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The Silver Gap Year: Why Volunteering Abroad Later in Life Could Be Your Best Adventure Yet

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|Date: January 07, 2026
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The Silver Gap Year: Why Volunteering Abroad Later in Life Could Be Your Best Adventure Yet

While gap years and volunteering abroad are often seen as a young person’s game, older travelers are now ...

While gap years and volunteering abroad are often seen as a young person’s game, older travelers are now bucking the trend. More and more people aged 50, 60 and above are turning to ‘voluntourism’, se ...

January 07, 2026
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Finding a New Normal

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Finding a New Normal

A friend in his mid-50s cared for his wife for over 10 years before she died from complications related t ...

A friend in his mid-50s cared for his wife for over 10 years before she died from complications related to her chronic and often unpredictable disease. He juggled being a business owner, a husband and ...

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Fostering a Sense of Community

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Fostering a Sense of Community

Whether at work or at play, Chantal Brodeur's focus is on community. A graduate of the University of Otta ...

Whether at work or at play, Chantal Brodeur's focus is on community. A graduate of the University of Ottawa, where she obtained a degree in Communications: Marketing and Public Relations, she went on ...

November 01, 2017
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Community Dynamo

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Community Dynamo

Since retiring from her career as a nurse, Elaine Kilpatrick is busier than ever pursuing passions she ne ...

Since retiring from her career as a nurse, Elaine Kilpatrick is busier than ever pursuing passions she never had time for while working, teaching fitness classes and raising a family. After retirement ...

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When Music is the Medicine

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When Music is the Medicine

When music is your métier but you love to help people, how do you combine the two to make a career? Dr. J ...

When music is your métier but you love to help people, how do you combine the two to make a career? Dr. Johanne Brodeur found the answer when she began to study music therapy, which has evolved into h ...

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Angel for a Day

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Angel for a Day

Providing TLC to people has always been a passion for Diane Falk of Langley. It guided her into the nursi ...

Providing TLC to people has always been a passion for Diane Falk of Langley. It guided her into the nursing profession before she married and had children. ...

May 01, 2017
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