====== CanAge ======

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**CanAge** is a Canadian seniors' advocacy organization based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]]. It is hosted at the [[Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work]] within the [[University of Toronto]].

===== History =====

==== COVID-19 ====

CanAge received a $50,000 CAD grant in July 2021 from the [[Government of Canada]] for a project titled "Pan-Canadian Seniors' Virtual Vaccine Summit."((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada - Competition Results.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/Zo5b5)) It was awarded through a grant program called //"Encouraging Vaccine Confidence in Canada"// jointly administered by the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council]] (NSERC) and the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] (SSHRC).((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Promoter-Promotion/VaccineConfidence_eng.asp))

Additionally, CanAge received $400,000 from the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]]'s Immunization Partnership Fund to promote [[COVID-19 vaccines]] to "marginalized older adults and their caregivers."((Public Health Agency of Canada. (2022, October 12). //Immunization Partnership Fund.// Government of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20221104154209/https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccine-priorities/immunization-partnership-fund.html))