volunteer-driven community inspired by intergenerational collaboration and environmental stewardship. They join forces with citizens, industries and government to build a sustainable future for people and the planet.