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                                                       ACTIVITIES
                                      East Meets West: Healthy Aging Practices


                                                                   The East Meets West Healthy Aging
                                                                   Practices was held on Saturday, June 18,
                                                                   2016, at Luther Village in Waterloo. 158
                                                                   participants joined five Western and six
                                                                   Eastern trained practitioners for an
                                                                   afternoon of educational seminars, a QiGong
                                                                   group exercise and dance performances
                                                                   from the WCCA Reddish Red Leaf Elders
                                                                   Club. Dr. Colleen McMillan (faculty, School
                                                                   of Social Work) and Tony Tin (Librarian, Lusi
                                                                   Wong Library) organized the event, which
                                                                   was funded by the Network of Aging
                                                                   Research, University of Waterloo:
                                                                   (http://www.qigongwellness.ca/node/189).





                                   Canadian History of Education Conference 2016

                                                                             The Canadian History of Education
                                                                             Association hosted its biennial
                                                                             conference in Waterloo from
                                                                             October 27 to 30, 2016. The
                                                                             Renison Librarian created an
                                                                             electronic conference brochure
                                                                             (http://www.ache-
                                                                             chea.ca/program/) and supervised
                                                                             the student IT support team for
                                                                             the conference.









            Figure 1- Tony Tin with Dr. Feridun Hamdullahpur
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