Podcasts by The ACT Podcast
Welcome to the ACT Podcast, a program on ageing, communication, and technologies. From telecommunications sales practices to elder abuse, each episode of this program will take a look at a different issue of importance to older adults, and bring you illuminating interviews and commentary. With each topic, we aim to inspire and engage our audience in starting a conversation on salient subjects that concern the senior community, as we all grow older in the modern environment.
You can listen to this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play.
This podcast is brought to you by the Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) project housed at Concordia University.
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Episode 3- Intersection between Ageing and Climate Change from 2019-07-05T17:50:49
In this episode, we dive into the intersection between climate change and ageing. We ask why older people are especially vulnerable to our changing climate, and we discuss some of the things that m...
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Episode 2- The Struggles of Elder Abuse for Immigrants from 2019-06-28T18:32:15
In this episode, we learn about the experiences of what it’s like to age when starting over in a new country. We speak to several older activists living in Montreal, who are also immigrants, and ra...
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Episode 1- The impact of Abusive Sales Practices by the telecommunication industry from 2019-06-13T15:11:08
In this episode, we investigate instances of aggressive and misleading sales practices used by big telecom companies in Canada. If you've ever experienced these types of sales practices by telecomm...
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