The COVID-19 pandemic has put older people at risk, exposing the existential, socio-political, and ethical problems related to caring for vulnerable populations during crises. This webinar explores issues of aging and ageism during pandemic and post-pandemic times with three experts in the field:

• Meghan Joy, Concordia University - author of The Right to an Age-Friendly City: Redistribution, Recognition, and Senior Citizen Rights in Urban Spaces (MQUP)
• Nancy Walton, Ryerson University - author of Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing, 3rd edition (Nelson)
• Andrew V. Wister, Simon Fraser University - co-author (with Theodore D. Cosco) of Resilience and Aging: Emerging Science and Future Possibilities (Springer)

The webinar is open to the general public and free of charge. To participate, RSVP by pressing the green Register button above to gain access to the Zoom room details.

“Pandemic: COVID-19 in an Aging World” is the fourteenth installation of the MLC Research Centre & Gallery’s webinar series that began on April 2, 2020 as an urgent cultural response to the crisis.

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