Community Library
A growing hub of resources and tools to support older adults, researchers, and communities in building climate resilience. Explore practical guides, research insights, and ways to get involved in local climate action.
Extreme Weather Preparedness
- (Technical Safety BC)
- Comprehensive Approach to Enhance Older Adults鈥� Preparedness for Extreme Heat (COPE) Website:
Community Resources - (BC Healthy Communities)
Healthy & Resilient Homes
- DIY Air Cleaner - The BREATHE Project (SFU)
- (Technical Safety BC)
- (NCCEH)
- (Technical Safety BC)
Wellbeing & Connectedness
- : Free peer-led workshops that help older adults stay informed, healthy, and connected.
- (Government of Canada)
- Video:
Reports & Publications
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Community Partners
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Educational Materials
- Participant Led Rapid Realist Review for Aging and Climate Action Training
- Training for Older Adults (Co-researchers) (PDF)
- Training for Students (Co-researchers) (PDF)
- (Video)
- The BREATHE Project (SFU)
- Train the Trainer Guide:
A guide for organizations, municipalities, and emergency management personnel wanting to host their own DIY air cleaner workshops to build resiliency to wildfires and other indoor air pollution.
- Train the Trainer Guide:
- Co-Researcher Training Toolkit (Heriot-Watt University)
- (PDF)
Connect and Take Action
A Canada-wide community of older adults demanding urgent climate action for a livable future. Their message: Later is too late.
(UBC)
A free UBC program that trains residents to become climate leaders by mapping local impacts, imagining resilient futures, and co-creating neighbourhood action plans. Get started in your community with the "do-it-yourself" .
(City of Vancouver)
A toolkit that can be used by community-based organizations and groups interested in hosting Resilient Neighbourhoods workshops.
