Planning for an Aging Population
When: Thursday, October 18
Time: 12:30 to 1:30pm
Where: Room 1700, SFU Vancouver Harbour Centre
Admission: This is a free event.
If you’re in your 20s to 40s and think this subject doesn’t apply to you, please read on. Today, one in seven Canadians is 65 or older. By 2030, one in four– 25 percent of the population– will be seniors.The aging will affect everything from housing to health care, taxation to transportation, testing our country’s vaunted equality. How should we plan for this change?
Our two presenters have given much thought to this question and its implications for the Lower Mainland.
Gordon Harris is an urban planner and President and CEO of the SFU Community Trust, where he provides leadership in the development of UniverCity, the award-winning sustainable community on Burnaby Mountain next to Simon Fraser University.
Leslie Van Duzer is director of the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at UBC. She brings a unique perspective from her experiences with elderly people in Minneapolis.
They’ll briefly frame the subject. Then it’s your turn to ask questions, present suggestions and give opinions. Please bring your lunch if you like, and join the conversation.
This event is co-sponsored by the Seniors Program of SFU Continuing Studies.
Following the conversation, the SFU Seniors Program and Vancouver Student Life are hosting a tea/coffee for those who would like to continue the dialogue. It will be held in the Teck Gallery just around the corner from room 1700 where the dialogue is taking place.
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