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AFC Webinars
The Ontario AFC Outreach Program provides an ongoing webinar series about AFC planning, implementation, evaluation, promising practices and emerging trends.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
PAST AFC WEBINARS
AFC Webinar – Exploring the Intersections between Caregiving and Age-Friendly Communities
Join us for a session with the Ontario Caregiver Organization as we learn more about Ontario’s caregivers, and explore the intersections between caregiving and Age-Friendly Communities.
February 15, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Ontario Age-Friendly Community Planning Pre and Post-COVID: Looking Back to Plan a Path Forward
Join us for a webinar exploring the impact that COVID-19 has had and continues to have on age-friendly community planning and implementation in Ontario.
February 8, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Do Interventions to Reduce Ageism Work? A Meta-Analysis Review Finds Promising Results
Research has found a strong link between ageism (in the form of negative stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination toward older people) and harm to older adult physical and mental health, as well as a potential risk factor for elder abuse.
December 7, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Developing a Council on Aging – Advancing your Local Age-Friendly Efforts
Learn how some communities in Ontario have successfully advanced their age-friendly efforts by developing a local Council on Aging.
November 23, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Leading & Learning with Pride: City of Toronto’s Revitalized Tool Kit for Supporting 2SLGBTQI+ Seniors
2SLGBTQI+ seniors navigate complex challenges as they age, including discriminatory policies in care settings, social isolation due to familial rejection or loss of chosen family, and providers who lack the knowledge necessary to deliver affirming support. To address these gaps, the City of Toronto Seniors Services and Long-Term Care (SSLTC) revitalized a training Tool Kit called Leading & Learning with Pride.
October 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Age-Friendly Community Planning Guide for Municipalities and Organizations
Ontario's revised Age-Friendly Communities (AFC) Planning Guide was released in 2021. The Guide -- titled Creating a More Inclusive Ontario: Age-Friendly Community Planning Guide For Municipalities and Community Organizations -- is intended for municipalities, community organizations and others working to develop and support Age Friendly Communities (AFCs) in Ontario.
March 24, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 amAFC Webinar – Exploring the Connection Between Ageism and the Mistreatment of Seniors
In this webinar, offered in collaboration with Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario, Dr. David Burnes will highlight his current research which explores the connection between ageism and abuse, with the goal of improving understanding of those "less talked about” factors that can hinder the age-friendliness of our communities.
February 16, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Snow Moles on Patrol: Age-Friendly Volunteers Root Out Winter Walking Problems
Walkability and pedestrian safety in winter have been a priority of the Council on Aging of Ottawa (COA) since 2016. In 2019, we focused on winter walking through the Snow Mole campaign and piloted the use of an online tool to collect the data in addition to paper-based audit tools.
February 2, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Intergenerational Connections through the GrandPals Project: Insights, Discussion and Next Steps
This webinar will provide an introduction to intergenerational programming, share key learnings from a program called GrandPals and outline the connections with age friendly action plans. GrandPals is a successful, intergenerational program that started in 2010. It connects middle school students with older adults (55+) enabling learning, storytelling and meaningful friendships.
October 27, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Age-friendly Peterborough Health and Housing Navigation Study
In 2019, Age-friendly Peterborough (AFP) began a project to consolidate many community service directories and identify all health services and housing options available to older residents who live in the city and county of Peterborough and Curve Lake and Hiawatha First Nations.
September 15, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Building Connections: Promising Practices to Reduce Older Adult Social Isolation for Age-Friendly Community Initiatives
The Ontario Age-Friendly Communities Outreach Program has developed Building Connections: Promising Practices to Reduce Older Adult Social Isolation for Age-Friendly Community Initiatives to provide age-friendly community initiatives (AFCIs) with an evidence-based outline for creating or adapting community programs to increase social participation and mitigate social isolation and/or loneliness in older adults.
April 14, 2021 @ 12:00 pmAFC Webinar – Rural age-friendly communities in the 2020s: Insights from Trent University
A series of projects led by Elizabeth McCrillis and conducted by the Rural Aging Research Team at Trent University examines rural age-friendly initiatives and the factors that may help or hinder their sustainability.
October 28, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – No Place Like Home(Share): Insights from an Intergenerational Homesharing Program in Toronto
Dr. Raza Mirza shares insights from the implementation, research and evaluation, as well as ideas and solutions for scaling up projects based on the Toronto model to other areas of the province and country.
September 30, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Rainbow Steps to LGBT2SQ Seniors
Devan Nambiar and Kristin Loates discuss aging in the LGBT2SQ communities and how service providers can deliver more inclusive and supportive programming. The impact of minority stress, challenges of growing up in an era when it was criminal to be LGBT2SQ, stigma, discrimination and isolation, as well as strengths such as resilience and identity are explained.
June 24, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Connectedness, Purpose, and Belonging: Role of Social Prescribing in Integrating Health Care and Social Supports
Sonia Hsuing describes how social prescribing is an intentional pathway that deepens the integration between health care and social supports, how it relates to your work, and how we can build a more connected, co-created, equitable, and resilient community together.
