New at the CLSA

    2016
    May
    9 th

    Major data release underway from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

    Data from more than 51,000 participants in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) are now available to the research community. 

    2016
    May
    6 th

    Hearing loss and healthy aging: The association between sensory and social measures in the CLSA Tracking cohort

    May is Speech and Hearing Month, and the focus of the next presentation in the CLSA Webinar Series on May 19 will be on the association between hearing loss and social function.

    2016
    May
    5 th

    CLSA statement on Alberta wildfires

    Disastrous wildfires in northern Alberta have forced more than 88,000 people from their homes. The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging wishes to extend support and sympathy to all those affected by the devastating situation. Until further notice, telephone interviews with participants in affected areas will be suspended.

    2016
    Apr
    13 th

    The Art of Science

    How do you translate scientific research into art? The Art of Science exhibition at McMaster University attempted to answer that question when undergraduate students came together in March to create and showcase a piece of artwork related to research happening in the McMaster community.

    2016
    Apr
    5 th

    CLSA Research Findings: Webinar on Canadians who choose to return to work post-retirement

    The complex interaction of the demographic and circumstantial factors of Canadians who choose to return to work post-retirement will be the focus of the upcoming CLSA webinar on April 19, 2016. The online seminar marks the first public presentation of research findings from a project using CLSA data.

    2016
    Feb
    22 nd

    How research can help shape policy and practice on aging: Lessons from Newfoundland and Labrador

    The next presentation in the CLSA Webinar Series on March 24 will feature a researcher from Newfoundland and Labrador who will discuss research findings on aging and how they can help shape policies and improve health care for older adults in Canada.

    2016
    Jan
    27 th

    The challenge of cancer in middle-income countries with aging populations: Mexico as a case study

    The next presentation in the CLSA Webinar Series on February 23 will feature a researcher who studies the relationship between aging populations and the burden of cancer.

    2016
    Jan
    8 th

    Insights from a life course approach using a maturing British birth cohort study

    The 2016 CLSA webinar series launches on January 21 with an internationally renowned expert recognized for creating and advancing the field of life course epidemiology.

    2015
    Dec
    10 th

    CLSA launches first follow-up for telephone-only participants

    The second wave of full data collection among participants who are taking part in extensive telephone interviews only has been successfully launched by the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

    2015
    Nov
    18 th

    U.S. researcher to discuss effects of physical activity on older adults

    The next presentation in the CLSA Webinar Series on December 9 will feature a researcher from the United States who studies the factors that influence physical activity and the effects of physical activity on various health outcomes.