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  • A toast to Canada’s tastes

    From the briny seafood of the Atlantic provinces and the unique wild game of the North to the delicate fish in the waters of British Columbia and the breadbasket of the Prairies, Canada’s cuisine is as diverse as its people.

  • Uber active retirees

    At age 70, Ottawa’s Pierre-Yves Bourduas has become something of a life-long student of the impact that movement, exercise and weight training can have on an aging body.

  • Down with doomscrolling

    According to the 2022 Canadian Internet Use Survey, seniors aged 65 and older are the fastest-growing demographic group to adopt smartphones, up 11 percentage points in just two years (between 2018 and 2020.) While seniors use them much less than teenagers and working-age adults, almost two-third

  • Tattoos after 60? Yes indeed.

    If Orson Welles made the movie Citizen Kane today, would his titular anti-hero have a tattoo that said, “Rosebud”?

Past Issue

Winter
2024

The inaugural issue of Sage60 came together slowly and then quickly. The idea for this digital ’zine came a while back, but the Association’s 60th anniversary offered the perfect inspiration to finally produce our inaugural issue. Given that we celebrated 60 years of advocacy throughout 2023, honouring the achievements of Claude Edwards, fondly remembered as the founding father of the Association and an indefatigable negotiator, was a no-brainer. In addition to looking back on our early years, readers will also find an exploration of later-in-life spirituality, a frank investigation of intermittent fasting with Jason Fung, Canadian nephrologist and New York Times best-selling author of The Obesity Code, and a discussion about what steps parents of dependent adult children need to consider as they age. 

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Jason Fung.

The facts on fasting

The concept of intermittent fasting is everywhere, but is it sensible? Sage60 talks to the founder of this kind of fasting about how and why it works.

Peter Simpson
Brenda Hildebrand and her son Rejean Brandt.

Securing the future

There are a number of resources and strategies for aging parents who have children with disabilities whose futures they want to ensure are safe and positive.

Marg Bruineman
Claude Edwards.

A founding father of Federal Retirees

Claude Edwards was elected to the job of president three times and leaves a lasting legacy for retirees through his significant on-the-job victories.

Jennifer Campbell
Sue Lefebvre.

Post-retirement purpose

Seniors are increasingly turning to spirituality, either through mindfulness or religion, to give meaning to their lives.

Jennifer Campbell