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March 29, 2023

Dr. Norah Keating Delivers Keynote Address at Oslo Metropolitan University

Dr. Keating recently delivered a keynote address at Oslo Metropolitan University.

March 29, 2023

Professor Marja Aartsen (L) and Dr. Norah Keating (R)

On March 21, 2023, Vanier Institute Board Chair Dr. Norah Keating, PhD, gave an invited keynote address to the Norwegian Social Research Unit at Oslo Metropolitan University.

In her lecture, Environments of Ageing: Toward Leaving No One Behind, Dr. Keating discussed the United Nations focus on families in the Sustainable Development Goals and Decade of Healthy Ageing. She also presented the Vanier Institute’s Family Diversities and Wellbeing Framework, which aims to foster inclusion of families at risk of marginalization.

At the end of her lecture, she presented a pin from the Vanier Institute to Professor Marja Aartsen, Research Professor and host of her visit in recognition of Professor Aartsen’s work on family structure and wellbeing.