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May 17, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – The City of Surrey has launched a Digital Technology Hub, a free online platform that offers resources to help older adults navigate the digital world and make it easier to connect to services, programs, and people. The Digital Hub offers six categories of information: internet access, devices, training, tech support, virtual healthcare, and online activities.
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May 10, 2023
OTTAWA – François-Philippe Champagne (pictured), minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced that 11 organizations in communities across the country will receive funding as part of the $5.8 million investment in the second phase of the Accessible Technology Program. This investment will support the development of new assistive and adaptive digital devices and technologies to make it easier for Canadians with disabilities to participate fully in the digital economy.
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April 26, 2023
TORONTO – Four Canadian innovators received the Arthritis Ideator Award from Arthritis Society Canada. The award recognizes innovations aimed at improving the lives of the six million Canadians living with arthritis and provides each of the winners with $50,000 for further development of their ventures.
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April 26, 2023
TORONTO – Baycrest is pleased to announce an exclusive collaboration with TELUS Health (formerly LifeWorks) to make its Goal Management Training (GMT) program available to more people in Canada and the United States. The collaboration will introduce GMT to TELUS Health’s AbilitiCBT platform that is currently being used by corporations, healthcare institutions, and health insurance companies.
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April 12, 2023
TORONTO – For-profit nursing homes in Canada’s largest city are vacating the sector rather than undertaking mandatory upgrades, creating a property sell-off that hinders the Ontario government’s promise of 60,000 new and upgraded beds by 2028.
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April 5, 2023
TORONTO – Are you a Canadian startup, community-based or youth-serving organization with an innovative solution to improve the lives of older adults and caregivers? The National Impact Challenge 2023 – Bold Innovations for Living, powered by AGE-WELL and SE Health, is a pitch competition that will bring together selected finalists from across Canada to pitch their technology, innovative program or service for aging with choice and dignity in Canada.
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March 31, 2023
Raised in Edmonton, Jakob Koziel is an enthusiastic champion for North America’s northernmost metropolis. Its cold winters thankfully give way to northern summers boasting up to 18 hours of sunlight a day – perfect for a place known as Festival City for the large volume of events over the summer months. Read More
March 15, 2023
TORONTO – The federal government has announced a $30 million investment to continue supporting the implementation of Canada’s National Dementia Strategy. This investment will be provided to the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) to help accelerate innovation in aging and brain health so that older adults can age safely in the setting of their choice while maintaining their cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being.
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March 3, 2023
As the population continues to age, an exodus of staff within elderly care during the pandemic has intensified pre-existing problems with retaining and growing the care workforce. By 2030, there will be 1.2 billion seniors over the age of 60 worldwide, making this one of the largest challenges facing our care system. Read More
February 1, 2023
MONTREAL – MEDTEQ+ and AGE-WELL are officially unveiling envisAGE, a large-scale pan-Canadian initiative whose mission is to catalyze Canada’s AgeTech ecosystem by supporting innovators to grow and scale their enterprises and deliver technology solutions that help older Canadians maintain a better quality of life, longer.
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