Valerie Wright is a retired teacher/principal from the Ottawa Catholic School Board. She is a member of the Council on Aging’s Age Friendly Housing Committee,…
Mary Appleton has had a variety of careers starting in national amateur sport organizations, to marketing for an Ottawa home health agency, to managing a…
Jenny Brooks was a Critical Care and Emergency Nurse for many years, before becoming a full-time professor at Algonquin College teaching these same specialties. She…
What is a NORC? A NORC is the short form for a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community. A NORC is simply a geographic designation for an…
In case you missed it, or want to review what you heard at COA’s Town Hall on Age-Friendly Housing held on September 28, here are…
The City of Ottawa Has a Housing Problem In January 2020, the City of Ottawa declared a housing crisis and homelessness emergency. Ottawa’s over 65…
Advancing the Wellbeing of Ottawa’s Older Adults June 2 will be the day Ontarians go to the polls in the next provincial election. The 2022…
NORC is the short form for a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community. A NORC is a geographic designation for an area such as a rental/condo building…
Building on the diverse experience, expertise, and perspective of our network, the COA provided the attached comments on Bill 37, An Act to enact Providing…
September 20, 2021, will be the day Canadians go to the polls in the next federal election. For many older adults, voting is a way…
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