Lyle Hallman Institute, Room 2727
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
N2L 3G1
+1 519 888 4567, ext. 33160
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Catherine Tong works with a range of stakeholders to improve the health and wellbeing of older adults, with a dedicated emphasis on foreign-born older Canadians. She does this primarily by engaging in community-based and patient-oriented research, employing qualitative methodologies. Areas of research include ethnicity and aging, home and community care, mobility and physical activity, and multilingual and accessible research design. Her passion for gerontology extends to the university classroom, where she teaches ‘Health and Aging’, ‘Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Aging’, and ‘Active Bodies in Later Life’.
With the Geriatric Health Systems Research Group, she is involved in a number of projects, principally the CFN-funded study ‘Transforming primary health care for frail elderly Canadians’.
She serves at the Social Science Section Editor for the Canadian Journal on Aging.
Lyle Hallman Institute, Room 2727
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
N2L 3G1
+1 519 888 4567, ext. 33160
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Indigenous Initiatives Office.