New artwork brightens the walls of the Institute for Life Course & Aging
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Esme Fuller-Thomson, Faculty, Programs + Teaching, Research
The Institute for Life Course & Aging (ILCA) hosted a reception in its office at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work to celebrate the generous loan of artwork from two local older adult artists, Suk Kang and Cha Hee Park. Their colourful paintings now grace the Institute’s walls.
Housed at FIFSW, the Institute for Life Course and Aging is a research centre focused on the social, psychological and biological dimensions of aging across the life course. It also provides graduate and post-graduate education for students interested in specializing in Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care across the Life Course. In total, ILCA collaborates with 17 degree programs, 12 faculties, 27 departments and over 70 cross-appointed faculty members from across the University of Toronto.
FIFSW not only houses the ILCA — social work professor Esme Fuller-Thomson serves as the Institute’s director. She is cross-appointed with the Department of Family & Community Medicine and the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing.
Professor Fuller-Thomson also is the coordinator of the FIFSW’s Social Work in Gerontology field of study. All Master of Social Work students in FIFSW’s Gerontology field of study complete ILCA’s Collaborative Program in Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care across the Life Course. Faculty members cross-appointed to the ILCA are engaged in research, teaching and outreach that supports the Institute’s three aims: research, education and knowledge transfer.
Professor David Burnes, for example, is leading research on the mistreatment of older Canadians, which recently received nearly $800,000 in federal funding.
On the teaching front, Assistant Professor (Status Only) and Sessional Instructor Raza Mirza (second from the right in the photo below) launched a course that brings together undergraduate students and older people in an Intergenerational Classroom.
A great example of work involving knowledge transfer includes the launch of a new book by Assistant Professor (Status Only) and Sessional Instructor Laura Tamblyn Watts on how to support aging parents.
IlCA staff and faculty pose for a photo with the artists. Left to Right: Iulia Park, Suk Kang Park, Cha Hee Park, Esme Fuller-Thomson, Professor Emirita Merrijoy Kelner, Nina Carlton, Raza Mirza, and Beverly Wellman
The ILCA is grateful to Suk Kang and Cha Hee Park for loaning their work to brighten up the Institute’s office.
Visit ILCA’s website to learn more about the institute and its initiatives.