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Aging Matters

The Work Begins — Reflections on the First Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Human Rights of Older Persons
The inaugural session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Human Rights of Older Persons marks the beginning of a new phase in global efforts to advance the human rights of older persons. Efforts to recognise, promote, and protect the human rights of older persons have been [...]
Voices of Older Chinese Canadians: Dignity Through an Ethnocultural Lens
As work begins on drafting a UN Convention on the rights of older persons, an important question emerges: how do ethnocultural backgrounds shape dignity in older age, and what is needed to uphold it as a human right? Dignity belongs to everyone. However, culture, language, migration, and [...]
Social Development Cannot Succeed Without Older Persons
Recognizing the Older Person in Social Development Who is the older person in our current narrative of social development? Someone leaning on the support of others? Someone leading the charge? In this photograph, an older woman looks toward the horizon. The lines on her face trace a [...]

Our Ecosystems

Celebrate 2025 ♦ Welcome 2026

Margaret Young2026-01-03T21:21:33-08:00December 28th, 2025|Comments Off on Celebrate 2025 ♦ Welcome 2026

Canadians Elders Advancing Climate Action and Social Development

Margaret Young2026-03-09T13:55:39-07:00May 16th, 2025|Comments Off on Canadians Elders Advancing Climate Action and Social Development

Intergenerational Living at Share Kanazawa, Japan

Margaret Young2025-04-23T16:50:22-07:00October 4th, 2019|Comments Off on Intergenerational Living at Share Kanazawa, Japan

Life Stories

This is Living

A Six Part Interview Series with Older Persons

Ep. 10 – Intergenerational Solidarty 2

Margaret Young2025-04-23T13:14:09-07:00December 16th, 2024|Comments Off on Ep. 10 – Intergenerational Solidarty 2

Ep. 9 – Intergenerational Solidarty 1

Margaret Young2025-04-23T13:14:36-07:00December 16th, 2024|Comments Off on Ep. 9 – Intergenerational Solidarty 1

Ep. 8 – Right to Be Free from Abuse and Neglect in Older Age

Margaret Young2025-04-23T17:48:14-07:00December 11th, 2024|Comments Off on Ep. 8 – Right to Be Free from Abuse and Neglect in Older Age

Age Exchange

Your Voice Matters: A Consultation on Human Rights Principles in Older Age

Margaret Young2026-03-11T20:33:34-07:00March 9th, 2026|Comments Off on Your Voice Matters: A Consultation on Human Rights Principles in Older Age

Across the world, people are living longer. Yet many older persons continue to face discrimination, exclusion from decision-making, and barriers to exercising their human rights. As discussions move forward [...]

Who Decides? The Human Rights Principles That Matter to Older Persons with Dementia.

Margaret Young2026-01-20T21:56:05-08:00December 20th, 2025|Comments Off on Who Decides? The Human Rights Principles That Matter to Older Persons with Dementia.

Older people living with dementia are often talked about, not with. Decisions about their lives, care, and support are too often made without listening to them or recognising [...]

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