Past Events

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CURAC Later Life Learning Zoom session | Jan 31, 2023

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness with Dr. Marc Schulz

What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? According to the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, the answer to these questions may be closer than you realize. McMaster is thrilled to have Dr. Marc Schulz, the associate director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, give a talk to the McMaster community about the subject matter in the just released book he has co-authored, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.

Meeting at 4:00pm Pacific Standard Time (Vancouver) 
(7pm Eastern Time)

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Tuesday, 31 January 2023 - 4:00pm
Zoom link in text
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada

Deadline to Enter to Win a Travel Voucher | Jan 31, 2023

Are you ready to travel?
Enter now to win a $500 travel voucher from Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT).

OAT has donated four $500 travel vouchers, valid for any of their trips through May 2024. Limit one entry per person.

All members of the College are eligible to win a $500 travel voucher from Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), one of AROHE's (Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education) sponsors.

ENTER to win $500 OAT Travel Voucher

Tuesday, 31 January 2023 - 10:00am
online
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada

Vancouver Institute with Jessica Grahn | Jan 28, 2023

Speaker: Dr. Jessica Grahn, Director, Human Cognitive and Sensorimotor Core of the Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario

Title: "Moving and Grooving: Musical Rhythm’s Effects on the Brain

Dr. Grahn was the first researcher to establish the neural link between hearing musical rhythm and spontaneous activation of the brain’s motor control system by asking the question why do humans move to rhythm? 

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Saturday, 28 January 2023 - 8:15pm
2194 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada

Opening Ceremony Walk for Joy | Jan 25, 2023

Walk for Joy (formerly Walkabout) is a 9 week walking, rolling and physical activity challenge designed to get people moving and reduce sedentary time.

This challenge is open to all UBC students, staff, faculty, emeriti and community members. A large emphasis is placed on being social while completing physical activity, so find a friend to get moving with! Participants can join with a 5 member team or participate individually, and will try to accumulate as many steps during each week. Bonus “social steps” are given for any physical activities done with another person.

A step leaderboard will be updated weekly, so you can track your progress and keep an eye on how your team is doing! At the end of the challenge, awards and prizes will be presented to the team with the most steps walked, best team name and best team photo. The top team will have their team name engraved on a plaque!

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Wednesday, 25 January 2023 - 12:00pm
Zoom
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada

Research Talk by David Almeida | Jan 24, 2023

Title: "Health as a Daily Experience: Lessons from 42,243 Days of US Adults"

Speaker: Dr. David Almeida is a Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and a faculty member of the Center for Healthy Aging at Penn State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Victoria. Dr. Almeida’s research examines the effects of biological and self-reported indicators of stress on health. His primary interest has been the role of daily stress on healthy aging but has also examined stress processes in specific populations and contexts, such as the workplace and family interactions, parents of children with developmental disabilities, and family caregivers. Dr. Almeida has held leadership roles in three National Institutes of Health Research Initiatives including: the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Study; the Work, Family & Health Research Network; and the Science of Behavior Change Network. He is also the Director of a National Institute of Aging T32 training program on Psychosocial and Biological Pathways to Healthy Aging.

Summary: How we live our daily lives has profound implications for our health and well-being. Day-to-day patterns of stress, social interactions, mood, physical activity, and sleep have been shown to be powerful predictors of physical and mental health., a 20-year longitudinal study that combines daily telephone interviews about mundane yet frequent experiences with biological assessments of health. This research design permits the assessment of the dynamics of ebb and flow of multiple aspects of daily life. Three general "lessons" discussed are: First, it is vital to distinguish between exposure and responses to daily stressors, but this is difficult to do; Second, variety and range of experiences are often more important than amount of experiences; and Third, a stress-free life is not always beneficial.

Participants may attend in person at the Rudy North Lecture Theatre in the Centre for Brain Health at UBC or over Zoom. A light lunch will be provided for those attending in person.

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Tuesday, 24 January 2023 - 12:00pm
Hybrid
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada

Healthy Aging Public Lecture Series | Jan 23, 2023

Join us as Dr. David Almeida, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and a faculty member of the Center for Healthy Aging at Pennsylvania State University discusses how some daily challenge can benefit our health. This series is sponsored by the Edwin S.H. Leong Healthy Aging Program and the the UBC School of Kinesiology and supported by the Providence Health Care Dialogue on Aging Public Presentation Series.

Title: "Finally, Some Good News About Stress! The Benefits of (Some) Daily Challenge"

Summary: Research documents the pernicious effects of daily stressors on well-being, but often ignored in these studies are people reporting no stressors This talk examines the benefits and costs of a “stressor-free life”, with a focus on the potential benefits of small amounts of daily stress. To answer these questions, we used data from the National Studies of Daily Experiences (NSDE) to calculate the prevalence of adults who reported no daily stressors over the course of 8 consecutive days. Data were comprised of 20,188 daily interviews from 2,804 adults ages 25-85. Results indicated that 10% of adults reported no stressors over the 8 days. These stressor-free individuals were more likely to be older, male, less-educated, and lower-income, compared to those who reported stressors. Stressor-free adults were also less likely to report positive events in their daily lives.

There is an option to attend in person at the Jim Pattison Pavilion South (room 1891), Vancouver General Hospital, or to join over Zoom.

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Monday, 23 January 2023 - 6:00pm
Hybrid
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada

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