New at the CLSA

    2023
    Nov
    20 th

    Trainee Spotlight: Q&A with Eireann O'Dea

    Eireann O’Dea is a PhD candidate in the Gerontology department at Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on the social contexts surrounding older adults who volunteer in Canada, with a particular interest in the influences of ethnocultural identity and the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    2023
    Nov
    11 th

    CLSA research on health and aging of Veterans

    Learn more about the current projects and publications that use CLSA data to explore questions related to the health and aging of Veterans:

    2023
    Nov
    10 th

    CLSA Participant Spotlight: Gord

    Gord is an 83 -year-old retired political communications manager. He previously led the Together in Movement and Exercise (TIME) program, a community-based program welcoming people with balance and mobility challenges to exercise. In between maintaining a rural home in Muskoka, north of Toronto, that he shares with his wife, he enjoys curling, staying politically active, and caring for his seventh Doberman. He has been a participant in the CLSA since June 2012.

    2023
    Oct
    24 th

    CLSA Research at CAG2023

    The Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) is holding its 52nd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting (CAG2023) in Toronto from October 26-28, 2023.

    2023
    Oct
    20 th

    Update on the CLSA: An online event for participants living in Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec

    The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) hosted a webinar for participants living in Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec on October 27, 2023.  This 90-minute webinar provided an update on CLSA research activities and the latest study findings.



    2023
    Oct
    12 th

    Trainee Spotlight: Q&A with Shawn Hakimi

    Shawn Hakimi is a a PhD candidate in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University. His research practice is situated at the nexus of physical activity epidemiology and gerontology, specifically focused on movement behaviour and healthy aging. 

    2023
    Aug
    31 st

    CIHR launches funding opportunity to catalyze CLSA data analysis

    The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has released the Catalyst Grant intended to catalyze and support research efforts of Canadian researchers to use data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) to better understand how biological, medical, psychological, social, lifestyle and/or economic aspects of people's lives have an impact on both maintaining health and the development of disease and disability as people age.

    2023
    Aug
    24 th

    Shift work may impair memory and cognition, per data on nearly 50,000 Canadian adults

    Analysis indicates higher rates of cognitive impairment in people exposed to night shift work or rotating shift work

    2023
    Jul
    24 th

    Trainee Spotlight: Q&A with Mabel Ho

    Mabel Ho (She/her) is a PhD candidate at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto and is a registered social worker with over 20 years experience working in the field of gerontological social work. Her research and practice interest focuses on the health and well-being of older adults.

     

    2023
    Jun
    30 th

    Research collaboration opportunity: interactive data dashboard

    The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) principal investigators are searching for a collaboration with a research team to develop an interactive data dashboard.