Dementia Gardens: A Place to Grow
We are so excited to announce our newest project – Dementia Gardens: A Place to Grow! This initiative will focus on outdoor native plant gardening for people living with dementia ...
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April 2024 E-blast
Register for events, keep up to date with our local partners and see what we are working on here at CERAH. Check out our latest monthly newsletter by clicking the ...
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March Recap with CERAH
The staff and students at CERAH had a busy month! Pictured are some moments from the Seniors Expo at the 55+ Centre, the Indigenous Knowledge Gathering Conference, the Palliative Care ...
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CERAH Co-Hosts Advancing Indigenous Policy & Practice Knowledge Exchange
CERAH was well represented in Calgary at the national gathering for the Advancing Indigenous Policy & Practice Knowledge Exchange on February 6th – 8th. We were thrilled to co-host the ...
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Ringing in the New Year with Dementia Café – 2024
The Dementia Café was abuzz with excitement and joy as they hosted their 2nd annual New Year’s Eve party at the Urban Abbey. The evening was filled with an array ...
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Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller Receives Contribution to Teaching Award at Lakehead University
Looking to Recruit People Living in NWO for a Research Study on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
November 20. 2023 Please contact Dr. Kathy Kortest-Miller at kkortesm@lakeheadu.ca or (807) 343-8010 ext. 7204...
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VIDEO: Living Well with Dementia Conference Shines Light on Dementia (local news segment)
We made the local news on October 21, 2023 after our Living Well with Dementia Conference. News segment can be accessed HERE...
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Dr. Elaine Wiersma and the NWDWG Receive the Community Engaged Research Award
CERAH’s own Dr. Elaine Wiersma, Dr. Nisha Sutherland, Carlina Marchese, and the North West Dementia Working Group (NWDWG) received the Community Engaged Research Award from Lakehead University during the C2U ...
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North West Dementia Working Group publishes virtual special issue in Dementia journal
We are incredibly proud of the North West Dementia Working Group! They curated a virtual special issue on Experiencing Stigma and Making Change for the journal Dementia: the International Journal ...
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Lakehead University respectfully acknowledges its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Indigenous people. Lakehead Thunder Bay is located on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, Signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850. Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses, and is committed to a relationship with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit based on the principles of mutual trust, respect, reciprocity, and collaboration in the spirit of reconciliation. As a Centre we are committed to working towards reconciliation and decolonizing our work and have committed as a staff to educating ourselves in these areas both personally and professionally.