Posted on April 9: Conference examines shift towards aging society

Implications of the aging of the population will be examined during a two-day conference this week.

From April 10-11, professionals in policy and planning, researchers, academics and statisticians, will participate in the conference entitled “Moving Towards and Older Society”, hosted by McMaster's Centre for Gerontological Studies and Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population (SEDAP).

Speakers include James Banks, from the University College London; John Ermisch, from the University of Essex; Rejean Hebert, CIHR and University of Sherbrooke; John Myles, from the University of Toronto; James P. Smith, RAND; and Alan Walker, from the University of Sheffield.

SEDAP is a multidisciplinary research program at McMaster that studies a wide range of aging-related issues. Located at McMaster, SEDAP is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. It involves 28 researchers from McMaster, the University of British Columbia, Universiti de Montrial, Queen's and the University of Toronto.

The conference will be held in the CIBC Banquet Hall, third floor McMaster University Student Centre.

Click here for program and registration information.

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Implications of the aging of the population will be examined during a two-day conference this week.<p><br />
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From April 10-11, professionals in policy and planning, researchers, academics and statisticians, will participate in the conference entitled "Moving Towards and Older Society", hosted by McMaster&#039;s Centre for Gerontological Studies and Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population (SEDAP).<p><br />
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Speakers include James Banks, from the University College London; John Ermisch, from the University of Essex; Rejean Hebert, CIHR and University of Sherbrooke; John Myles, from the University of Toronto; James P. Smith, RAND; and Alan Walker, from the University of Sheffield.<p><br />
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SEDAP is a multidisciplinary research program at McMaster that studies a wide range of aging-related issues. Located at McMaster, SEDAP is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. It involves 28 researchers from McMaster, the University of British Columbia, Universiti de Montrial, Queen&#039;s and the University of Toronto.<p><br />
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The conference will be held in the CIBC Banquet Hall, third floor McMaster University Student Centre.<p><br />
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<a href="http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/%7Esedap/AprConf.pdf">Click here</a> for program and registration information.

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