Resources
Improving the science of aging
MIRA maintains a set of resources that support aging research and assist our members, trainees and community members to improve the lives of older adults.
MIRA and Labarge Annual Reports
Our yearly overview, highlighting MIRA’s impact through research projects, member and trainee successes and community outreach endeavors.
A comprehensive examination of MIRA’s goals, strategic initiatives, and collaborations, illustrating our past achievements and guiding our future direction.
Snacks and Science at the MIRA | Dixon Hall Centre: Women and Stroke
Engaging older adults & service providers as research partners in the co-design of the EMBOLDEN study
2023 MIRA Funding Webinar
Aging Communities and Pandemic Lessons
One Topic Two Disciplines Webinar Series: Supporting Older Women in Ways that Work
Exercise: Powerful Medicine for Health and Aging, with Dr. Stuart Phillips
Tips From an Early Career Researcher
Voice Canada technical walkthrough for MIRA researchers
Inclusive Spaces for Aging Well
Reports
When called upon, MIRA produces reports in service of making McMaster University a leader in aging research and access.
Publications
Researchers interested in accessing data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging may find these publications helpful.
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Concurrent supra-postural auditory-hand coordination task affects postural control: using sonification to explore environmental unpredictability in factors affecting fall risk
View publicationDotov, D., Motsenyat, A. & Trainor, L. J. Concurrent supra-postural auditory-hand coordination task affects postural control: using sonification to explore environmental unpredictability in factors affecting fall risk. Sensors (Basel) 24 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/s24061994
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Self-reported chronic conditions and COVID-19 public health measures among Canadian adults: an analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
View publicationDe Rubeis, V., Griffith, L. E., Duncan, L., Jiang, Y., de Groh, M. & Anderson, L. N. Self-reported chronic conditions and COVID-19 public health measures among Canadian adults: an analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Public Health 231, 99-107 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.03.015
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Validation of physical activity levels from shank-placed Axivity AX6 accelerometers in older adults
View publicationGafoor, F., Ruder, M. & Kobsar, D. Validation of physical activity levels from shank-placed Axivity AX6 accelerometers in older adults. PLoS One 19, e0290912 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290912
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apping sedentary behaviour (MAPS-B) in winter and spring using wearable sensors, indoor positioning systems, and diaries in older adults who are pre-frail and frail: A feasibility longitudinal study
Rodrigues, I. B., Tariq, S., Kouroukis, A., Swance, R., Adachi, J., Bray, S., Fang, Q., Ioannidis, G., Kobsar, D., Rabinovich, A., Papaioannou, A. & Zheng, R. Mapping sedentary behaviour (MAPS-B) in winter and spring using wearable sensors, indoor positioning systems, and diaries in older adults who are pre-frail and frail: A feasibility longitudinal study. PLoS One 19, e0290197 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290197
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Volunteering among older adults and effects of ethnic minority status before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal analyses of the CLSA
O’Dea, E., Wister, A., Li, L., Canham, S. L. & Mitchell, B. Volunteering among older adults and effects of ethnic minority status before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal analyses of the CLSA. Can J Aging, 1-12 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980824000229
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“You’re not understood, and you’re isolated”: A narrative account of loneliness by Black older adults in Ontario, Canada
View publicationOjembe, B., Kapiriri, L., Griffin, M. & Schormans, A. F. “You’re not understood, and you’re isolated”: A narrative account of loneliness by Black older adults in Ontario, Canada. Can J Aging 43, 203-216 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980823000594
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