CLSA Webinar Videos

Influence of municipalities to support the health, social participation and health equity of older Canadians: Findings from the CLSA
Date: | June 16, 2022 |
Speaker: | Dr. Mélanie Levasseur |
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Environmental Influences on Mental Health: Path Analysis for Contextual Implementation
Date: | April 5, 2022 |
Speaker: | Dr. Daniel Gan |

Examining mechanisms underlying the association between adverse childhood experiences and health outcomes in older adults in the CLSA
Date: | February 22, 2022 |
Speaker: | Dr. Divya Joshi |
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Vision, eye disease, and the onset of balance problems: The CLSA
Date: | January 26, 2022 |
Speaker: | Dr. Ellen Freeman |
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Functional Social Support and Memory: A Prospective Analysis of the CLSA Comprehensive Cohort
Date: | December 17, 2021 |
Speaker: | Samantha Sanghee Yoo |


Exploring the patterns and impacts of diet and nutrition among older adults in the CLSA
Date: | November 25, 2021 |
Speaker: | Dr. Jaclyn Hurley and Dr. Rachel Murphy |


Gender and subjective health or care-receiving: Making sense of unexpected findings from the CLSA
Date: | October 28, 2021 |
Speaker: | Drs. Susan Phillips and Afshin Vafaei |


Sleep and Health Across the Lifespan: An Epidemiological Perspective
Date: | September 30, 2021 |
Speaker: | Rebecca Rodrigues & Dr. Saverio Stranges |
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Factors associated with the willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine among older adults: An analysis of the CLSA
Date: | June 30, 2021 |
Speaker: | Dr. Nicole Basta |
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Long-term Cognitive Impairment Following Concussion: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Date: | May 31, 2021 |
Speaker: | Marc Bedard |
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of older adults: A longitudinal analysis of the CLSA
Date: | April 29, 2021 |
Speaker: | Dr. Parminder Raina |
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A silent epidemic of mental health among prostate cancer survivors: A secondary analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Date: | March 25, 2021 |
Speaker: | Louise Moodie and Dr. Gabriela Ilie |
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Emerging researchers: How trainees are using the CLSA platform for research on health and aging
Date: | February 25, 2021 |
Speaker: | Dr. Matilda Saliba, Vrati Mehra, & Doaa Farid |
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Profile and Needs of Seniors and Innovative Support Strategies (French webinar)
Date: | January 27, 2021 |
Speaker: | Dr. Ndeye Rokhaya Gueye & Dr. Danielle de Moissac |
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CLSA COVID-19 Research Update
Date: | November 30, 2020 |
Speaker: | Dr. Parminder Raina, Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, & Dr. Nicole Basta |
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Anticipating new weights in the CLSA: Unpacking sampling weights and their use
Date: | October 27, 2020 |
Speaker: | Dr. Lauren Griffith |
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Association of menopausal status with metabolic syndrome and depression: CLSA baseline findings
Date: | September 24, 2020 |
Speaker: | Dr. Marie K. Christakis & Dr. Alison Shea |
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Engaging in Research on Aging: How trainees and researchers connect with the CLSA
Date: | June 30, 2020 |
Speaker: | Dr. Susan Kirkland, Dr. Jacqueline McMillan, Dr. Nicole Basta, & Carly Whitmore |
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Comparing Measures of Obesity in Relation to Health Care Use in Adults from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Date: | May 27, 2020 |
Speaker: | Alessandra Andreacchi |
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Social support availability and executive function in the baseline cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Date: | April 29, 2020 |
Speaker: | Emily Rutter |
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Population norms and prevalence of frailty among middle-aged and older Canadians
Date: | March 25, 2020 |
Speaker: | Dr. Olga Theou & Dr. Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda |

