From October 15 to 17, 2026, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, will host the 55th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG), under the theme “Crossing Currents: Navigating Aging through Collaboration and Coordinated Action.”
CREGÉS is proud to highlight the outstanding participation of many of our members in this major pan-Canadian event dedicated to the research, practice, and policy of aging. Through numerous symposia and presentations, their contributions will address a wide range of social issues, including caregiving, older adult mistreatment, homelessness, inclusion, end-of-life care, sexual and gender diversity, living environments, and health and social services.
Learn more about their diverse contributions below, and add them to your schedule!
You can also check out the full CAG 2026 program.
Names in bold indicate regular CREGÉS researcher members, names in bold italics indicate coordinators of an area of expertise, underlined names indicate student members, and underlined bold names indicate CREGÉS staff members.
Friday, October 16
Symposium 12 – Comparing Autonomy Regimes between France and Canada
8:00-9:00am
Symposium Chair: Patrik Marier
Among the presentations:
- Intervening in Complex Situations: Initiatives to support older adults’ access to care in Quebec and France, Alexandra Charette, associated researcher, CREGÉS
- Shifting Coordination and Governance in France, New-Brunswick, and Quebec, Patrik Marier, Scientific Director, CREGÉS
Oral Presentations – Partnering in care : innovative tools and practices for supporting family / friend care givers
8:00-9:00am
Among the presentations:
- 151 How a specialized interdisciplinary team adapts its practices to support diverse care partners of persons with Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Qualitative Study, Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola, Clara Demers, Angie X Shen, Alexandra Charette, Sabrina Lessard, Laurence Villeneuve, Ménard Caroline, Lafleur Marie-Claude, Deschamps Serge, Laverdure Micheline, Marie-Josée Richer, Joanie Maclure, Patrik Marier, Sandra Smele, Yves Couturier, Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Paul Wankah, Dorothée Gamache, Mathilde Pouliot, Éric Maubert, Maude-Émilie Pépin, Julie Sigouin
- 95 Who is Seen in BPSD Care? A Scoping Review Centering Marginalized Care Partners through Intersectional and Collaborative Lenses, Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola, Clara Demers, Angie Shen, Couturier Yves, Alexandra Charette, Claire Goddard-Sebillotte, Sabrina Lessard, Joanie Maclure, Patrik Marier, Caroline Ménard, Rym Zakaria, Sandra Smele, Laurence Villeneuve, Paul Wankah, Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre
Symposium 21 – Aging at the Margins: Risk, Exclusion and Resistance
11:15am-12:45pm
Among the presentations:
- 372 Marginalization through Inclusion: Active Aging and Governing through Diversity, Sandra Smele, Meghan Joy, Patrik Marier
- 374 Inequality and Loneliness in Later Life: Social Ties as Sites of Resistance, Emilie Raymond
- 376 On Alzheimer’s and Alienation: Rethinking the Margins, Annette Leibing
Oral Presentations – Collaboration, arts-based interventions for supporting aging
11:45am-12:45pm
Among the presentations:
Oral Presentations – Examining Palliative care and end of life through different lenses and contexts
11:45am-12:45pm
Among the presentations:
Symposium 13 – Violence in later life Part 1: What Counts as Intervention?
2:00-3:30pm
Symposium Chair: Sabrina Lessard
Discussant: Mélanie Couture
Among the presentations:
- 286 – Interventions targeting individuals who commit mistreatment, Meghan Houle, Sabrina Lessard, Mélanie Couture
- 290 – Community-based intervention in elder mistreatment, Ariane Fontaine, Tringa Bytyqi, Christelle Dao, Sabrina Lessard
- 303 – Countering mistreatment of older adults: development of adapted immersive training and participatory formative evaluation, Sarita Israel, Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Johana Dahan, Sabrina Lessard, Elisabeth Audet-Duchesne, Noemie Giguère, Isabel Wiebe
- 349 – Internal and intersectoral practices of community organizations for managing mistreatment situations, Mélanie Couture, Kevin St-Martin
Symposium 15 – Embracing Green Care Living: Thinking Outside Institutional Care for people with Dementia
4:00-5:30pm
Among the presentations:
- 314 Perspectives of Farmers Related to Implementing a Green Care Farm for People Living with Dementia, Emma Somerville, Karen Thompson, Megan Campbell, Émilie Richard-Frève, Sharon Kaasalainen
Oral Presentations – No place like home: meaning, access and innovations
4:00-5:30pm
Among the presentations:
