Connecting Youth and Older Adults

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Our Mission To educate middle and high school students about aging and facilitate intergenerational programs that connect youth and older adults in dynamic activities that …

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The Link Generations Storytelling Series through Zoom is a program where we host intergenerational sessions online and discuss various topics to connect youth and older adults.

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Link Generations was recognized internationally in 2021 by UpSocial Canada, a nonprofit organization that began ten years ago in Barcelona, Spain, to address community social challenges. 

UpSocial Canada launched the Caring Community Challenge for Toronto’s Bathurst and Finch Neighborhoods, focusing on models that “bolster feelings of belonging and social inclusion.” They identified more than 90 programs worldwide as models that have fostered greater inclusion across cultures and generations. They narrowed down the 90 programs to 24 feasible models for the Toronto community to review and further narrowed their search to 14 case studies.

From those case studies, three innovative approaches were selected to pilot within the Bathurst and Finch Neighborhoods. Link Generations was selected to be one of those three programs.

This exciting collaboration led to a formal partnership between Link Generations and Circle of Care, part of Sinai Health in Toronto, Canada. Programs were piloted in 2021 and are ongoing. You can read more about the program here.

Link Generations program in Canada made local TV news in Toronto!

Click on this link to read the story. The video link to the segment is below.

Stories that Link Generations spotlights the amazing ways that we are connecting youth and older adults in the community. Click here to read about the lessons learned from Link Generations conversations.

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