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Waterloo recognizes a senior of the year

Summary

The Ontario Senior of the Year Award gives each municipality in Ontario the opportunity to honour one local senior who has made outstanding contributions to their community after the age of 65 years old. The City of Waterloo and its age-friendly multi-agency committee have been selecting and presenting this award to an outstanding senior community member once each year during seniors month since 2013.

Website: https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/ontariosenioroftheyearaward.asp

Key facts

Main target group: Older people in general

Other target group(s): Older people who have made a significant contribution to their community.

Sector(s): Information and communication

Desired outcome for older people:
Contribute

Other issues the Age-friendly practice aims to address:
  • Ageism
  • Inclusion
  • Participation

Contact details

Name: Arlene Groh

Email address: janice.works@gmail.com

Age-friendly practice in detail (click to expand):

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Local authorities

Others involved in the project:
  • Older People’s Association
  • Volunteers

How collaboration worked: The Senior of the Year award is organized and executed through the city’s age-friendly multi-agency committee. The committee works to ensure that residents age safely, enjoy good health and participate fully in their community.

Older people’s involvement: Older people helped to implement the age-friendly practice

Details on older people’s involvement: This provincial award honours an outstanding senior who, after the age of 65, has enriched the social, cultural or civic life of his or her community.

Moving forward

Has the impact of this age-friendly practice been analysed: No

Do you plan to evaluate your age-friendly practice? Yes

Looking back

Challenges:
One challenge is reaching out to our senior community to engage and gather input on good candidates for this prestigious award. Placing posters in seniors’ centres and posting information in the city’s programs and activities guide (frequently read by seniors) assisted in reaching the demographic.