Past Events

The CURAC Affinity Partner Hearing Life is hosting a webinar entitled:  Ear Essentials:  Facts, Fun, & How to Keep Hearing Healthy  

The Public Health Agency of Canada will present, Realizing the Future of Vaccination for Public Health, the 2024 Chief Public Health Officer of Canada’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada.

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The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal presents a webinar entitled:  Is dementia a vaccine-preventable condition?  The speaker is Dr. Dawn Bowdish, a professor with the Department of Medicine and Executive Director of the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health.

The McMaster Alumni Webinar series presents: AI and the Expansion of Human Potential

Dialogue on Aging Public Presentation Series  is pleased to host Dr. Michael Koehle, Professor of Kinesiology and Director, Sport & Exercise Medicine, University of British Columbia, for a talk titled: "Coping with Heat: Recommendations and Challenges for Aging" This talk will discuss the risks associated with exercising in air pollution and heat, and cover strategies that older adults can employ to minimise health risk in these conditions. 

The McMaster Alumni Webinar series presents: Helping or Hurting? The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health and Well-Being Over five billion people use social media worldwide, yet social scientists have reached little consensus on how it influences mental health and well-being. In this talk, Dr. Tara Marshall will draw on the Active-Passive Model of Social Media Use to illustrate that the impact of social media depends less on the amount of time spent using it and more on the ways that it is used.

Join McMaster’s Department of Health, Aging & Society for the next #HASTalks seminar, Trash Talk: What Plogging Teaches Us About Age and Activism featuring Dr. Kelsey Harvey, Assistant Professor of Experiential Studies in Community and Sport at Cape Breton University.

The McMaster Alumni Webinar series presents: How AI Without Limits Threatens Public Trust Artificial intelligence is transforming how we communicate, but without clear boundaries, it risks eroding public trust. As AI-generated content floods our screens, its unchecked use distorts truth, spreads misinformation, and erodes democratic values. Join us for this timely talk with Dr. Alex Sévigny as he explores the dangers of unregulated machine-generated content and offers a roadmap towards preserving communications integrity.