Welcome to the ACT Podcast, a program on ageing, communication, and technologies. From telecommunications sales practices to elder abuse, each episode of this program will take a look at a different issue of importance to older adults, and bring you illuminating interviews and commentary. With each topic, we aim to inspire and engage our audience in starting a conversation on salient subjects that concern the senior community, as we all grow older in the modern environment. You can listen to this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. This podcast is brought to you by the Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) project housed at Concordia University.Read more »
Welcome to the ACT Podcast, a program on ageing, communication, and technologies. From telecommunications sales practices to elder abuse, each episode of this program will take a look at a different issue of importance to older adults, and bring you illuminating interviews and commentary. With each topic, we aim to inspire and engage our audience in starting a conversation on salient subjects that concern the senior community, as we all grow older in the modern environment. You can listen to this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. This podcast is brought to you by the Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) project housed at Concordia University.Read Less
In this episode, we dive into the intersection between climate change and ageing. We ask why older people are especially vulnerable to our changing climate, and we discuss some of the things that might be done to better protect them. This episode was prompted by the massive heat wave experienced in Quebec in the summer of 2018. The heat caused a deadly outcome - dozens of people lost their lives. The number of deaths is estimated to be more than 90 across the province, with over 50 of those from Montreal alone. This and other subjects will be discussed in this episode of the ACT podcast.