Pop Place Director Dr. Maxwell Hartt was interviewed about his book Aging Playfully on Talking Aging with Meeka Marsolais on Vancouver Co-Op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM.
The interview aired on August 1, 2026. Recording available: https://coopradio.org/shows/talking-aging/
Pop Place Member Rachel Barber reflects on her time in Gothenburg, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland for the Regional Studies Association Annual Conference and the World Planning Schools Congress in her latest blog post. Read it here!
Pop Place Director Dr. Maxwell Hartt and Doctoral Candidate Rachel Barber attended the World Planning Schools Congress in Helsinki, Finland. Dr. Hartt organized two special sessions on planning for demographic shifts, sat on a panel discussion binaries in planning scholarship, co-facilitated the JPER Early Career Workshop, and represented JPER at a Meet the Editors event. Rachel presented two research papers (with big audiences!)
Pop Place Affiliated Researchers Dr. Samantha Biglieri and Prof. Justin Hollander were also at the conference.
The Pop Place is thrilled to welcome Luciana Pereira de Moura Carneiro as a Visiting Scholar!
Luciana is a Professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo (IFSP), Brazil, and a Visiting Scholar at Queen’s University, Canada. Her research focuses on leisure studies, tourism, public policy, educational innovation, and community engagement. She is particularly interested in active and healthy ageing.
The Pop Place is excited to welcome Lian Quan, Jurin (Yijing) Dong, and Stitch Lin as Mitacs Globalink Interns for the summer.
Lian is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies at the University of Hong Kong. He is passionate about social architecture and urban planning with a wider community impact. His research analyzes playful wayfinding landmarks by exploring their definitions, physical identities, and how they can potentially be designed or planned in the built environment.
Yijing Dong is an undergraduate student in Radio and Television Journalism at Shanghai University. Her interests include media, storytelling, qualitative research and elderly people’ everyday lives. She hopes to explore older adults’ learning and social participation.
Pop Place Director Dr. Maxwell Hartt gave an invited talk on Aging Playfully at the Minghu Forum: China-Canada Workshop on Healthy Cities and Urbanism at the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Pop Place Director Dr. Maxwell Hartt gave an invited talk on Aging Playfully at Beijing Normal University. Dr. Hartt also co-facilitated a multi-day graduate student workshop with Queen’s University colleagues Prof. Mark Rosenberg and Dr. Carolyn DeLoyde. It was a pleasure to return to BNU – thank you to Prof. Yang Cheng for inviting and orgnanizing!
Pop Place Director Dr. Maxwell Hartt gave an invited talk on Aging Playfully at the International Academic Salon on Cities and Health at Central China Normal University in Wuhan, China.
Pop Place Director Dr. Maxwell Hartt gave a talk on Aging Playfully at the New Era Real Estate Academic Exchange Seminar at Nanjing Agricultural University. The event was organized by former Pop Place Visiting Doctoral Student Jianing Sun! Since visiting the Pop Place, Dr. Sun has graduated and started her postdoctoral position.
Pop Place Director Dr. Maxwell Hartt gave a talk on Aging Playfully at Yunnan Normal University in Kunming, China. It was a pleasure to return to Kunming and see many familiar friends and colleagues.
