UK-Canada Collaboration
Colleagues at the University of Alberta, Canada, led by Professor Janet Fast, have been awarded a ‘Canada-UK supplemental Grant’ under the “Canadian Institutes for Health Research-UK ‘New Dynamics of Ageing’ Research Initiative”.
This will enable our two research teams to collaborate and provide mutual support and advice to each other’s projects. The Canadian team are carrying out research with the ‘GeriActors and Friends’ intergenerational theatre company in Edmonton, Alberta, exploring the participation of older adults in theatrical productions and how this may enhance health and well-being.
Members of the Ages and Stages team will be travelling to Canada to find out more about GeriActors, which will provide a comparative component to our research with the New Vic Theatre. We will also be hosting Canadian colleagues in Keele, and introducing them to the intergenerational work of the New Vic.