While holding a full-time job, member Tony Yee volunteered the equivalent hours of a part-time job with the Canadian Red Cross for more than 45 years. At 83, Tony Yee looks back with satisfaction on more than seven decades…
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Residents of Harbourside cohousing seniors’ complex on the waterfront in Sooke, B.C., walk along their private dock. From left, Marisa Collins, John Boquist, Frank Antonsen and Adrienne Booth with dogs, Chester and Zeke. Credit: Chad Hipolito Scrolling through Catherine…
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As consumers and governments move to climate-conscious policies, Canada’s pension investors are doing the same. Members often wonder how their hard-earned pension funds are invested and with more coverage of corporate wrongdoing and evolving knowledge of the impact of…
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Gardening expert Donna Balzer had her eyes opened to native plants when a group of tourists she was travelling with discovered Canada’s humble foxtail and fell in love with it. Credit: donnabalzer.com Spring is coming. Sometimes it doesn’t feel that…
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Home and community care services can improve health and reduce costs, yet governments often fail to recognize their importance. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into focus the deep-seated challenges facing older Canadians. We’ve witnessed policy gaps in health care…
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Licensed practical nurse Anita Dickson speaks with authority and knowledge about public and private seniors care in British Columbia and she works hard to make change. The high COVID-19 infection rate, heavy death toll and traumatic stories coming out…
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Nishika Jardine, the first woman to become veterans ombudsman, plans to help veterans, particularly Aboriginal veterans, be heard. It was a fine, warm summer day in 2010 when Nishika Jardine, at the time a lieutenant-colonel, relinquished command of the…
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Burd Sisler, a Second World War veteran and career customs officer, has been retired longer than he worked. Burd Sisler has seen it all. Sometimes in duplicate. He was born during the First World War and served in the…
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Residents have different rights across the country, so why are those rights routinely violated? COVID-19 has highlighted the challenges in facilities that care for the infirm elderly and officials “have much to consider to shore up the cracks in…
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Simon Coakeley had the perfect combination of passion and experience to lead Federal Retirees. Now he’s moving on to the Canadian Bar Association. Simon Coakeley, it seems, is not very good at retiring. After leaving a 30-year federal public…
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Bernice and John Klassen moved from the suburbs to a townhome-style condo in downtown Ottawa. They say if they didn’t have a cottage, they could easily live without a car. Back in his suburban homeowner days, John Klassen had…
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The Canadian narrative of the COVID-19 pandemic has quickly become focused on the country’s failure to protect its older adult population. With an overwhelming 81 per cent of COVID-19-related deaths occurring in long-term care homes (LTCH) during the first…
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