McMaster Institute for Research on Aging Presents: The Walrus Talks Mobility

McMaster University Presents the Walrus Talks Mobility will take place on October 5, 2017 at 7 p.m. at the David Braley Health Sciences Centre (100 Main Street West, Hamilton). Tickets are $12 ($6 for students) and can be purchased online at thewalrus.ca/the-walrus-talks-mobility.

The Walrus Talks will feature eighty minutes of lively, thought-provoking ideas and stories. Each speaker will present for seven minutes on topics such as active aging, accessibility, drug policy, and social isolation.

Speakers include:

– Margaret Denton, vice-president, Hamilton Council on Aging
– Sanjay Khanna, futurist
– Michael Kirby, founding chair, the Mental Health Commission of Canada
– Adam van Koeverden, Olympic and world champion kayaker
– Dee Mangin, David Braley Chair in Family Medicine, McMaster University
– Parminder Raina, scientific director, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging and Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging
– Doreen Spence, Cree elder
– Stephen Trumper, instructor, School of Journalism, Ryerson University

From 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., the Trainee Network of the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging will be hosting a Mobility Fair to showcase their research on aging, including nutrition for older adults, mobility assessments and more. A reception will follow the Walrus Talks event at 9 p.m.

For more information about the Walrus Talks, visit thewalrus.ca/about/the-walrus-talks-faq. For more information about the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, mira.mcmaster.ca.