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Please tell us about your vision for an age-friendly Brampton. Speak with a staff member for details. Help yourself to dinner Age-Friendly Strategy

AGE AGE-FR FRIEN ENDLY DLY ST STRA RATE TEGY GY

Visioning Workshop

August 21, 2018

Daniella Balasal, MCIP, RPP, PMP Nadia De Santi, MCIP, RPP Sabrina Coletti, MCIP, RPP

Today’s Agenda

• Presentation:

– What is an age-friendly community? – Why plan for an age-friendly community?

• Group Activity
• Group Presentations
• Q & A
• Next steps and Closing Remarks

• Mission: to help communities around

the world become increasingly age- friendly by:

– Inspiring change – showing what can be done, and how; – Connecting communities to exchange information, knowledge and experience; and – Supporting communities to find innovative, evidence-based solutions.

• Currently includes 600 cities and

communities in 38 countries

WHO Global al Network rk of Ag Age-Fr Frie iend ndly ly Citie ies s and Communiti ities es

What at is an age-fri frien endly dly community? mmunity?

“An age-friendly community encourages active aging by

• ptimizing opportunities for

health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age.” – WHO, Global Age-friendly Cities: A Guide (2007)

Why hy plan an for an age-fri friendly endly comm

• mmunity?

nity?

“Hard” and “soft” infrastructure

• Document identifying and

coordinating age-friendly actions across City departments and external agencies

• Developed through a

collaborative process

• Complements and supports

City’s other master plans and strategic plans

• To be presented for Council

endorsement

What is an Ag Age-Fr Frie iend ndly ly St Strateg tegy? y?

• Age-Friendly Brampton Advisory Committee

and Working Group – stewards and champions of the Strategy

• Please promote in your networks!

How w you can n help lp

Age-Friendly Committee meetings, County of Frontenac and Dubreuilville

Alignment with Vision2040 – Living the Mosaic

Age ge-Frien riendly dly Vis isio ion

Grou

• up

p Activ tivity ity

• Assign one person to record responses and one

person to make a presentation.

• With your group, review the WHO age-friendly

checklists for each community dimension

• What strengths and opportunities for improvement

do you see?

• You will be given a signal when it is time to move
• n to the next checklist.
• Keep this in mind: each group will select a

checklist and present the two-three most important points from the discussion (two minutes per table).

Q & A

• What did you learn about your community through

today’s exercise?

• Is there anything else that you would like us to

know about your community?

• Who should be part of our Focus Group

discussions?

Ag Age-Fr Frie iend ndly ly Fo Forum – Janua uary ry 19, 2019

• Exhibitors and presenters on the theme of healthy

aging

• Presentation of the draft age-friendly strategy for

community input

Age-Friendly Expos, Frontenac County, City of North Bay, Municipality of St.-Charles

Projec ject Kick-Of Off Meetin ing Prepare re Baseline eline Assessm ssment Report t Community ity Engagement Events s & A Age-Fri riendly y Forum Prepare re Draft t & Final Age- Friendly ly Strate tegy Visioning ing Workshop & Community ity Accessibi ssibili lity y Audit

JULY 2018 FEBRUARY – JUNE 2019 SEPTEMBER 2018 – JANUARY 2019 AUGUST 2018

Next xt Ste teps ps

WE ARE HERE AUGUST 21 & 22, 2018

Tha Thank nk yo you

Daniel ella a Balas asal al, Policy Planner nner III Planni nning ng & Developmen

• pment Services

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P: 905. 5.874.2061 874.2061 | F: 905-874 874-2099 2099 daniel ella. a.bal balas asal al@br @brampt ampton.c

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