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Co-directed by Dr. Janet Fast and Dr. Norah Keating, RAPP works collaboratively with post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, research staff, and policy and practice partners to provide research evidence and advocate for improved social conditions and a more inclusive society for older adults and adults who have disabilities and their families. RAPP encourages graduate students and junior colleagues to learn about research first hand by providing graduate research assistantships, mentoring, and support.

What’s New? 

Diversity among older adults in Rural Canada: Health in Context, a book chapter by Norah Keating and Jacquie Eales, was published by UBC Press November 15th in the book Health in Rural Canada, edited by Judith Kulig and Allison Williams.

Norah Keating, Jacquie Eales and Judith Phillips (Swansea University) recently presented a paper Rethinking Connectivities of Older Rural Adults at the Gerontological Society of America Conference in Boston.

Janet Fast, Donna Lero (University of Guelph) and Karen Duncan (University of Manitoba) recently papers on the economic costs of care at the Statistics Canada Socio-Economic Conference in Gatineau.

Satomi Yoshino successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on the Ethnic Variations on Care of Older Adults in Canada. Congratulations Satomi! 

International Research Collaboration Norah Keating and Isabella Aboderin, IAGG Regional Chair for Africa, met in Nairobi Kenya to work together to further develop the Global Social Initiative on Ageing (GSIA) specifically focusing on Africa, where regional issues of liveability and intergenerational support are particularly salient.

Capacity building in Africa continued on a recent trip to South Africa. Norah Keating met with researchers at three universities in January: North West University in Potchefstroom, University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban and University of Cape Town in Cape Town.

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