PhD Recreation and Leisure Studies - Aging, Health, and Well-being

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Be at the forefront of creating a healthier future

By 2050, more than one-fifth of the global population will be over 60 years old. The Faculty of Health offers the first collaborative PhD program in Canada with a focus on aging, health and well-being. The doctoral program is an interdisciplinary platform to develop a broad understanding of the issues related to the health and well-being of our aging population. 

Collaborative PhD

Taylor Kurta

Growing up, Taylor Kurta witnessed the age-related stigma her grandparents faced in the health care system. Connecting her passion for music with a drive to improve care for older adults, Taylor's PhD Aging, Health and Well-being research aims to use collaborative song writing with people living with dementia as a tool to expose and challenge the harmful consequence of dementia-stigma.

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Taylor playing guitar at home music studio

 

Arany Sivasubramaniam

Arany has always had a passion for health care. For as long as she can remember being able to help people has always been something that she cares about. Now enrolled as a PhD Aging, Health and Well-being student her research is looking at how to abolish the medical industrial complex by looking at the experiences of the BIPOC community.

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Arany Sivasubramaniam