The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges students to present their thesis and its significance in just three minutes to a general audience. Get your research noticed and receive valuable feedback! Open to all FASS graduate students. ➡️ Registration closes on March 1. Link in Bio.

Join us for the Ellen Gee Memorial Lecture with Isobel Mackenzie on “Aging is Not Our Fault: The Generational Challenges of Shifting Demographics.” She will unpack how shifting demographics are reshaping policy, healthcare, and public attitudes toward aging. 🔗 Register: ellengee2026.eventbrite.ca

Postdoctoral Fellow Eireann O'Dea discusses how generativity in later life, expressed through activities like volunteering, can serve as a protective factor, helping reduce isolation and loneliness. Listen to the podcast: www.thestar.com/podcasts/how...

Congratulations to #sfuurb & @sfugero.bsky.social Professor Mei Lan Fang, who has received the Emerging Community-Engaged Researcher Award. Learn more about Professor Fang's research: www.sfu.ca/ceri/ceri-pr... @sfufass.bsky.social @sfuceri.bsky.social

📣 The International Society for Gerontechnology is accepting late breaker abstract submissions for its 15th World Conference. Submit a paper, poster, or symposium proposal to share new or recently finalized findings. Deadline: January 31, 2026 Learn more: isg2026.com/call-for-abs...

“Late mid-life adults are one of Canada’s largest yet most under-recognized and overextended resources…four in ten working caregivers worry about paying their bills,” explain Gail Low and Gloria Gutman. Read more: epaper.vancouversun.com/article/2816...

Congratulations to Andrew Wister on receiving a CHS Global Partnerships for Research & Innovation grant! His project will explore how social support, participation, isolation, and loneliness shape hearing‑care access and well‑being. Learn more: www.sfu.ca/grc/stories/... @sfufass.bsky.social

A digital storytelling video from Aging in the Right Place and @heyneighbourcollective.ca shares the voices of older adults in Metro Vancouver, exploring how social connection and community-based care help create a true sense of home and belonging. Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mkQ...

Gerontology students Aryana Mohammed and Letitia Zhu are helping shape the future of climate and aging research through their work on the A Comprehensive Approach to Enhance Older Adults’ Preparedness for Extreme Heat (COPE) project. Read more: www.sfu.ca/gerontology/...

Join us on February 5 at 4 pm for Isobel Mackenzie’s talk on aging and shifting demographics. 🏆 We will also present this year's Seniors Leadership Award — call for nominations now open! Register: ellengee2026.eventbrite.ca

“A typical caregiver provides 35 hours of care per week.” Gloria Gutman, professor emeritus and research associate, highlights why more home‑support services and adult day‑care options are urgently needed to support mid‑life caregivers who are burning out. Tune in: www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...

“Most long-term care still looks and feels institutional … quite often, we sacrifice quality of life for the sake of safety,” says Habib Chaudhury, SFU professor of gerontology and B.C. lead on the research behind Canada’s first dementia village. Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @sfu.ca

"The initiative at The Village Langley is a unique example of how two transformative care models—dementia villages and Green Care Farms—can be merged to reimagine long-term dementia care in Canada," Habib Chaudhury says. Read the full story here: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Research Assistant - Aging in the Right Place Partnership | ~10 hours weekly | SFU Vancouver | Start on Dec 1 | Apply by Nov 28 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/kjwznmyxow

On November 6, Simon Fraser University’s Gerontology Research Centre hosted its first Research Day on Aging, a celebration of interdisciplinary learning and innovation in the field of aging. Read more: www.sfu.ca/grc/stories/...