{"id":14369,"date":"2012-10-18T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=14369"},"modified":"2012-10-18T09:41:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T16:41:18","slug":"sfu-city-conversations-planning-for-an-aging-population-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/10\/18\/sfu-city-conversations-planning-for-an-aging-population-today\/","title":{"rendered":"SFU City Conversations: Planning for an Aging Population, TODAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5026\" title=\"SFU_CityProgram\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/SFU_CityProgram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Planning for an Aging Population<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When: <strong>Thursday, October 18<\/strong><br \/>\nTime: <strong>12:30 to 1:30pm<\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: Room 1700, <strong>SFU Vancouver Harbour Centre<\/strong><br \/>\nAdmission: This is a <strong>free<\/strong> event.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in your 20s to 40s and think this subject doesn\u2019t apply to you, please read on. Today, one in seven Canadians is 65 or older. By 2030, one in four\u2013 25 percent of the population\u2013 will be seniors.The aging will affect everything from housing to health care, taxation to transportation, testing our country\u2019s vaunted equality. How should we plan for this change?<\/p>\n<p>Our two presenters have given much thought to this question and its implications for the Lower Mainland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gordon Harris<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leslie Van Duzer<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->They\u2019ll briefly frame the subject. Then it\u2019s your turn to ask questions, present suggestions and give opinions. Please bring your lunch if you like, and join the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>This event is co-sponsored by the Seniors Program of SFU Continuing Studies.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019re in your 20s to 40s and think this subject doesn\u2019t apply to you, please read on. Today, one in seven Canadians is 65 or older. By 2030,<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/10\/18\/sfu-city-conversations-planning-for-an-aging-population-today\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;SFU City Conversations: Planning for an Aging Population, TODAY!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[3081,1835,1791,10406,1127,1261,5444,856,931,10404,10405,245,10403],"class_list":["post-14369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-burnaby-mountain","tag-director","tag-gordon-harris","tag-harbour-centre-admission","tag-leslie-van-duzer","tag-minneapolis","tag-school-of-architecture-and-landscape-architecture","tag-sfu-city","tag-simon-fraser-university","tag-teck","tag-teck-gallery","tag-transportation","tag-urban-planner-and-president-and-ceo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SFU City Conversations: Planning for an Aging Population, TODAY! - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/10\/18\/sfu-city-conversations-planning-for-an-aging-population-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SFU City Conversations: Planning for an Aging Population, TODAY! - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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. 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