Sarcopenia in the CLSA: The impact of diagnostic criteria on the agreement between definitions and the association of sarcopenia with falls
Date: | February 19, 2020 |
Speaker: | Dr. Alexandra Mayhew |
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The early retiree divests the workforce: A quantitative analysis of early retirement among health professionals using CLSA data
Date: | January 29, 2020 |
Speaker: | Dr. Sarah Hewko |
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Factors associated with community ambulation in older adults and those with stroke and osteoarthritis
Date: | December 16, 2019 |
Speaker: | Dr. Ruth Barclay |
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Using the CLSA to understand the role of mobility testing in fall risk assessment for community dwelling older adults
Date: | November 28, 2019 |
Speaker: | Dr. Marla Beauchamp & Dr. Ayse Kuspinar |
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LGBTQ+ aging in Canada: What can we learn from the CLSA?
Date: | October 29, 2019 |
Speaker: | Dr. Arne Stinchcombe & Dr. Kimberley Wilson |
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Seeing, hearing, and thinking: The cross-sectional relationship between sensory status and cognitive function in CLSA participants
Date: | September 12, 2019 |
Speaker: | Dr. Natalie Phillips & Dr. Paul Mick |
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CLSA dietary data: Description and example of use in a study on dairy consumption and cognitive performances
Date: | June 12, 2019 |
Speaker: | Dr. Nancy Presse & Anne-Julie Tessier |
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Combined Vision and Hearing Loss in the CLSA: Prevalence, Severity and Relationships to Cognitive and Social Variables
Date: | May 21, 2019 |
Speaker: | Dr. Walter Wittich |
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2019 Update on the CLSA: What’s new and what’s next for Canada’s leading research platform on health and aging
Date: | April 23, 2019 |
Speaker: | Dr. Parminder Raina and Dr. Yves Joanette |
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Disability-Associated Multimorbidity Including Mental Health Conditions: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Canadian Population-Based Data
Date: | March 28, 2019 |
Speaker: | Dr. Kathryn Fisher |
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Characteristics of Caregivers and Care receivers in the CLSA
Date: | February 19, 2019 |
Speaker: | Dr. Debra Sheets |
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Availability and quality assessment of genome-wide genetic data on 9,900 participants in the CLSA
Date: | January 15, 2019 |
Speaker: | Dr. Vince Forgetta |
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Clinical Features of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in the Population-based CLSA Cohort: Can we improve the screening tools?
Date: | December 12, 2018 |
Speaker: | Chun Yao |
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Moving More to Breathe Better: Associations Between Physical Activity, Sitting Time, and Lung Function in the CLSA
Date: | November 22, 2018 |
Speaker: | Dr. Shilpa Dogra |
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Enriching the CLSA with environmental exposure data: The Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE)
Date: | October 23, 2018 |
Speaker: | Dr. Jeffrey Brook, Dr. Eleanor Setton, and Dany Doiron |
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The Global Importance of Frailty of Pre-Frailty in Middle-Aged Adults: A PURE Study
Date: | September 12, 2018 |
Speaker: | Dr. Darryl Leong |

Age of menopause and its relation to frailty and biological age in the CLSA comprehensive cohort
Date: | June 21, 2018 |
Speaker: | Dr. Chris Verschoor |
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Exploring the Geography of Cognitive Function and Social Support Availability
Date: | May 29, 2018 |
Speaker: | Dr. Jane Law and Matthew Quick |
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Grip Strength as an Indicator for the Assessment of Health Equity Among Older Adults
Date: | April 24, 2018 |
Speaker: | Dr. Yukiko Asada |
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Assistive device use among community-dwelling older adults
Date: | March 29, 2018 |
Speaker: | Dr. Yoko Ishigami-Doyle |
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Functional Status and Disability in the CLSA
Date: | February 22, 2018 |
Speaker: | Alexandra Mayhew |
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The Development of Normative Data and Comparison Standards for the Cognition Measures Employed in the CLSA
Date: | January 16, 2018 |
Speaker: | Dr. Holly Tuokko |
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Visual impairment and eye care utilization in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Date: | December 12, 2017 |
Speaker: | Dr. Ellen Freeman |
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They are older now: a snapshot of self-identified Veterans in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Date: | November 13, 2017 |
Speaker: | Dr. Christina Wolfson |
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Osteoarthritis – Not Just a Nuisance Condition of Old Age: An Overview of Findings from the CLSA
Date: | October 12, 2017 |
Speaker: | Dr. Elizabeth Badley & Dr. Anthony Perruccio |
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The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: A National Platform and Infrastructure for Researchers and Trainees
Date: | September 26, 2017 |
Speaker: | Dr. Lauren Griffith |
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Factorial Invariance of the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)
Date: | June 29, 2017 |
Speaker: | Dr. Megan O'Connell |
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Multimorbidity in Canada
Date: | May 24, 2017 |
Speaker: | Dr. Philip St. John |
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Heart Failure: The Perfect Storm in an Aging Society
Date: | April 27, 2017 |
Speaker: | Dr. George Heckman |
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Mobility in Older Irish Adults: Evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
Date: | March 28, 2017 |
Speaker: | Dr. Orna Donoghue |
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Class, retirement, and inequality in later life: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Date: | February 28, 2017 |
Speaker: | Dr. James Nazroo |
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The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam and the challenge of informing policy and practice
Date: | January 17, 2017 |
Speaker: | Dr. Martijn Huisman |
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Aging-in-place with pets: Is pet ownership relevant to social participation and life satisfaction for older adults in Canada?
Date: | December 6, 2016 |
Speaker: | Ann M. Toohey |
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Definitions of Social Isolation: A Pilot Study Using CLSA Data
Date: | November 22, 2016 |
Speaker: | Dr. Verena Menec & Dr. Nancy Newall |
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Preventing chronic disease through lifestyle modification: longitudinal approaches
Date: | November 1, 2016 |
Speaker: | Dr. Katerina Maximova |
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Measuring Frailty in Older Canadians: An Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Date: | September 29, 2016 |
Speaker: | David M. Kanters |

