News - Health, Aging & Society

January 18, 2024

CLSA scientific paper awarded Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize

Alexandra Mayhew and Professor Parminder Raina led the research that won the prestigious award for developing performance charts that enable the early detection of age-related functional decline....

December 13, 2023

Application Deadline fast approaching for 2024-25 Health, Aging & Society graduate programs

Applications for the Master of Arts (MA) in Health & Aging, PhD in Health & Society, and PhD in Social Gerontology offered by the Department of Health, Aging & Society are due January 14, 2024 for September 2024 admission. For more information about each graduate program, including the application procedure and required application documents, […]

December 13, 2023

Analysis: Program at Hamilton Public Library shows how libraries can expand the social services they provide

The public’s intensifying needs necessitate an expansion of the library’s role in our communities....

November 28, 2023

Winter 2024 TA positions in the Department of Health, Aging & Society

The Department of Health, Aging & Society currently has available TA positions for Winter 2024. For details about the TA positions, including required application documents, please see job posting: Winter 2024 TA positions – Health, Aging & Society. Please contact Kristine Espiritu (espirit@mcmaster.ca) if you are unable to access the job posting. Application […]

October 27, 2023

715 hours of expert facilitation and counting

The latest Community Research Platform (CRP) impact report indicates that McMaster’s CRP staff provided over 700 hours of facilitation for community engaged research partnerships and projects. McMaster’s CRP is a partnership between the Faculty of Social Sciences and five community organizations designed to foster community-engaged research that advances community wellbeing. The Platform is currently […]

October 2, 2023

Social Sciences in the news: September 2023

From the housing crisis to automotive strikes, our faculty were featured in a huge number of media outlets in September. Here’s a selection: Globe and Mail: Toronto-area Metro workers ratify second tentative agreement after month-long strike, Stephanie Ross Globe and Mail: Ontario colleges are fuelling unprecedented growth in international students, Arthur Sweetman Hamilton Spectator: Industry’s […]

August 16, 2023

Fall 2023 TA positions in the Department of Health, Aging & Society

The Department of Health, Aging & Society currently has available TA positions for Fall 2023. For details about the TA positions, including required application documents, please see job posting: Fall 2023 TA positions – Health, Aging & Society. Please contact Kristine Espiritu (espirit@mcmaster.ca) if you are unable to access the job posting. Application Deadline: 4:30 PM on […]

May 31, 2023

2023 spring and summer USRA students explain their research projects

The latest round of Undergraduate Student Research Awards has been announced for spring and summer, and the students are ready to get started on their projects. We caught up with the students and asked them to summarize their research and explain how they got interested in it. Watch their videos below. Abby Keesmaat […]

May 31, 2023

Social Sciences alumna highlights the importance of giving back to her community

“My research has focused a lot on community and connection and about those grounding principles of everyone’s humanity.” When Sofia Palma Florido, a 2022 Health, Aging and Society grad, moved to McMaster from rural British Columbia, she did so looking for a community. And not only did she find her own community, she […]

April 27, 2023

Integrated Services and Better Health Outcomes for People in Residential Care is the Focus of a New Study Funded by Margaret and the late Charles Juravinski

With support from the Juravinski Research Institute (JRI), Hamilton researchers, including a Social Sciences professor, have launched a new initiative to improve health outcomes for people living in Hamilton’s subsidized residential care facilities. Lead investigators are aiming to leverage a pilot project of an integrated primary care team tested by McMaster Family Practice and the […]