Status of Women committee I was just going to say that at the bottom of.... I'm not sure if you all received the copy of our presentation, but I did reference any of the data that I talk about. There's a little footnote at the bottom that has our studies.
February 26th, 2019Committee meeting
Alanna Jones
Status of Women committee We see mostly women at the centre. We're working hard to encourage the men to come out. We find that mostly the men are engaged at the leadership level and the women are coming out for the programs. I think certainly transportation is a big one. We're finding that a lot of peopl
February 26th, 2019Committee meeting
Alanna Jones
Status of Women committee It's not something we address at the senior centre. Again, we don't have a centre. We don't have people milling about, chatting and talking. We have programs in satellite locations where instructors are out and people are going to them. I have not personally been dealing with hou
February 26th, 2019Committee meeting
Alanna Jones
Status of Women committee I'm thinking now of one of our board members, Bob, who is transitioning from driving himself. He has a scooter, so he's really mobile. Of course, our weather is a challenge for him to be able to use that throughout the year. The other issue that we face is the street cleaning.
February 26th, 2019Committee meeting
Alanna Jones
Status of Women committee I can't personally speak to it. However, I do know that we have a resource coordinator in our community, funded also through the WRHA, who provides referrals related to elder abuse, and there are elder abuse suites in Winnipeg, available upon referral. That position, the resource
February 26th, 2019Committee meeting
Alanna Jones
Status of Women committee They would go to the Fort Garry Seniors Resource Council. It is a separate seniors resource. They do referrals for things like elder abuse, home maintenance, doctor finding and resources. In lots of neighbourhoods in Winnipeg we have the resource coordinator connected to the seni
February 26th, 2019Committee meeting
Alanna Jones
Status of Women committee Thank you, Bob. Thank you to the committee for this opportunity. I would like to acknowledge the federal government's commitment to seniors through its minister of seniors position, the national seniors strategy and the new horizons for seniors program. As you know, senior cen
February 26th, 2019Committee meeting
Alanna Jones