Federal Budget Review: Progress on CanAge’s Senior Care Recommendations

The main goal of this project is to evaluate how well Canada’s federal budgets from the past five years align with the policy recommendations made by CanAge’s Senior VOICES report. By reviewing and comparing the federal budgets to CanAge’s recommendations, the project aims to measure the government’s progress in addressing senior care and inform future advocacy efforts and policy recommendations.

Historic Review of Canada's Federal Budgets

The goal of this project is to review Canada's federal budgets from the past 5 years as to assess how well the actions and investments made by the federal government, align with the policy recommendations made by CanAge's Senior VOICES policy report. CanAge is a National Seniors Advocacy Organization, our VOICES 2020 report outlines major policy recommendations that we believe are necessary to ensure the rights and safety of the aging community in Canada. Through a historic review of past federal budgets CanAge seeks to measure the progress that the government has made regarding Senior Care. These findings will be used in CanAge's advocacy efforts and inform future policy recommendations.

Video Post-Production and Animation Project for CanAge

The main goal for the project is to enhance the videos produced using Zoom by implementing basic and intermediary post-production editing, creating interesting animations and call outs, and using After Effects or similar software to make the videos engaging for the audience of CanAge. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: - Learning about CanAge's mission and the target audience for the videos. - Reviewing the videos produced using Zoom and identifying areas for improvement. - Implementing basic and intermediary post-production editing techniques to enhance the videos. - Creating interesting animations and call outs to make the videos visually engaging. - Using After Effects or similar software to add text and templates to zhuzh up the videos.

Bay Path University (MA) and CanAge - Financial Security/Entrepreneurship

This project provides a number of bespoke project options to develop innovative ways and means for older adults to achieve greater financial security and freedom before or during retirement. This project has been designed specifically for Bay Path University students in collaboration with CanAge. They are specifically designed to meet the accelerated term structure used by Bay Path University. Students may choose from a myriad of pre-discussed topics in the areas of: exploring various topics of financial security policy research on topics such as pensions, government pensions, RRSPs, etc. various topics in the areas of financial exploitation, frauds, and scams and other financial crimes against older adults understanding the role of the UN, WHO and OECD, and other key players on their efforts to advance financial security globally various discussions on lifespan and longevity and the impacts on savings, and financial planning exploration of entrepreneurship for older adults!