The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging is pleased to host a special screening of Tough Old Broads, a new documentary featuring Kathrine Switzer, Siila Watt-Cloutier, and Sharon Farmer — three remarkable women whose achievements reshaped sport, human rights, and public life. From becoming the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon, to […]
Talk title: Dietary Biomarkers in Nutrition and Cancer Research: Application of Metabolomics to Develop Objective Measures of Diet Speaker: Johanna W. Lampe, PhD, RD, Professor, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington Seminar from 12-1pm, followed by a free lunch for registered attendees from 1-2pm at the Life Sciences Centre. Register here. […]
Title: Negotiating Dance Dramaturgies of Aging Speaker: Dr. Nanako Nakajima (中島那奈子) Link to register: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/6T5qnIXPSc2qfNvOCDQj_w Summary: Dance is an art form closely tied to age. In most Euro-American theatrical dance traditions, performers are generally considered to reach their professional peak by their mid-30s and often cease performing in their early 40s; dancing into one’s 70s […]
Talk title: Vision Changes After 55: What’s Normal, What’s Not, and What to Do About It Summary: Changes in vision are common after age 55, but not all changes should be accepted as “just aging.” This talk explains what eye and vision changes are considered a normal part of getting older, such as difficulty with […]
Join the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging for a screening of Silver Screamers, a heartwarming and spine-tingling documentary that follows a group of spirited senior citizens as they embark on an extraordinary adventure far outside their comfort zones: creating a horror film. The film offers an engaging and often humorous look at friendship, identity, […]