Promoting optimal aging among migrant returnees
2024 MIRA Catalyst Grant in Mobility and Aging
Principal Investigator
Geraldina Polanco
Faculty of Social Sciences
Summary
This interdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented study seeks to promote improved mobility amongst aging migrant returnees. It expands the scope of a SSHRC-funded study that seeks to feminize knowledge on the plight of Salvadoran returnees. Collaborating with Salvadoran NGO Instituto Salvadoreño del Migrante (INSAMI), this study will illuminate the experiences of aging returnees through the lens of mobility within spaces and institutions to promote improved aging. Dovetailing with the SSHRC-funded research, this study will employ participatory methods to better understand the plight of aging returnees, and to prioritize solution-oriented, local knowledge dissemination. This includes a peer-developed video for recent aging returnees, and a policy brief and infographic for local stakeholders.
Investigative Team
Non-MIRA Investigators
Narro Perez Rodrigo
School of Earth, Environment & Society, Faculty of Science, McMaster University.
