Vieillissement et rapports à la mort : Diversité des expériences de la fin de vie, du mourir et du deuil
Vieillissement et rapports à la mort : Diversité des expériences de la fin de vie, du mourir et du deuil
- Véronique Hivon, Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science and Expert-in-Residence at the School of Public and International Affairs, Université de Montréal.
- Julie Beauchamp, PhD, Assistant Professor, Département de psychiatrie et de neurosciences, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval; Researcher, CREGÉS
- Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin, PhD, Associate Professor, Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal; Researcher, CREGÉS
- Tringa Bytyqi, Agente de planification, de programmation et de recherche, Domaine d’expertise pour Contrer la maltraitance envers les personnes aînées, CREGÉS
- Émilie Cormier, Émilie Cormier, CREGÉS student member ; Doctorate in psychology, UQÀM
- Alex Cornellier, Student member of CREGÉS; Université Laval
- Mélanie Couture, PhD, Regular researcher, CREGÉS
- Patrick Durivage, M.Sc., Coordinator, Domain of Expertise in Palliative Care, CREGÉS; Researcher, CREGÉS
- Laura Ginoux, Membre étudiante du CREGÉS; Université de Montréal
- Amal Idris-Haroun, PhD, Researcher, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal
- Sabrina Lessard, PhD, Institutional Researcher, CREGÉS
- Maude Levesque, PhD, Professor, École de travail social, Université du Québec à Montréal; Researcher, CREGÉS
- Olivia Nguyen, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal; CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal
- Maryse Soulières, PhD, Assistant Professor, École de travail social, Université de Montréal; Researcher, CREGÉS
- Isabelle Van Pevenage, PhD, Associate Professor, Département de sociologie, Université de Montréal; Institutional researcher, CREGÉS
- Isabelle Wallach, PhD, Associate Professor, Département de sexologie, Université du Québec à Montréal; Researcher, CREGÉS
- Laurel Young, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Creative Arts Therapies, Concordia University; Researcher, CREGÉS; Associate Director, EngAGE
Programming • Student Competition
For the 2026 edition of its annual symposium, intended for a broad audience including those working in social intervention and research, as well as students, older adults, and caregivers, CREGÉS invites you to take part in this collective reflection on the diversity of end-of-life, dying, and bereavement experiences among older adults.
The symposium will provide a forum for dialogue to explore:
- the processes and experiences of dying, from the perspective of older adults, their loved ones, and the professionals or volunteers who accompany them;
- the experiences and processes of bereavement that surround the death of older adults;
- the social representations, normative frameworks, social policies, and institutional discourses that shape these experiences.
Presentations may address the following themes:
- How do different realities—such as diagnosis, type of illness, age, social and family context, or membership in different social groups—shape older adults’ experience of end-of-life?
- How and in what ways does end-of-life care (including palliative care, medical aid in dying, and palliative sedation) vary depending on care settings and contexts (palliative care facilities, home care, hospitals, residential care facilities, prisons, etc.) as well as depending on who is involved (family members, professionals, volunteers, etc.)?
- How do experiences of dying, palliative and end-of-life care, or bereavement inform our collective relationships to death and aging?
- How do different end-of-life and aging trajectories shed light on clinical and ethical issues related to accessing or delivering end-of-life care (palliative care, palliative sedation, medical aid in dying)?
- What shapes the different experiences of grief among older adults nearing the end of life, their loved ones, and the people who care for and support them?
Programmation
Check out the programme of presentations (PDF, in French)
Student Competition
As part of its 2026 annual conference, CREGÉS invites you to participate in its student event, “Research in Social Gerontology: 180 Seconds of Student Perspectives”. This event is open to all CREGÉS student members, regardless of your level of study or stage in your academic career. Your participation involves presenting your research project in the field of social gerontology through a narrated video of up to 3 minutes in length.
Before submitting your video, you must register. To register fill out the short form below by September 17, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
Click here to fill out the registration form
Deadline to register: September 17, 2026
Deadline to submit your video: October 5, 2026