Events
Walk with Me
Where: Ottawa Conference and Event Centre
When: Wednesday May 1 - Friday May 3, 2024
Changing the culture of
aging in Canada
We’re back! Join us in person from May 1-3, 2024
at the Ottawa Conference and Event Centre.
Walk with Me 2024
We’re back! Join us in person from May 1-3, 2024 at the Ottawa Conference and Event Centre.
Walk with Me is a national conference aimed at changing the culture of aging in Canada. Join 500+ changemakers from all over the country to learn with and from each other about how to enhance the journey of aging across the continuum of care and community living. Walk with Me is geared toward leaders in senior care settings but also attracts older adults/residents, care partners, educators, policymakers, students, and researchers.
Registration opens soon!
We’re putting together a program of engaging and innovative sessions!
WWM will offer attendees interactive workshops, learning circles, fireside chats, PechaKucha presentations, and other creative sessions.
We want YOU to be involved! Learn how to submit a presentation/abstract. Applications will now be accepted until October 2 (11:59 p.m.).
What is Walk with Me?
Walk with Me is a national conference aimed at changing the culture of aging in Canada. Older adults/residents, care partners, educators, policymakers, students and researchers from all over the country come together to learn with and from each other about how to enhance the journey of aging across the continuum of care and community living.
- Inspire continued commitment to the culture change movement in Canada.
- Build capacity by showcasing innovations in culture change specific to aging and across diverse settings (e.g., long-term care, community, retirement living) from across Canada.
- Build partnerships and networks to support culture change in aging and long-term care in Canada.
- Build momentum for a new era of culture change in the post-COVID world.
- Celebrate the resilience, creativity and sense of community that has emerged in the senior living sector and within families throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Walk with Me is co-hosted by the RIA and Capital Care, and partners across the country support conference planning.
What is culture change?
Culture change is an ongoing, holistic journey that includes re-examining values, beliefs, attitudes, language, practices and policies and working to implement the full range of efforts needed to transform the culture into a community where everyone thrives.
In Canada, we envision a culture of aging where:
- Inspire continued commitment to the culture change movement in Canada.
- Build capacity by showcasing innovations in culture change specific to aging and across diverse settings (e.g., long-term care, community, retirement living) from across Canada.
- Build partnerships and networks to support culture change in aging and long-term care in Canada.
- Build momentum for a new era of culture change in the post-COVID world.
- Celebrate the resilience, creativity and sense of community that has emerged in the senior living sector and within families throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Walk with Me is co-hosted by the RIA and Capital Care, and partners across the country support conference planning.
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