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Research and Publications

Fiona Clark, Anita Fochs Heller, Marianne Barry-Gaboury
Peer Learning in Retirement: Collaboration with Seniors in the Community leads to the McGill Institute
CAUCE, Montreal, QC, June 1990

Anita Fochs Heller
McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement
Quebec Association for Adult Learning, April 1991

Sandy McGoun
History of the MILR
MILR Newsletter, February 1992

Seniors Independence Program Grant and Maintaining Momentum conference (SIP files)
1993-95

Carolynn Rafman
Report: Analysis of Moderator Focus Groups (SIP34)
Oct. 1994

Carolynn Rafman
Review of the Literature: Older Adult Learning Programs and Theory (SIP11A)
Nov. 1994

Fiona Clark
Learning Thrives When Seniors Take Responsibility for their Own Program
The Older Learner, Newsletter of the Older Adult Education Network of the American Society on Aging, Vol. 4, No. 1. Winter 1995-1996</>

Fiona Clark, Carolynn Rafman, Joan Walker
Peer Learning: Why it is Successful and How it Helps to Make Education Accessible L’apprentissage mutual: à quoi tient son succès et comment il facilite l’accès à l’éducation
TALIS Conference Publication, Regina, SK, July 1996

Herbert Bercovitz
McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement
Seniors Independence Project, March 1997

Carolynn Rafman
Who Does What? Volunteer and Staff Roles
Elderhostel Institute Network NorthEast Regional Conference, Amherst, MA, April 1997

Carolynn Rafman
McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement: A Case Study of Change in a Volunteer-led Organization
Master of Arts Thesis, Educational Studies, Faculty of Education McGill University, Montreal, QC, Sept. 1997

Fiona Clark, Anita Fochs Heller, Carolynn Rafman, Joan Walker
Peer Learning: A Popular Model for Seniors Education
Educational Gerontology Journal 23:751-762, 1997

Carolynn Rafman
Dynamic Expectations: Volunteerism within Institutes for Learning in Retirement
Elderhostel Institute Network Conference, Washington DC, June 1999

Fiona Clark
McGill ILR – 10 Years Young
New Directions: Maintaining Momentum III In-house Conference, Nov. 1999

John Felvinci
McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement
TALIS 11, Université du Québec à Montréal, Sept. 2001

Carolynn Rafman
Towards a Well-run ILR: MILR Self-Assessment Project (1993-95)
Steering a Course for the Future: First New England Conference of Institutes for Learning in Retirement, Salem State College, Salem, MASS, March 2002 http://www.salemstate.edu/explorers/

Nancy Grayson, Thea Pawlikowska
Developing a Special Events Program
Steering a Course for the Future: First New England Conference of Institutes for Learning in Retirement, Salem State College, Salem, MASS, March 2002

Carolynn Rafman, Meribah Aikens
Learning in Retirement at McGill University: A History
Third Age Learning International Studies Seminar, TALIS 13, Wuhan University for the Third Age, Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China, Oct. 2002

Carolynn Rafman
CATALIST: The Canadian Network for Third Age Learning
Carolynn Rafman, Joan Walker
From Canada to China: Learning Programs for the Third Age
Clearing the Hurdles, Overcoming the barriers to adult learning, QAAL Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Nov. 2002



Meribah Aikens, Sharon Li, Carolynn Rafman
Third Age Education at the University of Wuhan, China
MILR Friday Lecture, Dec. 2002

Carolynn Rafman
Sharing Knowledge, Research and Resources: A Comparison of International Networks for Third Age Learning
International Symposium on University Programmes for Seniors, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, May 2003

Carolynn Rafman
A Review of the MILR Planning Process
TALIS 14, Later Life Learning: International Themes and Perspectives, Coventry, U.K., Oct. 2003

Nancy Grayson, Carolynn Rafman
SPEAK: Seniors Practice English and Know-How: A MILR Inter-generational Initiative
Meeting of the Minds: New England Lifelong Learning Institutes Conference, Portland, ME, Oct. 2004

Fiona Clark, Nancy Grayson, Anita Fochs Heller, C. Rafman
Learning, Community, Ownership: A Prescription for Ageing Well
Toward a New Perspective: From Ageing to Ageing Well, CLSC René-Cassin and International Association of Gerontology, Montreal, Oct. 2004

Leonie Gordon, Harvard ILR, Carolynn Rafman, McGill ILR
Stimulating Learning in Retirement: A Dialogue with Harvard and McGill
TALIS 15, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, May 2005 www.cll.strath.ac.uk

Sandra Kerr, Ryerson; Carolynn Rafman
MILR Tracing Our Roots: Redefining Learning in Retirement
TALIS 15, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, May 2005

Carolynn Rafman
(1) Maintaining Momentum: A History of Long-Range Planning at McGill ILR
(2) McGill ILR’s Long-Range Planning Model
(3) S.W.O.T.: McGill ILR
Mid-Atlantic Lifelong Learning Institute Conference, North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement, UNC, Asheville, NC, Sept. 2005 www.unca.edu/ncccr



Carolynn Rafman, MILR; Kerrie Strathy, Regina
CATALIST, the Canadian Network for Third Age Learning.
Poster Session. Canadian Association on Gerontology Quebec City, Oct. 2006

Carolynn Rafman
Group Size Matters Maintaining Momentum VI.
In-house Conference, Nov. 2006

Carolynn Rafman
Purpose & Potential: A Proposal for Learning in Our Later Years
A Legacy for Learning: Sharing global experiences of learning in later life University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, May 2007
www.cll.strath.ac.uk


Meribah Aikens
MILR: A Leader in Peer Learning since 1989
Peer Learning Opportunities for 21st Century Seniors, Seniors College, Charlottetown, PEI
August 2007


C. Rafman, Astri Thorvik, MILR; Kerrie Strathy, Regina
Ageing Well through Lifelong Learning
Chinook Winds: Shaping the Landscape of Aging. On the Move National Seniors Assembly, Kerby Centre of Excellence, Calgary, AB
Nov. 2007


CATALIST: K. Strathy, C. Rafman et al
Ageing Well: Learning in our Later Years
Canadian Association on Gerontology, Calgary, AB
Nov. 2007


Liz Parish, C. Rafman
Consulting the Participants, Maintaining Program Design
International Federation on Ageing Conference, Montreal, QC, 2008

Fumiko Ikawa-Smith
Peer Design and Peer Learning: Lifelong Education Program at McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement
International Workshop, The Thoughts of Wellbeing and the Co-working of Citizens: Alternative Care Practices in Canada and Denmark National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan, Feb. 2009
http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/


Carolynn Rafman, MILR; Kerrie Strathy, Regina
CATALIST: Linking Older Adult Learners across Canada
Adult Learning Knowledge Centre Symposium: Linking Communities / Overcoming Barriers June 2009

Carolynn Rafman
Reaching Out and Engaging Community: MILR in Action
CAUCE, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, June 2010