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We are pleased to announce the upcoming CAnD3 Keynote Address, the culminating event of our 2025-2026 Training Program. This hybrid event, hosted annually at the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Faculty Club, featuring Professor Deborah Carr from Boston University, and guest Dragon's Den judge André Picard, will bring together Dragon's Den finalists, CAnD3 alumni, institutional partners, and current Fellows. It commemoratesÌýthe achievements of our six consecutive cohorts (2020-2026).

Professor Carr's presentation, Older Adults' Complex Family Lives in the 21st Century: Implications for End-of-Life Preparations and Well-Being, draws on her ongoing research into how family structure shapes the experience of dying in later life. Advances in medical technologies mean that older adults are living longer than ever before, with most dying of chronic diseases that have protracted symptoms and require difficult decisions about end-of-life care. Most older adults rely on their families for advance care planning, advocacy, and decision-making — raising concerns about the rising numbers of adults growing old without a spouse or children. Her presentation examines how: (1) marital trajectories and parental statuses affect advance care planning, a critical step for attaining a "good death," and (2) marital status affects ten end-of-life quality outcomes as assessed by the decedent's proxy. Analyses are based on the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and National Health and Aging Trends (NHATS) surveys. Implications for policy, practice, and future research will be discussed.

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Door opens at 10:00 AM.

10:00 - 10:30 | Public Registration with Coffee

10:30 - 11:50Ìý| Keynote Lecture by Prof. Carr and Q&A

11:50 - 12:00Ìý| Rapid fire introduction of posters

12:00 -13:30 | Lunch & poster session 1

13:30 - 14:30Ìý| Dragons' Den FinalsÌý

14:30 - 14:45Ìý| Coffee break

14:45 - 15:30Ìý|ÌýDragons' Den Finals

15:30 - 16:00Ìý| Coffee break with poster session 2Ìý

16:00 - 16:30Ìý| Announcement of Dragons' Den Winners & Closing Remarks

16:30 - 18:30Ìý| Cocktail mixer

Featured Speaker

Deborah Carr

Director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science and A&S Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Boston University

Ìýis director of the Center of Innovation in Social Science and A&S Distinguished Professor of sociology.Her work spans inequality in old age, death and dying, bereavement, family relationships, and health-related stigma. She has published more than 120 articles and chapters, and several books including Aging in America (University of California Press, 2023) and Golden Years? Social Inequality in Later Life (Russell Sage, 2019), which received the 2020 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award from the Gerontological Society of America.
Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the RRF Foundation on Aging, the Templeton Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She currently serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior and is principal investigator of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79). A fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, she received the 2022 Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award and was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2024. Her research and commentary have been featured in outlets including The New York Times, CNN, USA Today, and PBS.

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Dragon's Den Guest Judge

André Picard

Author and Journalist, Globe and Mail

André Picard is a health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail, where he has been a staff writer since 1987. He is also the author of six bestselling books. André is a two-time winner of the Columns category at Canada's National Newspaper Awards, and past winner of prestigious Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism.He was named Canada’s first Public Health Hero by the Canadian Public Health Association, and a Champion of Mental Health by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his dedication to improving healthcare. André is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and has received honorary doctorates from eight universities, including UBC and the University of Toronto.

LocationÌý

This is a hybrid event. The online portion of the event will be held on Zoom, and the in-person portion will be held at theÌýFaculty ClubÌý(3450 McTavish Street) at Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ in Montreal, Canada. Please note that in-person capacity is limited. Register now!