CIP Niagara Conference – Old Age Ain’t for Sissies
Tags: aging, CIP, communication, Demographics, racism, Saanich, seniors, transit, youth
This afternoon’s session, entitled “Old Age Ain’t for Sissies and What that Means for Planners” was a full house. The enthusiasm shown for this topic indicates that planners are very aware of impending demographic changes that will require accommodating aging communities to become a planning priority. The moderator, Don May, opened the presentation with a mind-boggling time-lapse series of Canadian population pyramids from the late 19th century. (You can see a similar series of pyramids online here.) Canada expects an 86% increase in its senior population over the next 20 years; by 2041, one in four Canadians will be over 65.
Age-friendly cities need physical accessibility as well as intergenerational tolerance. Creative Commons photo by Dr. Scott Crawford.
