YoungRetired.ca

About this original series

http://www.YoungRetired.ca is a video magazine by and for young retired Canadians. It is about amazing things people can do if they take advantage of the freedom offered by retiring when they are in good health. Activties like volunteering, social activism, travelling, making new friends, getting into great physical shape, learning about family history, caring for their aging parents, and more...

# Episodes
167 episodes
Rating
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Episodes of YoungRetired.ca

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  Volkssport Canada
  
  Kathy Luten of the Ottawa Walking club explains the walks organized by Volkssport clubs in Canada.
  - Release date
    
    Dec 29, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    03:52
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  Sailing at FYC 2010
  
  Helmet cam from Tasar sailing in races at Falcon Lake Yacht Club
  - Release date
    
    Nov 1, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    04:09
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  Family history stories
  
  Lil Blume leads workshops about Writing Family Stories where she encourages participants to start by talking about and writing down the anecdotes which are most special to them. She encourages people to form writing groups to share stories and encourage each other. Lil says that writing out stories helps people to remember details and become more attached to the stories and the people they are about. She finds that people come to understand themselves better, and by sharing the stories in thei...
  - Release date
    
    Oct 30, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    04:04
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  Writing Family Stories
  
  Pam Hitchcock describes her experience as a member of the Ryerson University Recording Recollections program. She explains that it is not a typical adult education course, but rather an interesting mix of people who get together to inspire each other to write their family stories. Pam finds that the meetings motivate her to write new material to share each week, and hearing other peoples' stories inspire her with new ideas to write about from her own family experience.
  - Release date
    
    Oct 30, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    04:34
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  Late career transition to the nonprofit sector
  
  Lynne Toupin, Executive Director of the HR Council for the Nonprofit Sector in Canada, describes the results of a 2010 study on "Tapping into the talents of late career employees". The nonprofit sector will face a labour shortage driven by demographics, and the study suggests that boomers transitioning out of other jobs may be an excellent source of talent. The study found that most respondents were not aware of the possibility of a late career job in the non-profit sector, but most expressed ...
  - Release date
    
    Sep 24, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    02:27
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  Stay young with Exercise
  
  Chris Crowley, author of Younger Next Year, describes how exercise sends signals to the body to grow, rather than decay Distributed by Tubemogul.
  - Release date
    
    Sep 17, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    02:30
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  The transition to retirement
  
  Chris Crowley, author of 'younger next year", describes how many people have difficulty making the transition from a successful career to retirement Distributed by Tubemogul.
  - Release date
    
    Sep 17, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    01:07
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  CESO volunteer Roster short
  
  Nicole Gold, CESO's Roster Manager, talks about the 2,800 skilled volunteers on the roster, and the need for more opportunities.
  - Release date
    
    Nov 3, 2009
  - Runtime
    
    02:49
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  David Newman on Boomer volunteers
  
  David Newman of Rennaisance 50+ in Ottawa describes what skilled boomers are looking for in a volunteer role.
  - Release date
    
    Nov 2, 2009
  - Runtime
    
    02:08
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  Green Boomers
  
  Joyce Emery, co-founder of GreenSeniors.org, says that baby boomers in the developed countries have experienced a period of phenomenal economic growth.
  - Release date
    
    Oct 30, 2009
  - Runtime
    
    02:56