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    2013
    Mar
    1 st

    March is Nutrition Month

    March is nutrition month, reminding us of the importance of eating well and the benefit nutrition has on our health and well-being. Hélène Payette, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) lead site investigator at the University of Sherbrooke, discusses the impact proper nutrition has on health as we age and how that impact is measured in the CLSA.

    2013
    Feb
    28 th

    Unprecedented study investigates aging well

    The largest and most comprehensive study on health and aging ever undertaken in Canada is gathering momentum in Victoria with the official opening of a Data Collection Site for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) at the Gorge Road Hospital on February 28, 2013.

    2013
    Feb
    27 th

    UVic launches CLSA Data Collection Site

    The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and the University of Victoria (UVic) Centre on Aging are hosting the official opening of the CLSA Data Collection Site in Victoria.

    2013
    Jan
    30 th

    Dalhousie part of national aging study

    Dalhousie University is participating in a Canada-wide study that will offer new insights into how to age well.

    2012
    Nov
    8 th

    CLSA Connection – Fall 2012 Newsletter

    The latest issue of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) newsletter, CLSA Connection, is now available.

     

    2012
    Oct
    22 nd

    CLSA at GSA 2012

    The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) hosted a symposium at the 65th annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).

    2012
    Oct
    4 th

    Aging study data collection site opens in Surrey

    The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) is unfolding at 11 major universities and in communities across the country.

    2012
    Sep
    28 th

    Government of Canada supports research on aging

    Study to offer new insights into how to age well. On behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, the Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), today delivered the opening remarks at the official grand opening and launch of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) at McMaster University.

    2012
    Sep
    13 th

    RI MUHC launches Montreal component of Canada-wide aging study

    It’s often referred to as the "Silver Tsunami." The aging of the Canadian population will become a public health challenge in the coming decades. By 2025, it is estimated that one in five Canadians will be over 65 and within 30 years Quebec will have one of the most elderly populations in the Western world

    2012
    Sep
    11 th

    CLSA researcher to be part of a major aging initiative

    A key researcher with the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) will take a lead role in developing an optimal aging portal that will help to promote healthy aging and to make that knowledge widely available.