Browsing by Subject "Seniors"
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In My Place: Fostering Connection and Continuity in Canada's Aging Rural Communities
(2024-04-11)Facing Canada's demographic shift toward an aging population, this thesis addresses the challenges of aging in rural communities, where services for older adults are often lacking. This thesis proposes intergenerational ... -
The Law and the Relationships of Dependency Experienced by Seniors: The Case of Privately Operated Homes for the Aged.
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Living Seniors Living Rural: Mobile Architecture as a Means to Facilitate a New Rural Ageing Typology
(2015)With the realization of population trends and the impact the aging population will have on our society, an architectural focus is developing. One that examines the roles seniors play in our built environments. This focus ... -
Seniors on the Move: Integrating Our Elderly Into the Heart of Community
(2016-04-07)This thesis addresses society’s stance regarding the position our seniors hold within our Canadian communities. Given the predicted rise of the senior population, this thesis will focus on the province that will be hardest ... -
Three Essays on the Economics of Health and Well-Being
(2018-04-30)This dissertation offers three vignettes on the determinants of health and well-being over the life course. The first essay uses multiple Canadian census files to document the longterm effects of potential in utero exposure ... -
Vancouver’s Chinatown: Rebuilding a Community’s Identity
(2019-08-28)In the competition for space within developing cities, key cultural and social components within working class ethnic neighbourhoods are often found being transformed by outside market forces. In the newest iteration of ...