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- 1980-2015 (Creation)
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A brief history of the Institute for Life Course and Aging at the University of Toronto:
1979 - Program in Gerontology was founded, the first in Canada
1989 - Program transformed into the Centre for Studies of Aging and was interdisciplinary from its inception. The focus was on the processes of aging and population aging
1990 - Centre received first national Network of Centres of Excellence grant (CARNET) awarded to the social sciences.
1996 - Centre became an institute with a broad vision encompassing the life course. The Collaborative Program in Aging and the Life Course, a graduate program for masters and PhD students started in 1997. today there are over 175 graduates from this program
2005 - Institute for Life Course and Aging became an interdisciplinary and inter-professional forum for research and education with 59 members from 8 faculties and 19 departments and a number of community agencies and networks
2006 - The Institute received a national Network of Centres of Excellence New Initiative Award (NICE). The Collaborative Program expanded to include a new sub-specialty, and is now called the Collaborative Program in Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care across the Life Course. - from http://www.grandparentfamily.com/about-the-institute/history/
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