Advancing Opportunities for Research on Health and Aging: An Update on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Date: | June 21, 2016 |
Speaker: | Dr. Susan Kirkland |


Hearing loss and healthy aging: The association between sensory and social measures in the CLSA Tracking cohort
Date: | May 19, 2016 |
Speaker: | Dr. Paul Mick & Dr. Kathy Pichora-Fuller |


Labour Transitions: Retirees who return to work
Date: | April 19, 2016 |
Speaker: | Mehreen Khan & Marvi Memon |

How research can help shape policy and practice on aging: Lessons from Newfoundland and Labrador
Date: | March 24, 2016 |
Speaker: | Dr. Stephen Bornstein |

The challenge of cancer in middle-income countries with aging populations: Mexico as a Case Study
Date: | February 23, 2016 |
Speaker: | Dr. Ajay Aggarwal |

Aging is a lifelong and socially patterned process: Insights from a life course approach using a maturing British birth cohort study
Date: | January 21, 2016 |
Speaker: | Professor Diana Kuh |

Effects of Physical Activity on Middle Age and Older Populations
Date: | December 9, 2015 |
Speaker: | Dr. Paul Loprinzi |

Advances in Fracture Risk Assessment
Date: | November 16, 2015 |
Speaker: | Dr. William Leslie |

The Genetics of Osteoporosis: An aging related disease
Date: | October 19, 2015 |
Speaker: | Dr. Brent Richards |

An update to the research community on the CLSA: Where are we now and what's next for Canada's premier study on aging
Date: | September 23, 2015 |
Speaker: | Dr. Susan Kirkland |

Estimating Dementia Prevalence in Canada Using Data from National Surveys: Potential Use of CLSA Data
Date: | June 15, 2015 |
Speaker: | Dr. Gillian Mulvale |

Age Supportive Environments and Healthy Aging
Date: | May 14, 2015 |
Speaker: | Dr. Verena Menec |

The Identification of Adults with Epilepsy in Population Based Studies
Date: | April 16, 2015 |
Speaker: | Dr. Mark Keezer |

The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: A National Research Platform
Date: | March 13, 2015 |
Speaker: | Dr. Christina Wolfson & Dr. Nancy Edwards |

A Needs Assessment for a Congregate Dining Program at an Urban Senior Centre
Date: | February 11, 2015 |
Speaker: | Christine Sheppard |

Older Canadians, Food Intake and Nutritional Status: How the CLSA will Advance Knowledge
Date: | December 4, 2014 |
Speaker: | Dr. Heather Keller |

The Income Distribution of Canada's Seniors: The Top End and Everyone Else
Date: | November 5, 2014 |
Speaker: | Dr. Michael Veall |

Aging Today - Opportunities for Tomorrow
Date: | September 11, 2014 |
Speaker: | Dr. Birgit Pianosi |

Mechanisms linking healthy brain & muscle aging in elite octogenarian athletes
Date: | June 3, 2014 |
Speaker: | Dr. Russell T. Hepple |

Efforts to support evidence-informed policy to promote optimal aging in Canada
Date: | April 10, 2014 |
Speaker: | Dr. Michael G. Wilson |