Toronto, Oct. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RTOERO volunteers and employees met with Ontario MPPs and authorities officers in the course of the sixth annual Vibrant Voices Advocacy occasion on Oct. 24 and 25. During digital meetings on Oct. 24 and an in-person breakfast on Oct. 25, RTOERO Board of Directors, Political Advocacy Committee members and senior employees dialogued with MPPs about RTOERO’s key advocacy points:
- Seniors technique, together with addressing ageism, creating age-friendly communities and rights for Ontario’s getting old inhabitants
- Geriatric well being care, together with geriatric coaching, focusing on holistic, upstream care, transitioning techniques to help getting old in place and addressing elder abuse
- Environmental stewardship, together with widespread recycling requirements, environmentally sustainable transportation and safeguarding the water provide and ingesting water
“Societally, we’re at a defining moment,” says Marsha Foster, chair of RTOERO’s Board of Directors. “The pandemic exposed and worsened the deep cracks in our social service system. Older adults are one of the demographic groups falling through the cracks. This is a chance for collaborative system reconstruction.”
Throughout the day on Oct. 24, the RTOERO crew met with 17 MPPs and employees masking varied ministries. Information packages have been despatched to all Ontario MPPs with background on RTOERO’s key points and urging collective motion in the direction of a extra sustainable and simply future for all Ontarians.
Notes Foster, “No one wants to go back to so-called normal because normal wasn’t working. The question is, where will we go from here? What kind of society do we want to live in and leave for our grandchildren? What matters?”
In addition to advocacy, RTOERO focuses a number of initiatives on these key precedence areas, together with:
- Funding for analysis associated to geriatrics and revolutionary options to help the social inclusion of older adults via the RTOERO Foundation
- Scholarships for post-secondary college students learning fields associated to geriatrics and supporting Canada’s getting old inhabitants
- Community grants to help and associate with native organizations to enhance the lives seniors.
- Webinar sequence for members and visitors to supply deep studying on varied matters associated to wholesome getting old, advocacy, setting and extra
RTOERO is a bilingual trusted voice on wholesome, energetic dwelling within the retirement journey for the broader schooling group. With 82,000+ members in 51 districts throughout Canada, we’re the biggest nationwide supplier of non-profit group well being advantages for schooling retirees. We welcome members who work in or are retired from the early years, colleges and faculty boards, post-secondary and every other capability in schooling. We imagine in a greater future, collectively!
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- RTOERO’s Ontario advocacy meetings focus on system reconstruction post-pandemic
- RTOERO’s Ontario advocacy meetings focus on system reconstruction post-pandemic
