Team members delivered papers at the Canadian Association on Gerontology’s 48th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting. Kobayashi, K.M. and Vincent, J. (October, 2019). Social isolation among older immigrants: A scoping review. Paper presented at the 48th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Moncton, NB, October 24-26. Marier, P., Grenier, A.,…
DetailsPrincipal Investigator, Amanda Grenier, and collaborator Chris Phillipson delivered papers in a symposia session on Precarity at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting. The following lists the papers that were delivered: Grenier, A. (November, 2019). Frailty and precarity: Untangling conceptual paths in late life. In Precarity and later life: Understanding new…
DetailsThe edited collection Precarity and Ageing: Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life was launched on July 3rd, 2020 at the British Society of Gerontology’s online conference (virtually due to COVID-19). The video for the talk and Q and A can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvYXOKBb2c4&list=UUvUyju-qoyn-eaDyzJIrVRA&index=18
DetailsThe development of ageing populations has opened up major new issues for social scientists to address, yet we are still only identifying, let alone understanding, the full impact of the changes involved. Much is made of growing old as a health and welfare issue – not least in the midst of COVID-19 as it creates insecurity and risk that will have a legacy for decades – but we must also examine inequality, ageism, changes to the life course, and the growing diversity of ageing populations.
DetailsPrincipal Investigator, Amanda Grenier presented the keynote in September 2019 at the 9th annual conference of Aging and Social Change in Vienna. The presentation was titled: “Precarity in late life: Understanding new forms of insecurity and risk”.
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