Kevin St-Martin has finished his master's thesis about the use of virtual reality as a tool to counter the victimisation of older adults.

Dear students, From Mai 15 to 18, 2023 the summer school on social gerontology will be held at the Concordia University, organized by the Centre de recherche et d'expertise en gérontologie sociale (CREGÉS) and the research team VIE, this event will allow students from different courses, programs and universities to learn and discuss about social gerontology.

Three students finished this summer and at the beginning of autumn 2022 their academic work within the Chair.

To complete her undergraduate studies in the summer of 2021, Laurie Poisson decided to complete her final internship at the Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older Adults.

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.

On May 14, Marie-Chantal Falardeau, doctoral student in communications at the University of Québec at Trois-Rivères, received her Ph.D. after successfully defending her thesis. The final submission of her thesis is imminent. In June 2020, she begins her post-doctoral studies under the direction of Marie Beaulieu. These studies will be undertaken for the Chartwell-2 project.  

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.

As part of a project funded by the Office des personnes handicapées du Québec (Quebec government agency to increase the social participation of people with disabilities) exploring the psychological, material and financial mistreatment of older adults, Maxime Hébert will complete a secondary analysis of collected data.

The project is led by Vanessa Daigle and is entitled Intervenir en milieu de vie et de soins pour personnes aînées en temps de COVID-19: quand l’action tombe sous le sens. It is funded by a MITACS research scholarship and a financial contribution from the Jasmin Roy Sophie Desmarais Foundation.

Drawing from their academic work, Kevin St-Martin (Master of Social Work student) and Fanta Fané (Doctor of Gerontology student) each published an informative article in the most recent edition of Encrâge magazine.