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As part of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021 - 2030, three round table discussions continue the deployment of activities facilitating exchanges between government dignitaries, representatives of international NGOs, universities, the media and private sector stakeholders. The aim is to improve the quality of life of older adults, their family members, their communities as a whole.

As part of two activities organised by the WHO Consortium of Metrics and Evidence for Healthy Ageing (CMEHA), Marie Beaulieu will address the next five-year plan of this working group.

The Chair wishes to highlight the Commission's recent work to counter mistreatment and promote well-being that developed the first evolved nomenclature of mistreatment in France. It was done with a formal, intersectoral approach that sought consensus. The Commission is focused on children, those with disabilities or challenges, and older adults.

Across Canada, four Regional Advisory Councils have recently been established by the CIHR Institute of Aging (IA).

Since 2021, Marie Beaulieu has been one of the experts involved with the working group of the Centre national de ressources en travail social (CNRTS) (National Resource Center of Social Work) created by the French Ministry of Health and Solidarity

Established by the Québec Minister of Families following the adoption of the Concerted Action Plan to Prevent and Counter Bullying and Cyberbullying 2020–2025 this seven-member committee supports the ministry in the implementation of its first measure.

The Honourable Deb Schulte, Minister of Seniors in Canada, launched a two-stage national consultation aiming to create a standard federal policy definition of senior abuse.

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

Marie Beaulieu is an honorary member of the Board of Directors at the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (CNPEA). Her mandate is to ensure that this Canadian organisation is represented in Québec and internationally and forge links with the INPEA.

Under the direction of Hélène Carbonneau (University of Québec at Trois-Rivières), the first project comes under the funding agency's 'Research program on older adults experiencing the dynamics of marginalization and social exclusion.' The project will take place from 2020 to 2023 ($222,246).