As a part of our mandate, we regularly consult with seniors on a myriad of topics and also consult with a broader group of stakeholders to make well-informed, evidence-based recommendations to all levels of government to advance the rights and wellbeing of all Canadians as we age. Please see our policy book at canage.ca/voices

However, these consultations have been generally been focused on one specific topic, and largely these conversations and perspectives have centred around COVID-19 and the impacts of the pandemic before, during, and after lockdown periods.

We feel it's an excellent time for Seniors be broadly surveyed on a number of topics to best understand their attitudes on inflation, gasoline prices, housing, healthcare, environmental considerations and financial security - among others.

Possible reference datasets (not including the Census 2021 data) from Statistics Canada, and other notable information from global sources has been included under "Resources & Files".

The purpose of this survey is to help to better understand the perspectives of Canadians as they age.

Students should ponder this question. Would you lump together the perspectives of a 10 year old child with a 60-year old adult? Likely not. And yet, we do this with the data for older adults age 50+ all the time, combining 50 full years of demographic data up to and including Canada's growing number of centenarians.

We are also failing to capture the next generation of seniors; those age 45+ (or even younger) who are currently within what is known as the "sandwich" generation - and are caring for their older adult parents while also housing and assisting with their young adult children. What are their attitudes and concerns about how they will be able to live and age well in Canada.

Aging isn't a problem that's only for older generations.

How can we best capture this myriad of perspectives around the concept of healthy aging?

Gathering perspectives and narratives are encouraged.

We are only too happy to provide:

• A briefing document along with a facilitated overview of the important themes and needs for the project
• Any key messages, target audiences and available creative assets to help them understand the brand
• A single point of contact (POC) assigned to your course and students, with a team of experts available for questions
• Access to Slack, Google Workspace, and some other project management tools. We welcome the students so they can feel as though they are part of the team, or at arm's length - whatever is best.
• Recognition of the school's involvement and the students' work in a media release (if permitted) and attribution of the students' contributions via LinkedIn or references as required.

NOTE: CanAge has a broad network of seniors and stakeholders to assist with a broad and wide reach/distribution of the survey. Uptake in our community is quite strong. It is not uncommon to yield over 5,000 responses to our surveys.