Mission:
Social gerontology is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the complex and nuanced social aspects of aging. Aging is a heterogeneous process, meaning older adults experience aging differently, yet aging is also a unifying experience. Consider, the varied implications of gender and socio-economic status on the well-being of older adults and the solidarity older adults share in the aging experience. Students’ interest in aging issues reflect this diversity, such as the experience of older adults who become homeless for the first time in their old age or the experience of exploited aging caregivers.
The Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology (CREGÉS) satellite office is a space where students interested in aging issues can network, provide mutual support and share their research interests and practice experiences. The satellite office is an open, comfortable space where students can exchange ideas and develop a community based on their interest in aging issues.
Furthermore, the satellite office functions in collaboration with the main principles of CREGÉS. These principles include the transfer of knowledge from academic and practice settings, the dissemination of research from a multidisciplinary approach and the development of state of the art practice interventions. Research conducted at CREGÉS is anchored in five research pillars which include: Seniors as Social Actors, Heterogeneity of Aging: Bodies, Identity and Society; Service Delivery to Seniors; Living Environments and Public Policy which extends across the four former pillars. CREGÉS provides.
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Mandate:
1. Raise awareness regarding issues, such as elder abuse, health promotion and poverty, affecting older adults and their family members
- CREGÉS conferences at McGill
- Supplying McGill satellite office with PluralAges magazine and other social gerontology material such as scientific poster presentations
- Supply McGill satellite office website with CREGÉS material relevant to the students
2. Support the development of a community of students, researchers and practitioners interested in aging issues
- offer an office space and presence on campus
- starting a social gerontology student journal
3. Support knowledge exchange and encourage inter-university dialogue organize events and activities with other affiliated CREGÉS satellite offices
- Coordinate with other university satellite offices to create joint events
4. Provide information regarding opportunities for students in the areas of funding, class availabilities and sharing (CREPUQ), knowledge dissemination, internships and employment
- create a list of classes in social gerontology available through Quebec Universities (CREPUQ)
- Provide information on social gerontology call for presentations and papers