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Wildfire Smoke Safety for Seniors

As wildfire season continues throughout Canada, it is important to ensure that you and those around you are staying healthy. According to the Red Cross, seniors are among the topmost…

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Extreme Heat Safety

With increasing temperatures, it is important to ensure you and those around you are keeping cool, safe, and healthy. Heat waves are not only physically dangerous to older adults, but…

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Seniors Housing Options Tool

AFE developed a resource in 2023 that directs seniors and caregivers to the options that could help them better understand which type of accommodations best meet their needs. The aim…

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Let’s Talk About Ageism – Toolkit

Interested in hosting a conversation café’ on ageism? We have developed a User-Friendly Toolkit that covers everything you need to know on how, where, who, and what to do to…

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ESCC Board Nomination 2024

January 28, 2024  To the President/Board Chair and Executive Director of ESCC Member Organizations:  RE: Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council Board  The Nominating Committee of the Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council (ESCC)…

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Stakeholder Spotlight: North Edmonton Seniors Association (NESA)

NESA Seniors In Need Transportation Support Program  NESA is very proud of the wide variety of programs and social events offered to seniors in the community; however, when a senior…

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Coordinated Outreach Request for Proposals

This RFP is for design and development services for branding and developing a Public Education Plan for the Seniors Coordinated Outreach Program. RFP Sent: January 15, 2024 Responses Due: February…

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Seasonal Network Gathering – November 2023

“Celebrating Age Friendly in All We Do” was the theme of the Network gathering held on November 24th at the Chateau Louis. About 70 community and organization members and volunteers…

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Stakeholder Spotlight: Caregivers Alberta – Senior Ambassador Program

For this month’s Stakeholder Spotlight we asked Caregiver’s Alberta about their Senior Ambassador Program to learn more about how it works! We spoke with Carole Alves-Cornell, Volunteer Coordinator, with Caregiver’s…

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Healthy Aging Alberta Summit 2023 – ESCC Recap

The inaugural Summit co-hosted by Healthy Aging AB and the AB Association of Gerontology was jam-packed with opportunities to reflect, ponder, imagine and plan. Sold-out numbers of people both in…

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