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Concerned Friends is pleased to announce the next webinar of a series of one-hour online presentations. Each edition of our Long-Term Care Education Series will bring you a guest speaker on an issue relevant to Long-Term Care in Ontario followed by a group discussion.
Here is our next topic in the series:
Transforming Senior Care to Become More Inclusive, Resilient and Connected
Join Concerned Friends and Kim Samuel, a prominent figure in the global movement for belonging, for our upcoming webinar, “Transforming senior care to become more inclusive, resilient and connected”. This webinar explores the intersection of interconnectedness and senior care, as Kim offers insights and recommendations on transforming long-term care practices. Through her expertise and passion, Kim inspires us to rethink our approach to social connection and inclusivity, ultimately reshaping the landscape of elder care for the better. Join us as we embark on this journey toward a more inclusive, resilient, and connected future for long-term care.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Transforming Senior Care to Become More Inclusive, Resilient and Connected
Featuring Guest Speaker: Kim Samuel
Kim Samuel | Biography
Kim Samuel is a leading voice in the global movement for belonging. She is the author of On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation (Abrams Press 2022), an exploration of the crisis of social isolation and humanity’s right to belong. She is also the founder of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness (SCSC), a research, advocacy, and action group that partners with and convenes leading academics and changemakers to combat social isolation and build belonging around the world.
Kim is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford, and an Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. She regularly lectures at institutions including Oxford, Harvard, and the London School of Economics, and she created and taught a first-of-its-kind course in the study of social isolation at McGill University.
Kim’s work is built on the idea that belonging isn’t just a human need, but a birthright. Drawing on more than 20 years of research, she works to advance an understanding of belonging that is grounded in 4 P’s: people, place, power, and purpose. This is to say that belonging comes through our relationships with other people as well as through our rootedness in nature, our ability to influence social, political, and economic decision-making, and our capacity to find shared meaning and purpose in our lives.
Kim serves on the steering committee of the Together Coalition in the United Kingdom, the executive committee and board of Special Olympics International, and the disability rights advisory committee of Human Rights Watch. She is a frequent commentator in outlets including the Globe and Mail, The Independent, The Boston Globe, USA Today, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Psychology Today, and she has been a guest on more than a dozen podcasts or broadcast shows.
