Impact stories

The RTOERO Foundation’s third annual Social Isolation Awareness Month campaign wrapped up at the end of October. The campaign’s focus was to shine a light […]

October 1, 2020 More than 500 RTOERO members and friends of the RTOERO foundation have signed up for the RTOERO Foundation’s annual Social Isolation Awareness […]

This article first appeared in Liaison, our member newsletter. It’s taken a pandemic for many Canadians to understand one of the country’s biggest health risks […]

Presented by Hamilton Seniors Isolation Impact Plan in October 2018 The webinar covers key findings for the social isolation impact project that the Foundation was […]

“I never write someone else’s story,” says Melissa Wysocki, a community connector with the Hamilton Seniors Isolation Impact Plan. “I sit down and have conversations […]

While on the surface, it may appear that awarding money to fund research is a simple process, it is far from the reality of a […]

This article was originally published in the fall 2019 issue of Renaissance Magazine. When we talk about aging, we don’t always talk about the people […]

Wondering about our Foundation? Here are five facts you might not know about us. 1) We receive no government funding – we rely on voluntary […]

What got you interested in the field of aging?  My grandparents have played a huge role in my life. Observing them and their friends made […]