Past Events

Putting the Pieces Together is a virtual conference hosted by Pain Canada for and by people with pain. The conference will feature sessions on caregiving, lifehacks, decolonization, self-management of pain, mindfulness, and neurodiversity, among other relevant topics important for people who are living with pain.

N(ArT)URE is a politically aware and ethically responsible research-creation project co-created with community partners and health researchers.

Toronto’s York University  Scholars' Hub @ Home presents "Gender creative musicking: naming and re-storying the world through collaborative songwriting with trans young people." The speaker is Kael Reid, Assistant Professor, Children, Childhood and Youth Studies, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies

The Neuro open science in action symposium will be held at the University of Calgary , Health Science Centre. It is hosted by the Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) in partnership with the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute (TOSI) and McGill University.  

The first session CURAC’s / ARUCC’s series “Retiree Association Conversations” is entitled CURAC Affinity Partnerships and Their Perks.  Ron Champion, the chair of CURAC / ARUCC’s Affinity Marketing Committee, will facilitate the conversation. Our goal is to ensure that all our members are aware of the breadth of perks available to them as members of our national association.       We will be using the University of Calgary Zoom resource.

A free seminar entitled Society and the Climate is presented by the Canadian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society.    Registration is necessary for this free online event.

The UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Retirees Association (UCRA) is hosting a hybrid session entitled "Engineering tomorrow: AI and the smart city revolution"  The speaker is Sieran Heshami, Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Engineering Please REGISTER for the Online Session  

Dr. Mei Lan Fang, Assistant Professor, Urban Aging (Urban Studies & Gerontology), Simon Fraser University will give a talk titled: "Building Climate Resilience with Older Adults: Insights from the COALESCE Project" 

The University of Calgary Retirees Association presents "Engineering tomorrow: Artificial Intelligence and the Smart City Revolution".   The speaker is Seiran Heshami, Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Engineering. This is a free webinar.  non-UCRA members are asked to register for the event. The registration link will be available soon.

The McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging presents a webinar by Dr. Christopher Serhan, Optometrist who will give a lecture on PROTECTING YOUR SIGHT: SIMPLE STEPS TO PREVENT EYE DISEASE.