Company Profile
Gerontology Research Centre
Company Overview
The Gerontology Research Centre (GRC) serves as a focal point for research, education, and information on individual and population aging and maintains an active publications program to promote utilization of existing knowledge in the following areas: Aging and the Built Environment, Changing Demography and Lifestyle, Health Promotion/Population Health and Aging, Prevention of Victimization, Exploitation of Older Persons, Technology and Aging, and Culture and Aging.
Company History
The Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research Centre (GRC) was established in 1982 under the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Population Aging Strategic Initiative. The Gerontology Programs followed in 1983 and the two units create strong research, training and knowledge translation synergies.