New at the CLSA

2024
Mar
7 th

Update on the Étude longitudinale canadienne sur le vieillissement (ÉLCV)

This 90-minute webinar, presented in French, will provide an update on CLSA research activities and the latest study findings. All are welcome to attend. 

2024
Jan
12 th

Prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize awarded to CLSA scientific paper enabling early detection of age-related functional decline

A team of McMaster University researchers has been awarded the prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize for a research paper that used data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) to develop performance charts – similar to the World Health Organization’s child growth charts – that can be used to identify mid- to late-life adults with low physical function.

2023
Dec
19 th

National Coordinating Centre closed December 23, 2023 – January 2, 2024

The National Coordinating Centre (NCC) will be closed for the holidays from December 23, 2023, until January 2, 2024.

2023
Dec
7 th

CLSA-HDRN Canada collaboration enables linkage of CLSA data with provincial health-care registries to facilitate research and health-care policy making in Canada

Beginning in 2024, it is anticipated that researchers will be able to apply to access linked CLSA cohort data at provincial data centres in British Columbia, Ontario, and New Brunswick as per data access policies of participating data centres and the CLSA. The linkage of longitudinal CLSA data with multiregional administrative health data offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore the intersection between aging and health-care utilization.

2023
Nov
20 th

Trainee Spotlight: Q&A with Eireann O'Dea

Eireann O’Dea is a PhD candidate in the Gerontology department at Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on the social contexts surrounding older adults who volunteer in Canada, with a particular interest in the influences of ethnocultural identity and the COVID-19 pandemic. 

2023
Nov
11 th

CLSA research on health and aging of Veterans

Learn more about the current projects and publications that use CLSA data to explore questions related to the health and aging of Veterans:

2023
Nov
10 th

CLSA Participant Spotlight: Gord

Gord is an 83 -year-old retired political communications manager. He previously led the Together in Movement and Exercise (TIME) program, a community-based program welcoming people with balance and mobility challenges to exercise. In between maintaining a rural home in Muskoka, north of Toronto, that he shares with his wife, he enjoys curling, staying politically active, and caring for his seventh Doberman. He has been a participant in the CLSA since June 2012.

2023
Oct
24 th

CLSA Research at CAG2023

The Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) is holding its 52nd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting (CAG2023) in Toronto from October 26-28, 2023.

2023
Oct
20 th

Update on the CLSA: An online event for participants living in Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec

The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) hosted a webinar for participants living in Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec on October 27, 2023.  This 90-minute webinar provided an update on CLSA research activities and the latest study findings.



2023
Oct
12 th

Trainee Spotlight: Q&A with Shawn Hakimi

Shawn Hakimi is a a PhD candidate in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University. His research practice is situated at the nexus of physical activity epidemiology and gerontology, specifically focused on movement behaviour and healthy aging.