AGE-WELL's 2019 Conference took place from October 22-24, 2019 in Moncton, New Brunswick. This event was held as a pre-conference event to the Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting. SFU STAR provided coordination and management support throughout the conference and presented two posters. 

1. Science and Technology for Aging Research (STAR) Institute

Collaboration and partnerships amongst various stakeholders is critical in developing technological innovations that will be responsive to older adults needs within society. In response to this, the STAR Institute has developed partnerships and projects with the mission to support optimal healthy living, develop talent and stimulate technology innovation. The STAR Institute is proud to recognize their partnerships with the United Way of the Lower Mainland, the Canadian Consortium of Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) and AGE-WELL NCE, and is excited for the future collaboration with UK Northern Health Research Alliance.

STAR Institute Poster (PDF)
 

2. The implications of the aging population on the workforce: How much can G7 policies lessen the effects of aging populations?

Population aging is a global phenomenon, as are the challenges it poses, and so it is considered to be one of the most important issues to date in the 21st century. Rising social security costs and labour shortages due to an aging population are expected to create substantial change in the social and economic sectors in addition to testing the sustainability of public welfare systems. Since more than 62% of global net wealth belongs to the G7 nations, much attention has been focused on these countries’ policy initiatives to counteract the effects of aging populations on the workforce (World Population Review, 2019). However, the G7 nations differ from each other in social, political, and cultural ways, and their proposed policies reflect this. This paper examines how far the various policies of the G7 nations might be able to lessen the effects of aging populations.