April 29, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Older Adults, Physical Distancing & Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic – What can Communities do NOW?
Dr. John Puxty discusses the inherent barriers that will emerge for older adults trying to access daily essentials, spend quality time with their families and friends, and navigate assistance and services. He also explores the unintended health consequences that may emerge when vulnerable populations are isolated for an extended period. Sarah Webster shares some of the creative ways communities are ensuring that older adults stay informed, and are able to access the services they need, and stay ...
April 16, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Climate Change, Vulnerability & Health Equity in Canada: Understanding Linkages to Inform Adaptation
Dr. Peter Berry and Rebekka Schnitter share information on the health risks to Canadians from climate change and a new framework for understanding intersecting vulnerabilities that is being developed for the next national climate change and health assessment.
January 23, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – To Everything There is a Season: Reflections from Hamilton and Ottawa on Sustaining Social Inclusion Initiatives in the Community
Bonnie Schroeder and Pat Spadafora reflect on universal programs and targeted programs to reduce social isolation among vulnerable populations of seniors, and grassroot and system/policy approaches to sustain the activities and outcomes.
November 20, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Creating Safe and Respectful Communities for Older Adults: How Elder Abuse can be Prevented through Age-Friendly Community Plans
Raeann Rideout provides an overview of elder abuse prevention and the role of community partnerships & community development. She explores examples of how age-friendly community action has addressed elder abuse and discusses what more can we do to support effective policy responses, social networks and social inclusion.
September 25, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Accessibility and Age-Friendly Communities: Strengthening Local Impact
Alfred Spencer and Sarah Webster describe the ways in which age-friendly and accessibility principles complement each other. Cheryl Dillon uses Barrie, Ontario as a case example to demonstrate how linking age-friendly and accessibility planning can strengthen local work.
March 5, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: the OASIS Model
Helen Cooper describes the Oasis structure and core partnerships necessary to keep it true to its mandate and shares information about upcoming research projects, conducted in partnership with faculty of the Queen’s School of Rehabilitation Therapy and focused on the expansion and evaluation of Oasis.
June 28, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Taking Charge: New models for Aging in Place, Designed by Seniors, for Seniors
Jen Recknagel discusses a research-through-storytelling project aimed at uncovering grassroots models of seniors’ supportive living that are emerging across Canada and the United States.
June 14, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Building a Stronger and More Inclusive Ontario Part 2: Understanding the link between Age-Friendly and Compassionate Communities
Julie Darnay, Denise Marshall and Deborah Sattler provide insights as to how Compassionate Community approaches can complement Age-Friendly and Dementia-Friendly initiatives, and discuss opportunities for collective action.
May 31, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Building a Stronger and More Inclusive Ontario Part 1: Understanding the link between Age Friendly and Dementia Friendly Communities
Felicia White and Susan Orser discuss the Dementia Friendly Communities approach, linkages to age-friendly communities, and how to include these practices within your current work.
May 17, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Connecting With Ontario Seniors: Moving from Social Isolation to Social Inclusion
Bonnie Schroeder reviews why older adults are isolated and how this isolation differs from loneliness and solitude. Rachel Sutcliffe presents findings from an Ottawa-based program entitled “Seniors Centre Without Walls”. Nancy Angus concludes the presentation by describing the “Grand Individuals Aging with Neighbours in Thunder Bay” (GIANTS) program.
April 24, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – A Case-Example on Developing an Age-Friendly Action Plan for Addressing Social Isolation in Older Chinese Adults
Dr. Sander Hitzig and Dr. Raza Mirza describe a neighbourhood approach to developing an action plan for Toronto-Kensington Chinatown neighbourhood more age-friendly.
November 30, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – With Age Comes Great Experience: How Seniors are Mentoring a New Generation of Entrepreneurs
Ric Phillips and Maria Konikov describe communication strategies.
February 14, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Creating an Age-Friendly Dashboard to Monitor and Communicate Progress
Michelle Gold and Sarah Mayo describe a Dashboard tool developed to monitor and communicate age-friendly progress in Hamilton. They discussed how other communities can adapt the tool for use in their own community.
December 8, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Age-Friendly Communities: Aging in Place
Jamie Shipley describes housing design and adaptability strategies to support aging in place.
October 20, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Age-Friendly Communities: Housing Options for Older Canadians
Arlene Etchen describes how older Canadians want to live and the variety of housing options available.
September 22, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Age-Friendly Businesses: Engaging the Private Sector
Rebecca Johnson and Maury O'Neil describe the age-friendly business strategies in Wawa and Thunder Bay.
April 29, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmAFC Webinar – Age-Friendly Communities & Dementia-Friendly Communities: Are We Talking About the Same Thing?
David Webster discusses the concept of dementia-friendly communities and how this work aligns with and complements the age-friendly movement.
March 8, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm