Higher Education
Third Age Learning at Kwantlen (TALK) - https://www.kpu.ca/sites/default/files/talk/ - Creative and stimulating educational activities for adults over 50, offering both online and face to face events.
Linked In www.linkedin.com Search “Groups in Higher Education” to find many discussion groups – from Higher Education Teaching and Learning to Future Campus, Future Learning to almost anything you can think of.
KPURA has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/KPURA
Health
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal, hosted by McMaster University focuses on healthy aging information provides information you can trust articles and commentaries rated by researchers on a variety of healthy aging topics. https://www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/
BC University and College Retiree Associations
BCIT Retirees’ Association - http://bcitra.ca/index.php
Camosun College Association of Retired Employees https://ccare2004.weebly.com/
KPU Retirees Association www.kpu.ca/retirees
SFU Retirees Association http://www.sfu.ca/retirees.html
UBC Association of Professors Emeriti https://www.emeriti.ubc.ca/
U-Vic Retirees Association https://www.uvic.ca/retirees
Association of BC College Pension Plan Retirees http://bccollegepensionplanretirees.ca
Umbrella Associations
Canada - College and University Retiree Associations of Canada (CURAC) http://www.curac.ca/
Council of Senior Citizens' Organizations of BC (COSCO) https://coscobc.org/
USA and Canada - Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE) http://www.arohe.org/ - US based
Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts & Technology Retirees’ Association (OCRA). - http://ocraretirees.ca/
Québec - La Fédération des retraités de l'Université du Québec (FRUQ). http://www.uquebec.ca/fruq
Retirees Associations – Individual Memberships
Association of British Columbia College Pension Plan Retirees for members (and spouses) of the BC College Pension Plan – essentially retired faculty and administration – Membership $40/year https://www.cppr.ca/
BC Federation of Retired Union Members (BC Forum) - Membership $20/year or $49/3 years – individual memberships for retired union members http://www.bcforum.ca/index.html
Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP) – a not-for-profit organization that provides a number of commercial and non-commercial services; advocates for seniors – “Our 300,000 members advocate for improved healthcare and financial security for Canadians as we age while enjoying great discounts and benefits.” Membership 1 year including 9 issues of Zoomer Magazine $24.95 www.carp.ca
Pensions
CPP; OAS; GIS and related https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions.html
KPU News and Newsletters
KPU – General News Releases and Stories
KPU Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kwantlenU/
KPU Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/113354593@N04/
President’s Reports to the Board https://kpu.ca/president/reports
KPU Student Newspaper http://runnermag.ca/ - overall this is now a sophisticated student news outlet
Arts, Faculty of
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kpuarts/
Business, School of
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KPUSoB/
Twitter https://twitter.com/KPU_business
Design, The Wilson School of
News/Events https://kpu.ca/design/newsroom
Interior Design News https://kpu.ca/design/interior-design/news/
Research and Scholarship
Publications https://kpu.ca/research/research-publications
Current Projects https://kpu.ca/research/research-focuses-and-groups
Science and Horticulture, Faculty of
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/home/?u=90bd2333bff07f1d0853c1bbf&id=886816b2e8
HORT Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KPUHort
Sci and Hort Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KPUFSH/posts/1755445774698749
News/Events https://kpu.ca/science-hort/news
Trades and Technology, Faculty of
https://kpu.ca/trades
Alumni Association
https://alumni.kpu.ca/