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The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) is a large, national, long-term study that will follow approximately 50,000 Canadian men and women between the ages of 45 and 85 for at least 20 years. The study will collect information on the changing biological, medical, psychological, social, and economic aspects of people’s lives. These factors will be studied in order to understand how, individually and in combination, they have an impact in both maintaining health and in the development of disease and disability as people age. The CLSA will be one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind undertaken to date, not only in Canada but around the world.

Dr. Parminder Raina (McMaster University, Hamilton) is the lead principal investigator of the CLSA. Dr. Christina Wolfson (McGill University, Montreal) and Dr. Susan Kirkland (Dalhousie University, Halifax) are co-principal investigators of the CLSA. Drs. Raina, Wolfson and Kirkland, along with a team of more than 160 investigators and collaborators from several Canadian universities have participated in the development of this innovative, interdisciplinary study.

The CLSA has started the recruitments of the first 20,000 participants in collaboration with Statistics Canada in early 2009.

For more information, please contact us at info@clsa-elcv.ca.

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Jan

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Manitobans invited to help solve mystery of aging

Manitoba residents are being invited to participate in the largest study of aging ever undertaken in Canada.

The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) will follow at least 50,000 Canadians between the ages of 45 and 85 for 20 years. The national study will collect information on the changing biological, medical, psychological, social, lifestyle and economic aspects of people’s lives as they age.

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CLSA on CBC Information Morning

The CLSA is seeking 1,300 participants in New Brunswick. Dr. Parminder Raina spoke with CBC Information Morning in Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton about recruitment efforts. Recorded Jan. 16, 2012.

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