An Escape Room on Older Adult Mistreatment
An Escape Room on Older Adult Mistreatment
CREGÉS Conference
Date : June 15, 2020
Schedule: 12:00 to 13:00
Speaker(s):
- Constance Lafontaine, M.A, Ph.D., Université Concordia; Directrice associée, Projet ACT
- Scott DeJong, M.A., Université Concordia; Membre étudiant, Projet ACT
- Sarita Israel, B.A., B.S.S., Coordinator, Domain of Expertise to Counter Mistreatment of Older Adults, CREGÉS
- Kim Sawchuk, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University; Director, ACT Project; Researcher, CREGÉS
Organizers(s) : CREGÉS, ACT
Mode : Online
Language : English
Description :
This webinar, organized on June 15th, 2020 as part of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, will feature the game Sandra’s Keys, inviting the players into the story of an older woman facing situations of mistreatment through a series of puzzles.
For more information :
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Consult the open-access article ” Social justice games: Building an escape room on elder abuse through participatory action research ” co-written by Constance Lafontaine, Kim Sawchuk, and Scott DeJong in The Computer Games Journal.