A timeline of activities: 2016 to 2020
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The McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) and the Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging (LCMA) are established Facilitation of collaborations between members of McMaster’s Faculties begins
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MIRA Five Year Report
Planning Grants are developed to explore and establish new cross-Faculty partnerships with the goal of generating research questions that integrate the perspectives of multiple disciplines Catalyst Grants are developed to conduct feasibility/pilot studies or scaling of interventions for groups that have already established cross-Faculty partnerships Labarge Mobility Scholarships are developed for graduate students to learn skills and gain experience in aging research In partnership with the Walrus Foundation, MIRA hosts a public event focused on mobility in aging from several diverse
perspectives, attended by 250 participants, including researchers and members of the public •
Partnership established with founders of designCORE at the Institute of Technology (IT) Carlow in Ireland to collaborate and further develop strategies for implementing design thinking into the interdisciplinary research process
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Trainee Network made of students from all six Faculties is formalized
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Facilitated by MIRA, McMaster University joins the international Age-Friendly University (AFU) network, a global body made up of higher education institutions that are committed to being more accessible to older adults
