SFU Graduate Studies

SFU’s Department of Gerontology & Gerontology Research Centre invite you to an interactive seminar with Peggy Edwards, Allan Thomas Fellow, Carold Institute to Promote Civil Society and Voluntary Action.

Wednesday June 15, 1–2:30 pm
Room 2250, Harbour Centre building
SFU Vancouver, 515 West Hastings

As seating is limited, please RSVP by calling 778-782-5065.

Peggy will be exploring questions of how we can engage and nurture older women volunteers as advocates in civil society, and how we might foster intergenerational empowerment.

She is a health promotion consultant who specializes in healthy aging, intergenerational issues, voluntarism and advocacy for social justice. She has worked with Health Canada and the World Health Organization on these issues.

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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is inviting proposals for its Café Scientifique initiative. They’ll be providing a total of $261,000, and funding approximately 87 grants at $3,000 each. (Funding can be used to host more than one café.)

Proposals should be on health-research related issues of interest to the general public. Cafés should be held in public locations such as cafés, pubs or restaurants. Each café should have a panel of experts, at least two of which should be CIHR-funded researchers.

If you have an idea for a café but need some organizational assistance, consider contacting SFU’s Philosophers’ Café.

See the Funding Opportunity Details page for full application requirements. Final proposals are due by 8 pm on June 30, 2011.

• Call for proposals (PDF)
• Café Scientifique blog
• Café Scientifique on Facebook
• CIHR Youtube channel

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