@Sally_Chivers

Gender & Social Justice + English Prof @TrentUniversity. she/her. Host of Wrinkle Radio podcast

 Nogojiwinong/Peterborough, ON
SallyChivers.ca
Joined August 2008
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The 2026 Spring/Summer CAH Newsletter has stories about: the 2025-2026 CAH Distinguished Public Lecture, the CAH Director's participation at an Innovation Saskatchewan event, how to support CAH research, the CAH 'Dementia Care in Canada' event, and more! research.uregina.ca/cah/wp-c…
Image shows the front cover of the 2026 Spring/Summer Centre on Aging and Health Newsletter with a photo of Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University) delivering the 2025-2026 CAH Distinguished Public Lecture to a full audience.

ALT Image shows the front cover of the 2026 Spring/Summer Centre on Aging and Health Newsletter with a photo of Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University) delivering the 2025-2026 CAH Distinguished Public Lecture to a full audience.

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The CAH 2025-2026 Distinguished Public Lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging." with Dr. Sally Chivers of Trent University, is now available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/rlf6kdKWszk
Photo of Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University) delivering the Centre on Aging and Health Distinguished Public Lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging." on a stage at the University of Regina's Education Auditorium. A screen with the lecture topic and logos for "Wrinkle Radio" and "Aging in Data" are displayed behind the speaker.

ALT Photo of Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University) delivering the Centre on Aging and Health Distinguished Public Lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging." on a stage at the University of Regina's Education Auditorium. A screen with the lecture topic and logos for "Wrinkle Radio" and "Aging in Data" are displayed behind the speaker.

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So wonderful to have had a full house during this year's distinguished lecture with Dr. Sally Chivers (Don't Panic: It's just Aging!). @UofRegina
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Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the 2025-2026 Distinguished Public Lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging" with Dr. Sally Chivers of Trent University!
Photo of Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Director of the University of Regina's Centre on Aging and Health (CAH), introducing the 2025-2026 CAH Distinguished Public Lecture speaker, Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University).

ALT Photo of Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Director of the University of Regina's Centre on Aging and Health (CAH), introducing the 2025-2026 CAH Distinguished Public Lecture speaker, Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University).

Photo of the 2025-2026 Centre on Aging and Health (CAH) Distinguished Public Lecture Speaker, Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University), delivering her lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging." on March 5, 2026 in front of an audience at the University of Regina's Education Auditorium.

ALT Photo of the 2025-2026 Centre on Aging and Health (CAH) Distinguished Public Lecture Speaker, Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University), delivering her lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging." on March 5, 2026 in front of an audience at the University of Regina's Education Auditorium.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the 2025-2026 Distinguished Public Lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging" with Dr. Sally Chivers of Trent University!
Photo of Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Director of the University of Regina's Centre on Aging and Health (CAH), introducing the 2025-2026 CAH Distinguished Public Lecture speaker, Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University).

ALT Photo of Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Director of the University of Regina's Centre on Aging and Health (CAH), introducing the 2025-2026 CAH Distinguished Public Lecture speaker, Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University).

Photo of the 2025-2026 Centre on Aging and Health (CAH) Distinguished Public Lecture Speaker, Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University), delivering her lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging." on March 5, 2026 in front of an audience at the University of Regina's Education Auditorium.

ALT Photo of the 2025-2026 Centre on Aging and Health (CAH) Distinguished Public Lecture Speaker, Dr. Sally Chivers (Trent University), delivering her lecture, "Don't Panic! It's Just Aging." on March 5, 2026 in front of an audience at the University of Regina's Education Auditorium.

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Please come work with me! A full-time Contractually Limited Appointment (CLA) position at @McMasterHAS has recently been posted. careers.mcmaster.ca/psp/prcs…
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We are so excited to share that our friend & colleague Dr. Karleen Pendleton Jimenez will be celebrating the release of her 6-minute animated short on @cbcgem, Jan 15 from 7:30-9:30pm @Traillcollege @trentuniversity We hope to see you there!
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How we are represented as we grow older matters & authentic, positive images play a vital role in challenging stereotypes about ageing. Age Friendly North Norfolk celebrated age-positive imagery with a photo competition, including these fab images! See tinyurl.com/3rfvjyn2
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Congratulations are in order for Dr. Stephanie Rutherford who has been awarded the prestigious Canada Prizes award for her book Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin: Wolves and the Making of Canada. Way to go! educationnewscanada.com/arti… @TrentUniversity @WolfieProf
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Deadline is extended to Dec.19 for the Queen’s University disability studies Knowledge Forum! Consider contributing an abstract for a paper, poetry, song, video or other! educ.queensu.ca/2024-25-know…
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Big news: Introducing the @OldSchool_Info Hub for Age Equity and Ageism Awareness! Because creating a place where people working to end ageism can find and support each other = movement-building. #IDOP2024 thischairrocks.com/2024/10/0…
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A teaser from the latest @WrinkleRadio episode. There’s more to the history and present of Botox than you may have thought… Listen wherever you get your podcasts, including here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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Wednesday, we’re dropping the first of four official and 1 additional episodes on RELIGION & ADOPTION first up: PRIMARY SOURCES & series overview, which includes a quickie run down of how some religions imagine caring for children without parents
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Stacey Copeland, Ph.D.@ASCopeland12 Sep 2024
First in a three-part conversation with our Sustain stream podcasters @WrinkleRadio @podcast_curious @KeepingIt_101 and @KMDIUofT Critical Technology. Hosted by our wonder assistant Natalie Dusek! @AmplifyPodcasts amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/202…
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Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023-24 Decanal Awards for Teaching Excellence & outstanding graduate mentorship! 🎉 To learn more about our recipients and upcoming Decanal panel trentu.ca/news/story/40643
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Ria Cheyne@riacheyne28 Aug 2024
In the next panel, @Sally_Chivers talks about her research on "healthy ageing" and the ways in which so many [cultural] stories about ageing invite "age panic"
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Writing an accessibility portion on your syllabus? Drafting student resources? Feel free to recommend your students to join the DAC! Any disabled academic can join - at any career stage - we have undergrads, grad students, faculty, and staff! 1/4
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Climate justice requires age justice.
HelpAge International@HelpAge9 Aug 2024
This report reveals the urgent link between #PopulationAgeing & #ClimateChange. #OlderPeople are often overlooked in climate debates. Discover how we can create a more inclusive response to this global crisis. 🌍🌱📈 Read the report here. 🔗 ow.ly/8o3s50SQZpI

Climate change in an ageing world

Climate change has the potential to deter health, well-being, and livelihoods of the ageing population. Yet, the repercussions of global ageing for climate action remains absent from debates on...

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Dr. Sally Chivers was featured on the CBC Radio show: “Ontario Today” with Amanda Pfeffer, on April 12th. The interview centered around the idea of chasing youth, and understanding what is behind the fear of aging. Read more on our Spring 2024 Newsletter: bit.ly/TCASNews24
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Dr. Sally Chivers was featured a again on CBC Radio! Sally discussed the idea of ‘how to age well’, and listeners shared their perspectives on the idea of ‘aging well’. Sally highlighted that any callers emphasized the importance of social connections.  bit.ly/TCASNews24
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Dr. Sally Chivers "Old age is not a problem to be solved," she added, "but a state that we will all experience if we live long enough." Aging is Not a Health Problem to be Solved educationnewscanada.com/arti…

Trent University - Aging is Not a Health Problem to be Solved

Aging isn't a disease, despite what popular culture and the media might have us believe. Dr. Sally Chivers, internationally renowned researcher on the cultural politics of aging and disabil. . .

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