Irene Borins Ash, M.S.W., R.S.W.

Irene will be giving a lighting workshop for seniors at St. Clair Services for Seniors on Monday February 27, 2012.

In September, 2012- 25 photos and 25 texts from Irene’s book “Aging Is Living- Myth Breaking Stories From Long Term Care” Dundurn Press 2009 will be on exhibit at the University of Guelph-Humber, 207 Humber College Boulevard, Toronto.

The exhibit is wonderful for seniors, their adult children and social work and gerontology students.

The exhibit is an inspirational and educational look at life in long term care.

The exhibit is being sponsored by the gerontology and social work students.
More details to follow.

From Tuesday June the 12th to Monday July the 31st, 2012- 25 photos and 25 texts from Irene’s book “Aging Is Living- Myth Breaking Stories From Long Term Care” Dundurn Press 2009 will be on exhibit at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre- 750 Spadina Avenue (at Bloor) in the gallery right inside the front door.

The exhibit is wonderful for seniors,their adult children and social work and gerontology students.

The exhibit is an inspirational and educational look at life in long term care.

On display at Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, Toronto, ON from November the 28th to December the 9th, 2011; daily from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Irene has a photograph that will appear in the exhibit taken at the “Taoist Tai Chi Society of Canada”- Bathurst Street Branch.

For sale and on display.
For the month of September 2011, at LIVE – Organic Food Bar
264 Dupont Street, Toronto (near NE corner of Spadina)
Monday – Thursday 11:30 to 9:30
Phone # 416 515 2002
Friday 11:30 to 10:00
Saturday – Sunday 11:00 to 3:00; 4:00 to 10:00

Photographs from the 26th International Conference of Alheimer’s Disease International and the Ontario Gerontology Association 30th Anniversary- Annual Conference are now in their respective pages in the Gallery section of this website.

The newly published book, “-30-: Thirty Years of Journalism and Democracy in Canada – The Minifie Lectures 1981-2010″, edited by Mitch Diamantopoulos, CPRU: 2009 contains the photo of June Callwood that appears in the initial slide show when opening this site.

March 26-29, 2011

Sheraton Centre
Toronto Ontario

Over 1,500 delegates from around the world will be attending the latest Alzheimer’s Disease Conference discussing the latest scientific discoveries into the disease.  

The conference theme is “The Changing Face of Dementia”. This is a time of significant re-thinking of our understanding and thus our care and treatment of dementia and which directions research should be taking to determine the best approaches to slowing the progress of the disease and even to prevent its onset.

Irene will be assisted by Ann Alimi.  Her website is www.alimiphotography.net

Irene will be doing the photography for the Ontario Gerontology 30th Anniversary – Annual Conference. Debby Vigoda was a founding officer and 2nd President and Executive Director of the OGA for eighteen years and has written two pieces in Irene’s book “Aging Is Living- Myth Breaking Stories From Long Term Care”.

Dr. Norm Shulman is now the Executive Director.