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Dr. Pauly, Principal Investigator of the COPE Project, will deliver a talk on “Coping with Heat: Recommendations and Challenges for Aging” on November 5. Organized by the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging at UBC, the event will explore how to better support older adults during extreme heat.

Over the past few months, the team conducted five focus groups with residents of affordable rental multi-unit housing and a seniors centre.

COPE Engage is conducting focus group sessions with older adults living in affordable rental housing in Metro Vancouver. The sessions cover questions related to concerns and risk perceptions about heat events, public awareness around this issue and resource they know about or access.

This new initiative brings together Drs. Pauly and Mahmood with collaborators Dr. Nancy Olewiler, Dr. Jessica Pilarczyk, and Dr. Julia Henderson to explore how arts-based group programming can promote climate preparedness, social connection, and psychological well-being among older adults.

This competitive award recognizes graduate students who play a key role in advancing community-centred, interdisciplinary climate research at SFU.

Data collection kicked off on June 16th with its first cohort of 10 participants, based in Surrey Central and White Rock representing a diverse range of community members.