Past Events

The Simon Fraser University Retirees Association (SFURA) invites your retiree association members to the annual CURAC-ARUCC conference in New Westminster, BC,from May 20-22, 2026. The attached flyer provides more details of the program and hotel.

The Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education presents Charting the Journey to a Fulfilling Retirement.

AROHE is hosting a webinar entitled:  Time Well Spent: Shaping Your Days with Intention

The Institute for Lifestyle Integration of Food and Exercise (LIFE) is sponsoring a webinar entitled:  Eating for Resilience: Why Protein Matters More as We Get Older Why does staying strong get harder as we age, even when we think we’re eating well? In this talk, Dr. Nunes will explain how aging changes the way our bodies use the protein in the food we eat and why that matters for strength, energy, and metabolic health. He will also address common myths and provide realistic, evidence-based guidance for supporting healthy aging.

The Professors Emeriti Network is hosting an online discussion entitled: Retention of University Email Accounts for Retired Professors Chair Dr. Michelle Porter, Professor. Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Canada. Director of the Centre on Aging. Co-lead, North American Region for the Age-friendly University Global Network, Michelle.Porter@UManitoba.ca Discussants:

You are invited to attend the 21st Annual University of Toronto Senior College Symposium entitled "Canada at the Crossroads" Canada is facing challenges to its economy, governance, and sense of identity. We need to make urgent choices of direction to survive as a country in which we can take pride. While the most obvious threats are external, we also need to recognize strengths and weaknesses inherent in institutions we think of as distinctly Canadian. Our eminent speakers will help us explore and discuss where we are now and where we can go in the future.

There will be two speakers for the UGRA 2026 Spring Forum. 1. Dr. Rene Van Acker, Professor and President of the Universtiy of Guelph will provide his vision for the future of the University followed by a Q&A session with the audience. 2. Dr. Paul Hebert, Professor, CRC, OC, FRSC, Scientific Director of the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding will present a seminar entitled:  The End Game - Every Living Thing.   

The University of Calgary Retirees Association is hosting a seminar entitled "Role of technology and finance including experimental methods and game theory to decode how digital trading and game theory is used to transform market dynamics and investor psychology". The speaker is Professor Marius Zolcan, Haskayne School of Business, Univ. of Calgary.  His research focus is on the impact of technology on investor behaviour and securities exchanges, using game theory and controlled experiments. 

The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging and Providence Health Care and the Dialogue on Aging Public Presentation Series are  hosting a talk entitled  'A Balancing Act: Age-related changes in sensorimotor function and balance control'. The speaker is Dr. Mark Carpenter, Professor and Co-Director pro tem, School of Kinesiology, UBC. His talk will discuss how balance changes as we age and how psychological factors can play a role in our movement control and balance. 

The SIGNS OF SPRING CRAFT SHOW & SALE offers shoppers the opportunity to shop Canada's talented artisans and designers for unique Canadian Handmade Fashion Pieces, Jewellery, Pottery, Glasswork, Leather, Knits, Metalwork, Natural Soaps and Lotions, Woodworking, Delicious Gourmet Food and so much more! Signs of Spring Craft Show will showcase 55+ incredible Canadian artists and craftspeople.   FREE ADMISSION