Where
Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, Room 4-03611405 87 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9
Driving Directions
Contact
Emily Dymchuk, Program CoordinatorInstitute for Continuing Care Education & Research
780-248-5634
emily@iccer.ca
ICCER Networking Event
Living Spaces: Policy Supports & Barriers in Alberta
This networking event will examine the policy supports and barriers that drive the design and operation of continuing care spaces within Alberta. Our speakers, Megan Strickfaden and Jacquie Eales, focus on the value and importance of taking a person-centred approach in designing living spaces.
This session is the result of research accomplished towards better understanding the relationship between people's lived experiences and policies that drive the design of living spaces. This event will begin with a short film titled "The Cigarette" that highlights some of the realities of designed continuing care spaces. We will then engage in discussions around how the lived experience of residents is disconnected from policy instruments, illuminating the policy barriers and the interpretations of policy instruments that are so intrinsically linked to designed outcomes. This event promises to engage and provoke attendees to consider design differently and to better understand the roles that policies play in the creation of designed living spaces.
An opportunity to network over coffee and snacks included!
Megan Strickfaden is a Professor of Design Studies and Material Culture in the Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta. She has built her career around solving complicated problems for people who live without sight, people who move around speedily on wheels, and/or people who are considered to process the world differently from others, including aging populations. Megan's most prominent projects are with the dementia village 'de Hogeweyk' in the Netherlands, the Brussels Metro System STIB/MIVB in Belgium, Alain Mikli International in France, and Alberta Ability Lodges Society in Canada.
Jacquie Eales is a Research Manager with Research on Aging, Policies and Practice (RAPP) in the Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta. For over two decades she has focused on bridging research, policy and practice to make a meaningful difference in the lives of older adults and their families. She has worked collaboratively with government and community partners to ensure research projects are relevant to their needs and findings are translated in effective and creative ways.
Please note: This event is free for faculty, staff, and students of ICCER member organizations* and for individual ICCER members. The cost is $50/person for non-members to attend. See the list of ICCER member organizations at the bottom of the page!
