Past Events

The University of Toronto is hosting a panel discussion entitled:  AI in Higher Education: Where are we now? Co-moderators: Phoebe Kang (CSSHE; University of Toronto Mississauga) & Amanda Brijmohan (University of Toronto Mississauga) Panellists: Sandy Hervieux, McGill University  Dr. Ramon Lawrence, University of British Columbia Okanagan  Christos Orfanidis, OISE/University of Toronto  Sarah-Jean Watt, Athabasca University

The Dialogue on Aging Public Presentation Series is hosting a talk by Grace Shyng, Audiologist and Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, UBC.  Her talk is entitled: Healthy Hearing = Healthy Aging: Understanding hearing loss and best practices for managing hearing health in daily living" Learning objectives:

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.