Today (November 20th) is National Child Day and this year’s theme celebrates a child’s right to learn. Reading is a cornerstone of any child’s education and the foundation for a lifetime of learning. And yet, many children are staring school in Alberta (and Canada) under-prepared for the education system. On Monday, one of Carya’s Elder Service Corps project groups visited Calgary Public Library to read to… Read more »
Next week, on Canada Day, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will unveil their latest interactive documentary: Bread, at the Sidewalk Citizen Bakery. This exciting, online arts project originated from a Carya Community Development program facilitated by Mariette Sluyter, and has been four years in the making. We’re incredibly excited and proud to see it come to fruition. Roman Katsnelson, Managing Director of Community and… Read more »
Statistically 9,000 older adults are affected by elder abuse in Calgary. That’s 9,000 parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors and friends. Because elder abuse isn’t something that happens to other people, it happens to real people. People that we come into contact with every day; people that we live next to or provide services to, people that we consider acquaintances or share mutual friends with. June 15th… Read more »