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The Governmental Action Plan to Counter Mistreatment of Older Adults (2022-2027) (free translation of Plan d’action gouvernemental pour contrer la maltraitance envers les personnes aînées (2022-2027)), also called PAM-3, was officially made public on June 12. For the occasion, Marie Beaulieu was invited to take part in the press conference where the Minister responsible for Seniors and Informal Caregivers, Marguerite Blais, unveiled the content of this much anticipated 3rd Action plan.

On September 22 in Geneva, 50 persons from everywhere around the world were designated as being part of the international leaders as part of the UN's Decade of Healthy Ageing. This initiative with the goal of highlighting 50 actors that, with their actions in different sectors, contribute to transform the world to make it a better place to live for older adults of today and tomorrow.

By decree adopted by the Québec National Assembly, Marie Beaulieu’s mandate has been renewed for three more years (2021 to 2024). 

ince March 2012, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) has implemented a program to collect website addresses to ensure their conservation and search access.

In the month of September 2021, Marie Beaulieu was invited to record a short promotional video for the prize that was awarded to her, the Acfas Thérèse Gouin-Décarie prize. The latter was awarded to her during a ceremony that happened on December 8, 2021 in Montréal.

In June, Marie-Chantal Falardeau was granted a $70,000 scholarship from the Mitacs Accélération Program. It will be disbursed over the two years of Marie-Chantal’s post-doctoral studies under the supervision of Marie Beaulieu.

For his master of social work research project at the University of Sherbrooke, Kevin St-Martin examines the use of virtual reality as a means to raise awareness and counter mistreatment, bullying, and ageism towards older adults.