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Sharing Across the Generations

QUIRK-E

“The stories told were life changing and all the attendees shared with me how wonderful and meaningful it was to ...

Aging in Place: Action and Advocacy Alert for BC Seniors

Adriaan de Vries

Older adults unanimously prefer to live independently at home for as long as possible. However, many seniors are pushed into ...

My New Moccasins

Stephen Hardy

“Here they are Stevie. Grandmère made them for you.” I looked at the light brown leather moccasins, at the rawhide ...

Eve or Apple?

Farren Gillaspie

Farren Gillaspie “Take a bite,” she said. “Just a taste, there are so many. Look some have fallen on the ...

Extend Care to Those Affected by the Tumbler Ridge Tragedy

QUIRK-E

Message from QMUNITY: To our community, At the center of this week’s news are real people and a real community ...

QUIRK-E Awarded for Seniors Leadership by SFU

QUIRK-E

The SFU Gerontology Research Centre honoured QUIRK-E with a 2026 Seniors Leadership Award at the Ellen Gee Memorial Lecture on ...

BC residential long-term care facilities: the bumpy operating field

Adriaan de Vries

The British Columbia Seniors’ Advocate has been hard at work for the last 10 years and has released Important reports. ...

Lonely

Garth McIver

Only the Lonely Know the Way I Feel, Roy Orbison song 1961 It is the mid 1960s in rural Manitoba. ...

My First Mask

Marsha Ablowitz

When I entered the classroom I was confronted by a big man holding his hand as blood ran down his ...