RCMC Newsletter
April 2024
April 2024 - Live MeetingsApril 11th.
Brian Skerrett: Urban Park Guelph: The Solution We’ve Been Looking For Presentation: Turning the Former Correctional Centre into a National Urban Park Bio: P. Brian Skerrett has lived in Guelph for over 50 years. His first job in high school was washing dishes at the Bookshelf Café in 1981 and his last job in the city was Bookstore Manager at the Bookshelf. After career as a sales and marketing director in the book publishing industry, he volunteered for five years with Heritage Guelph including four years as committee chair. One of the highlights of that time was the drive to have the Reformatory lands designated as a Heritage Conservation District. He is now able to is bringing all his background, and especially the research into the Ontario Reformatory, as a member of Urban Park Guelph. 10am. To be followed by Live Questions April 25th. Karen Van Ooteghem: Balance: How Important it is to our Health & And What We Can Do About It Presentation: Karen will discuss how integral balance (and mobility) are to our daily life and share some current work in the field related to assessing, maintaining, and re-training balance. She will also provide recommendations for keeping balance ‘top of mind’ with respect to overall health. Bio: Karen Van Ooteghem completed her graduate training in Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo. She currently holds a Research Appointment in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo and has been a Scientist with the Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI) since 2018. The goal of Karen’s research is to advance methods and tools for assessing health outside of clinics and doctor’s offices. She has specific interest in helping older adults maintain their capacity for safe, independent mobility through the course of aging and disease. Her work is rooted in understanding how the brain controls balance and gait (walking) and using this information to optimize assessment and training. She has studied older adults on the continuum from severe disability (e.g., advanced dementia, severe Parkinson’s disease) to exceptional cognitive aging. 10am. To be followed by Live Questions. |
Brian Skerrett
Karen Van Ooteghem
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Messages
Future Meetings
Meetings for May
May 9th.
Aiping Yu, Ph.D.:
Future of Nanotechnology and Why It Matters
May 23rd..
Grinder Singh:
Domino Pizza: FAST Food Success
Activities & Events
April 13th.
“Jersey Boys”
Hamilton Family Theatre-Cambridge
April 19th.
Volt Carbon Technologies - Tour
April 28th.
“Five Alarm”
Guelph Little Theatre
See activities desk for more details
“Jersey Boys”
Hamilton Family Theatre-Cambridge
April 19th.
Volt Carbon Technologies - Tour
April 28th.
“Five Alarm”
Guelph Little Theatre
See activities desk for more details
Coffee Mornings
April 4th. and April18th.
Coffee/Breakfast
RCMC Live Coffee Morning
9:30 am
The Boathouse
116 Gordon St
or
Uptown Grill
694 WoolwichSt.
More news to come regarding activities and live coffee mornings
Refer to the website often
Coffee/Breakfast
RCMC Live Coffee Morning
9:30 am
The Boathouse
116 Gordon St
or
Uptown Grill
694 WoolwichSt.
More news to come regarding activities and live coffee mornings
Refer to the website often
Other News
There is a new What's New section on the Home page of our website. This will give you quick links to any new information which has been posted on the website.
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Membership
Please send any updates to your entry in the Membership Directory, including any change in email address, to
Martin Alderwick; 519-763-6939 [email protected]
Members are encouraged to invite male friends and acquaintances to our meetings.
Martin Alderwick; 519-763-6939 [email protected]
Members are encouraged to invite male friends and acquaintances to our meetings.