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Learning Research Service Volunteer Engagement

This project is primarily funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as a community-university alliance. By projecting Atlantic Canadians’ future housing needs from 2009 to 2029, the research alliance will be able to effectively expand our understanding of the special challenges and issues facing our aging population. The demographic projections, along with the qualitative information, will be compared to the Atlantic region’s current housing options and models of innovative seniors housing from other countries to develop policy recommendations.

As a community-university alliance, community partners have been involved in all aspects of this project. In addition to academics at UPEI, on PEI, our stakeholder group includes about 20 active members from a variety of government and non-profit organizations including the Department of Health, Department of Social Services and Seniors, Seniors' Secretariat, Provincial Housing Program, Senior Citizens Federation, the Seniors United Network, Council of the Disabled, Veterans Affairs, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Atlantic Seniors Health Promotion Network, Advisory Council on the Status of Women, various Senior Citizens Clubs, and interested individual seniors.