Seniors are one of Canada’s fastest-growing population groups in Canada. They will represent almost 25% of the population by 2057 and could reach close to 11 million people within 15 years. They have made and continue to make significant and valuable contributions to their families, communities and workplaces.
To recognize and promote these valuable contributions, the Federal government has announced an investment of $400,592 to fund 19 community-based projects to support seniors in Windsor, Ontario.
Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera made the announcement while visiting Women’s Entreprise Skills Training of Windsor. WEST’s project works to alleviate social isolation experienced by seniors by bringing them together with youth. The two groups trade recipes through virtual and in-person cooking workshops.
As part of the 2022–23 New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) call for proposals for community-based projects, organizations were invited to apply for funding that created opportunities for seniors to be more connected, supported and active members of their communities while also reflecting the national priorities:
- supporting healthy aging through engaging social, physical and artistic activities;
- preventing senior abuse such as through financial literacy training, fraud prevention training and digital literacy sessions;
- celebrating diversity and promoting inclusion by promoting intergenerational mentoring, serving vulnerable groups and holding peer support sessions; and
- helping the majority of seniors who want to age in their own homes to do so by providing practical supports.
Click here to see the full list of 19 Projects
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