University of Toronto’s
Institute for Life Course and Aging

Sent on behalf of the Canadian Association on Gerontology:
Aging in a Changing World
41st Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting

October 18 – 20, 2012
Vancouver, BC

The Canadian Association on Gerontology is pleased to announce that registration is now open for CAG2012: Aging in a Changing World, the 41st Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the CAG, October 18 – 20, 2012, Vancouver, BC.

CAG members receive a discount on conference registration, in addition to other member benefits.  Read more about joining the CAG!

To register and view the preliminary program, please visit 

Please see our Accommodations and Travel pages for information on booking at the conference hotel and a discount code for Air Canada and Via Rail.

The CAG extends its great thanks to our sponsors and supporters of CAG2012.

Highlights include…

Preconference Workshops

•Addressing Abuse of Older Adults: Connecting the Dots – Front Line Practice, Coordination, Policy, and Research ?Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Province of British Columbia in cooperation with Re:Act Program, Vancouver Coastal Health

•Transitions Across the Points of Care: Minimizing Risk in Seniors in the Emergency Department ?Sponsored by Providence Health Care Research Institute

•An Identity Crisis? Enhancing Skills to Market Yourself in Gerontology ?Sponsored by the Canadian Association on Gerontology Student Connection-Connexion Étudiante and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of AgingKeynote Addresses
All keynote addresses will have simultaneous translation.

•Neena Chappell, PhD, FRSC, University of Victoria

•Geoff Fernie, PhD, MIMechE, CEng, PEng, CCE, University of Toronto

•Réjean Hébert, MD, MSc, MPhil, University of Sherbrooke

•Phyllis Moen, PhD, University of Minnesota (Supported by CIHR Institute of Aging)

•Thomas Perls, MD, MPH, Boston University (Supported by CIHR Institute of Aging)
Social Program
•Granville Island Art TourJoin us in beautiful Vancouver for a conference you will always remember in a city you’ll never forget.

All conference events are subject to change.

CAG2012 is hosted by Simon Fraser University Department of Gerontology and Gerontology Research Centre.