Santropol Roulant is proud to announce that we’ve added a fourth intergenerational event to our 2013 calendar! Our intergenerational events such as the holiday brunch, summer brunch, and sugar shack outing serve as unique opportunities to bring people together across generations and cultures. Next Thursday October 17th, meals-on-wheels clients, staff and volunteers will venture to a local apple orchard just 45 …
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102 Year Old Base Jumps
Happy Friday! Here’s a fun video to start the weekend off with a smile. Dorothy Custer just celebrated her 102 birthday by doing something that very few people would dare: base jumping off a bridge. When asked what motivates her to pull ‘stunts’ such as these, she simply replies, “I never thought of age, I just went on living and …
The Gazette: Creating community in a kitchen
Yesterday we had the pleasure or seeing The Gazette publish a wonderful article about the Roulant. Thank you Susan Schwartz for such lovely coverage. To access the article on The Gazette’s website, click here. To download a copy of the archived PDF (below), click here.
Get involved with a Video Project: Amplifying Voices
Intro Starting in early 2013, we’ll be carrying out a video project called Amplifying Voices with the support of the Federal Government’s New Horizons for Seniors Program. Over the course of the winter and early spring, we’ll be conducting interviews with seniors, editing the footage, and posting 8 short videos that explore the realities of seniors. Through these videos and …
When Does ‘Old Age’ Start?
I found this interesting article by Chad Brooks on Yahoo! News in which he looks at a new study from Oregon State University’s Michelle Barnhart. The study of 80-something year olds suggests that, much more than age itself, our perceptions of an individual’s level of autonomy are what matters the most in defining the start of old age. Her conclusion, clear and concise, …
Vancouver’s Velo Vision: Safe Biking for All Ages
We found this video on the website of StreetFilms.org and thought it worthwhile to share a simple methodology for testing if a city’s cycling infrastructure is well designed. “When you are going to evaluate the design of any cycling infrastructure, you don’t have to be a transportation engineer. Think of a child, a child that you really love. Once you have that boy …
Letter from Hélène Laverdière, MP
Yesterday, we were happy to celebrate the International Day of Older Persons. In the evening, we had the pleasure of receiving a letter from Hélène Laverdière, MP and NDP representative of Laurier-Sainte-Marie. The publication of her letter below is meant to be non-partisan. If we share it with you today, it is to celebrate a choice of words that we …