Aging and Mobility

Overview

Aging and Mobility is a multi-disciplinary research project initiated by the CUI intended to advance our understanding of critical issues facing decision-makers and those responsible for policy with respect to the aging of society and the subsequent impact on the quality of life The principal investigators are Glenn Miller, Gordon Harris and Dr Ian Ferguson.

1. There are three main goals:
2. To put issues regarding aging and mobility on the policy agenda and stimulate appropriate responses by decision makers at all levels of government.
3. To undertake research in partnership with universities and other stakeholders across Canada to create a framework for policy and its effective implementation.
4. To stimulate broadly based responses at the community level that will result in retrofitting and/or mitigation of restrictions on senior mobility.

Contribute your experiences: aging@canurb.org

Publications

Repositioning Age-friendly Communities. Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP; Allison Annesley, June 2011.

Growing old in suburbs built for the car: Not a pleasant prospect. Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP. The Urban Century, Spring 2008.

Inclusive Design Must Be Integrated With Drive for Sustainability. Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP. The Ontario Planning Journal Vol. 23, No. 3, 2008.

What drives quality of life for seniors? Driving - Glenn Miller, Gordon Harris and Dr. Ian Ferguson, The Globe and Mail, July 18, 2007

Gordon Harris (2004), Suburbia Is No Place to Grow Old, Ontario Planning Journal Vol. 19, No 3.

Glenn Miller, Gordon Harris and Ian Ferguson (2006) Mobility Under Attack – Are Older Canadian Ready to Live Without Their Cars? Ontario Planning Journal. Vol. 21, No4.

Glenn Miller, Gordon Harris and Ian Ferguson (2006) Aging and Mobility: What Other Countries Are Doing Ontario Planning Journal Vol. 21, No 5.

Glenn Miller, Gordon Harris and Ian Ferguson (2006) Bracing for the Demographic Tsunami-Can Canada's Seniors Escape Un-Pleasantville? Ontario Planning Journal Vol. 21, No 6.

Presentations

Presentation to the Urban Land Institute, May 19, 2010. Download

What can be done to preserve quality of life as Canadians age in place? (PDF) Presentation to the American Association of Geographers, Annual Meeting, Boston by Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, Director, Education and Research, Canadian Urban Institute.

When We’re 64 Urban Design and Aging Populations. (PDF)
Aging Gracefully: Communities Adapting to Demographic Change (PDF)
Presentations to the Centre on Aging, University of Victoria, B.C., February 27, 2008 by Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, Director, Education and Research, Canadian Urban Institute and Gordon Harris, MCIP.

Bracing for the Demographic Tsunami. Second Roundtable on Seniors Transportation (PDF) Presentation to the Alberta Motor Association and the Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council, Edmonton, Alberta, November 29, 2007 by Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, Director of Education and Research. Canadian Urban Institute.

Beyond Lifestyle to Lifecycle: How will Canada’s Seniors Fare in an Aging Society? (PDF) Presentation to the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, Collingwood, Ontario, October 4, 2007 by Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, Director of Education and Research. Canadian Urban Institute and Dr. Ian Ferguson, FRCPC.

Bracing for the Demographic Tsunami: How will Canada’s Seniors Fare in an Aging Society? - 2007 (PDF) Presentation to the Canadian Institute of Planners, Québec City, June 4, 2007 by Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, Director, Education and Research, Canadian Urban Institute, Gordon Harris, MCIP, President and CEO, SFU Community Trust, Ian Ferguson, MD, FRCPC and Sébastien Lord, B.Sc.Urb., M.Sc.Arch.

Mobility Impaired - Mobility Repaired: Are Planners Ready for an Aging Society? - 2006 (PDF) Presentation to the Canadian Institute of Planners, World Planners Congress, Vancouver, B.C., June 18, 2006 by Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, Director, Education and Research, Canadian Urban Institute, Gordon Harris, MCIP, Principal, Harris Consulting and Ian Ferguson, MD, FRCPC.

Can Planners Help Protect the Mobility of an Aging Population? – 2005 (PDF) Presentation given by Glenn Miller, Director, Education and Research, Canadian Urban Institute, Dr. Ian Ferguson, psycho-geriatrician, and Gordon Harris, principal, Harris Consulting, at the 2005 Canadian Institute of Planners Conference in Calgary Alberta. By 2041, over a quarter of Canada's population will be comprised of seniors. This panel reviews the social, economic and design challenges planners will face in the near future across all Canadian urban regions.

Life Without the Car: What Can Be Done to Protect the Mobility of an Aging Population?
Driving restrictions and Old Age: Is graduated licensing an alternative to no license? -2004 (Download PDF) Presentation and speaking notes from the CUI Roundtable Breakfast Seminar.

Presentation by Ian Ferguson, MD, FRCPC. Speaking Notes from Gordon Harris, MCIP, Principal, Harris Consulting Inc., Vancouver
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