Contact Us
Age Friendly Hamilton Programs
Shelagh Kiely, Projects Coordinator
W: 905-777-3837 ext. 12238
C: 905-920-7721
E: kielys@hhsc.ca
The Hamilton Council on Aging has been acting as the backbone organization to the Hamilton Seniors Isolation Impact Plan (HSIIP), a community-based collaborative project, funded by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program to reduce social isolation among seniors in Hamilton (2016-2019). For more information about Hamilton’s Senior Social Isolation Impact Plan, please visit socialisolation.ca. For inquiries related to the role of the Hamilton Council on Aging in this project please contact Co-Chairs: Glenys Currie at GCurrie@banyancs.org (January, March, April) and Anne Pizzacalla (February- April) AnnePizzacalla@cogeco.ca.
2018-2019 Board of Directors
Elected at the 11th Annual General Meeting of the Hamilton Council on Aging, September 21, 2018
- David Mifsud, President
- Melanie Froese, Treasurer
- Penelope Petrie, Secretary
- Jason Boelhower, Director
- Rebecca Buckland, Director
- Glenys Currie, Director
- Dr. Margaret Denton, Director
- Cheryl Fenn, Director
- Susan Goodman, Director
- Dr. Faiza Hirji, Director
- Sharon Pierson, Director
- Anne Pizzacalla, Director
- Mary Tice, Director
- Judit Zsoldos, Director
Partners
Thank you to our Community Partners for your Collaboration and Support!
- Aberdeen Gardens Retirement Residence
- AbleLiving Thrive Group
- Alzheimer Society of Hamilton and Halton
- Amica at Dundas
- Ancaster Community Services
- Ancaster Senior Achievement Centre (ASAC)
- Beasley Neighbourhood Association
- Canadian Association of Retired Persons
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Canadian Hearing Society
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- The Carlisle Retirement Residence
- Catholic Family Services of Hamilton
- City of Hamilton Senior’s Advisory Committee
- City of Hamilton, Neighbourhood and Community Initiatives Division (Age Friendly Hamilton)
- City of Hamilton, Public Health Services
- City of Hamilton, Recreation Division
- CityHousing Hamilton
- CNIB
- DARTS
- Dundas Active 55+ Steering Committee
- Dundas Community Services
- Elder Abuse Ontario
- Environment Hamilton
- GERAS Centre
- Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging
- Good Shepherd Centres
- Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion (HCCI)
- Hamilton Health Sciences – St. Peter’s Hospital
- Hamilton Police Services
- Hamilton Public Library
- Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction
- Hamilton Street Railway
- Hamilton Third Age Learning (HTAL)
- HARRRP
- Hearing Solutions
- HMECU
- Information Hamilton
- Louden Kinetics
- McMaster University – Health, Aging, & Society
- Neighbour2Neighbour Centre
- North Hamilton Community Health Centre
- Older Adult Centres’ Association of Ontario
- Ontario March of Dimes
- McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
- McMaster Physical Activity Centre of Excellence (PACE)
- Red Cross
- Regional Geriatric Program Central
- Retired Teachers of Ontario (RTO) District 13
- Sackville Hill Seniors Recreation Centre
- SAM Program
- Seniors Activities for South West Hamilton
- SOBI Hamilton
- Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton
- St. Joseph’s Home Care
- Working Immigrant Centre
- St. Matthew’s House
- The Village of Wentworth Heights
- United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton
- Volunteer Hamilton
- VON Hamilton
- Welcome Inn Community Centre
- Wesley Urban Ministries
- YWCA Hamilton
Current Funders
- The City of Hamilton – Age Friendly Hamilton
- The City of Hamilton – Seniors Engagement
- Seniors Social Isolation Project – New Horizons of Canada
- Improving Access Program – United Way of Halton & Hamilton
- GERAS-WOMEN4Change – Hamilton Community Foundation
- Let’s Get Moving – Ontario Sport and Recreation Communities Fund
