On Wednesday, October 2, Heather Mair spoke on Gateway's Grand Sparks Summer Day Camp at the CRRF 2019 Conference held in St. John's, Newfoundland. Her talk, entitled "Understanding Intergenerational Activity in Rural Ontario: The Case of the Grand Sparks Summer Day Camp", was well received and contained lots of fun photos taken by the summer camp kids.

Grand Sparks is a one-week day camp that provides grandparents the opportunity to enjoy interactive outdoor activities with their grandkids. It has been successfully run for a number of years now and we love putting smiles on both grandparents and grandkids alike. To learn more about our program click here: http://www.grandsparks.com/ 

The Active Aging Showcase was held in Hanover on October 1st, 2019. Several agencies and organizations, including Gateway, were present, providing information to active seniors in the Grey Bruce Counties. Tanya Shutes was the keynote speaker and her presentation on loneliness and social isolation among seniors was well received. We would like to thank the Age Friendly Committee for hosting the event and inviting us to attend.  ​

This fall our Chair of Rural Pharmacy, Dr. Feng Chang will be providing leadership to two co-op students; Elizabeth Ibrahim and Courtney Simpson. They will be helping on a few interesting projects that are being conducted in concert with the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy such as the "My Plan" project and an opioid deprescribing project. My Plan is a project that focuses on integrative health coaching for those affected by dementia that is lead our Chair of Rural Health Coaching, Sheila Scheuhlein. These students, along with Shayna Melady, are a welcome addition to our Gateway team. 

What you don't know may be limiting your financial success!

On November 5th (7 pm to 9 pm), Bruno De Pace (Director Practice Management Strategic Business Development at CI Investments Inc.) will be presenting on several financial topics such as: 

- The reasoning behind biases
- What motivates our actions and decisions 
- The invisible traps 
- The top mistakes that investors are prone to make 
- Tips to overcome your blind spots and lead to more positive investment results 

At this event Gateway will be introduced and Gateway representatives will be present to answer any Gateway-related questions you may have. 

RSVP today at contactus@lighthousemoney.ca 

We look forward to seeing you there! 

Shayna Melady is completing her Master of Public Health practicum with Gateway, and will be assisting with a variety of projects over the next eight months. Shayna completed her undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Science specializing in Health Promotion at Dalhousie University. After moving back to Huron County from Halifax, she began her career in Public Health. During this time, Shayna decided to peruse her Masters of Public Health through the University of Waterloo while working full-time. She is passionate about all things rural, particularly mental health and health equity.
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Shayna loves to travel, although always finds herself returning back to the beautiful area of Huron and Perth counties. While not travelling, Shayna can be found spending time with her family and friends, playing hockey, or spending time outdoors canoeing, camping, running, or simply sitting on the patio. She is a smoothie-loving, sunset-chasing wanderer, and always planning her next adventure. Shayna is excited to get back to her rural roots, and work with Gateway to improve the health of our community.