Canada's Fighting Seniors

Publisher:  James Lorimer, Toronto, Canada
Year Published:  1990
Pages:  279pp     Dewey:  305.260971
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX4315

A look at the growth of a senior's movement in Canada in the 1980s.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Part I: The Rise of the Seniors
Chapter 1 Images and Reality
Chapter 2 The Pioneer Movements

Part II: Seniors' Organizations Across Canada
Chapter 3 Advocacy Groups
Chapter 4 Organizing the Federations
Chapter 5 Special Purpose Organizations
Chapter 6 1985: A Turning Point

Part III: Seniors' Organizations Across Canada
Chapter 7 Seniors Against War
Chapter 8 Reflections on Seniors and Society

Part IV: Different Countries, Different Patterns
Chapter 9 The American Experience
Chapter 10 The European Experience

Part V: Making the Future
Chapter 11 An Agenda for the 1990's

Appendix I
Chart: History of Senior Programs and their Organizations
Appendix II
Acronyms and Names of Organizations
Notes
Index

Subject Headings

• Activism/Radicalism
• Age Discrimination
• Ageism
• Aging/Elderly
• Aging/Elderly Advocacy
• Discrimination
• Elderly Men
• Elderly Women
• Older Workers
• Seniors
• Seniors' Needs
• Seniors/Policy & Legislation
• Seniors' Rights