Memoir Fest 2024
The Recording for Memoir Fest 2024 is now available on YouTube here. Professor Geraldine Voros, McMaster University, hosts this session presenting memoir [...]
About Ellen Ryan
Ellen Ryan, a gerontologist and semi-retired professor, sees later life as a time of opportunity for reflection, creativity, growth, connectedness, and contribution. She has been invited to speak about social participation and aging in community internationally and by Hamilton Council on Aging, Hamilton Third Age Learning, Hamilton Seniors Advisory Committee, Ancaster Senior Achievement Centre, Halton Seniors Advisory Committee, Na’amat Hamilton (Jewish Women’s Group), local churches, and various programs at McMaster University.Coping with the Winter Blues
By Eva Wang, a student in Aging and Health at McMaster University. Ever feeling low or continuously sad in winter? Or [...]
Journal features our Intergenerational Memoir Project
Click here to view 9 articles in SAGE-ING Journal from our Intergenerational Memoir Project (collaboration between Hamilton Aging in Community and McMaster [...]
Sailing with the Winds of Change: Aging and Spirituality Links
YouTube Recording from November: Dr. Jane Kuepfer engages members of Hamilton Aging in Community in presentation and discussion of Aging and Spirituality [...]
Cohousing Hamilton Speaker Series Youtube Links
Cohousing Hamilton Speaker Series presents recordings on YouTube for the Fall Presentations. Here are the links: Cohousing Hamilton Speaker Series: Toiora [...]
Toiora High Street Cohousing- Dunedin, New Zealand Presentation
Here is the link Cohousing Hamilton's Speaker Series presentation in September 2023 from Toiora Street Cohousing in Dunedin New Zealand. For more [...]
Ageism and its Adverse Health Effects on Seniors
By: Isabella De Iuliis (Fourth Year student in Aging and Health) Ageism is discrimination against a person because of their age (Nelson, [...]
The Widows’ Walk
By Allison Barrett: Losing a beloved spouse is an experience that a great many of us will experience in our senior years. [...]
Wearing Hearing Aids Fosters Social Engagement and Supports our Aging Brain
Here we are starting the 'new year' in September, again. Even for retirees, this is a time to resume activities for [...]
Intergenerational Memoir Project – 2023-2024
The intergenerational memoir project is designed to help a senior volunteer work together with a student partner to produce a memoir [...]