- 86 Vieillir dans la rue : Réflexions sur les interventions en soutien aux personnes âgées en situation d’itinérance, Valerie Bourgeois-Guerin, Tsanta Sen Chen, Jean-Thomas Chouinard, Charlène Allaire, Émilie Cormier
Saturday, October 17
Symposium 6 – Caregiving in the Context of Aging: Exploring Support and Services
8:00-9:00am
Chair: Isabelle Van Pevenage
Discussant: Julie Beauchamp
Among the presentations:
- 200 Services et expériences de proche aidance : quand le manque de soutien pèse sur le deuil, Isabelle Van Pevenage
- 201 Faire famille autrement : reconnaissance des formes alternatives de famille et de soutien LGBTQ+ dans les services de santé et sociaux, Frédérique Cliche
- 211 Soutien des personnes proches aidantes en contexte d’hospitalisation à domicile : Perspectives croisées des secteurs de la santé et du communautaire, Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Loriane Estienne, Sarah Ouadfel, Louis Rivet-Préfontaine, Fatoumata Balde, Caroline Champagne, Sophie Chenier, Nathalie Déziel, Michelle Kosikoswki, Annie Lamontagne, Joel Paré-Julien, Mathilde Pouliot, Sandra Smele, Rym Zakaria, Kimberly Gartshore, Marie-Lyne Baril, Joanie Maclure, Patrik Marier, Véronique Dubé
- 368 Adéquation des services aux besoins spécifiques des personnes proches aidantes et de leurs proches aîné.e.s LGBTQ dans des organismes au Québec, Julie Beauchamp, Alex Cornellier, Isabelle Van Pevenage, Sophie Éthier
Oral Presentations – Women and Aging
8:00-9:30am
Among the presentations:
- 381 – Vouloir et pouvoir trouver un ou une partenaire intime après 60 ans : perceptions et attitudes de femmes aînées hétérosexuelles et de la diversité sexuelle, Isabelle Wallach, Rosalie Lacasse, Julie Beauchamp, Maude Lecompte, Isabelle Marchand
Symposium 10 – Violence in later life Part 2: Power dynamics in older couples
8:00-9:30am
Chair: Mélanie Couture
Discussant: Sabrina Lessard
Among the presentations:
- 520 – “Violence doesn’t stop at 40!”: How intimate partner violence shapes the aging of older women, Isabelle Marchand, Sarah Gauthier, Maud Gorsen, Kim Dubé, Marie-Marthe Cousineau, Isabelle Wallach, Isabelle Van Pevenage, Nora Hocianat
- 521 – Violence among older couples living in private seniors’ residences: An underrecognized issue, Roxane Leboeuf, Mélanie Couture
- 523 – Identifying and intervening in situations of psychological mistreatment among adult couples in vulnerable circumstances: The perspective of professionals, Julien Gauthier-Mongeon, Sabrina Lessard
Symposium 16 – Between “No Longer” and “Not Yet”: Experiences of Dying in Old Age
11:00am-12:30pm
Chair: Émilie Cormier
Discussant: Isabelle Van Pevenage
Among the presentations:
- 308 Affiliation et finitude : la créativité au service du sens et du lien en fin de vie, Émilie Cormier, Valérie Bourgeois-Guérin
- 309 Music Therapy for Persons with Advanced Dementia at the End of Life, Laurel Young
- 311 Imaginaires situés : cultures du mourir selon différents contextes de soins palliatifs, Sabrina Lessard, Olivia Nguyen, Tringa Bytyqi, Amal Idris-Haroun
Symposium 17 – Beyond Solutions: Productive Frictions in Interdisciplinary Aging Research
11:00am-12:30pm
Chair: Annette Leibing
Discussant: Stephen Katz
Among the presentations:
- 347 On Friction: transdisciplinarity, aging, and its discontent, Annette Leibing, Sabrina Lessard
- 597 Interdisciplinarity in aging in a biomedical universe – A critical reflection, Patrik Marier
Oral Presentations – Fostering accessible & inclusive aging care: innovative training practice and policy approaches
1:45-3:15pm
Among the presentations:
- 177 Deepening the Friendliness of Age Friendly Cities through Bientraitance, Meghan Joy, Francesca Kohn, Sandra Smele, Darla Fortune
Oral presentations – Tackling complexities in long-term care: sexual expression, trauma, and compassionate care
1:45-3:15pm
Among the presentations:
- 375 The attitudes of nursing home professionals towards the sexuality of older adults: between support and ageist denial, Isabelle Wallach, Mathou Roy, Julie Beauchamp
Symposium 24 – Housing Justice and Aging in the Right Place: Nature, Home, and Dignity for Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness
3:15-4:45pm
Among the presentations:
- 510 Re-envisioning age-friendly communities through the lens of housing (in)security, Rachel Weldrick, Sarah Canham, Joe Humphries
Oral Presentations – Intergenerational voices: navigating family, connection, identity and belonging
3:30-5:00pm
Among the presentations:
- 518 Serious games and older adult mistreatment in Canada: transcreation across diverse contexts, Constance Lafontaine, Kim Sawchuk, Sarita Israel
- 546 Roles of Step-Grandparents in Quebec toward Their Step-Grandchildren: A Gendered Analysis, Julien Gauthier Mongeon, Laurence Charton, Mélanie Couture