Ekoh, P. C., Guruge, S., Zhang, J. Metersky, K.; Cloutier, D. S., Tong, H., & Walsh, C. A. Smartphones as a gateway to independence and adaptation: Older Mandarin-speaking immigrants’ use of smartphones for everyday living at the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWSD 2026), Nairobi, Kenya
Guruge, S., Qidwai, I., Zhuang, Z., Chandrasekaran, K., Metersky, K., Sethi, B., Northwood, M., & Wang, L. (Oct. 22-24, 2025). Geo-spatial factors that contribute to social isolation among Arabic-speaking immigrant older adults in Ontario. Poster presentation at the Aging & Social Change – Fifteenth Interdisciplinary Conference, in Norrköping, Sweden.
Metersky, K., Kirkwood, M., Chahine, M., & Guruge, S. (Sep. 16-26, 2025). A conceptual exploration of social belonging in migrant older adults. Poster presentation at the Nexus Summit 2025 (virtual).
Ekoh, P. C., Guruge, S., Walsh, C., Warria, A., Ka Wai, W., Umer, H., Chandrasekaran, K. (2025, June). Inclusive Digital and Physical Spaces for Mandarin and Punjabi-speaking Older Immigrants in Calgary. British Society of Gerontology. University of Surrey.
Guruge, S., Chandrasekaran, N., Arulventh, N., Liti, R., Ahmed, E., Chandrasekaran, K., Metersky, K., Zhuang, Z., St-Amant, O., Catallo, C., Shields, J., & Sidani, S. (May 29-31, 2025). Social isolation and connectedness: Perspectives of Punjabi, Arabic, and Mandarin-speaking older immigrants in Toronto. Oral presentation at the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association (CGNA) 2025 Conference: Reuniting at the forks: inclusivity in gerontological nursing practice, in Winnipeg, MB.
Northwood, M., Leung, E., Sidani, S., & Guruge, S. Recruiting Older Immigrants for Research. Accepted for presentation at the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association Conference 2025, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 29-31, 2025.
Guruge, S., Saha, M., Chandrasekaran, K., Shields, J., Zhuang, Z., & Metersky, K. (Apr 4-5, 2025). Economic barriers that shape social isolation and loneliness: Focus on Punjabi, Mandarin, and Arabic-speaking older immigrants in Toronto, Canada. Poster presentation at the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) North America Region 10 Biennial Conference, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
Guruge, S., Saha, M., Chandrasekaran, K., Shields, J., Zhuang, Z., & Metersky, K. (2025). Economic barriers that shape social isolation and loneliness: Focus on Punjabi, Mandarin, and Arabic-speaking older Immigrants in Toronto, Canada. (poster presentation abstract). Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) North America Region 10 Biennial Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
Guruge, S., Sidani, S., & The ICOI Team. (Nov. 23, 2024). An exploration of factors associated with loneliness among older immigrants in Canada. Poster presentation at the Great Lakes Biennial Nursing Conference 2024. Windsor, Canada.
Hanley, J., Grenier, A. (2024). Social Inclusion/Exclusion as a Lens for Social Work with Older Immigrants. CASWE Annual Conference, June 18, Montreal, Canada.
Hanley, J, *Hassan, M., *Makoha, G., *Hajjar, O. (2024). Family Proximity and Labour Force Participation among Older Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Quebec: A Comparative Analysis. Work and Family Researchers Network Biennial Conference, June 22, Montreal, Canada.
Guruge, S., Chandrasekaran, N., Arulventh, N., Liti, R., Ahmed, E., Chandrasekaran, K., Metersky, K., Zhuang, Z., Grenier, A., Catallo, C., St-Amant, O., & Shields, J. (Nov. 11-13, 2024). Toronto’s Mandarin, Punjabi, and Arabic-speaking older immigrants’ experiences of social isolation: Focus on health. Oral presentation at the 17th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI), in Seville, Spain.
Ekoh, P., Chandrasekaran, K., Warria, A., Walsh, C., & Guruge, S. (Oct. 24-26, 2024). Exploring the factors that contribute to the experiences of social isolation among Mandarin and Punjabi-speaking older adults in Calgary. Poster presentation at Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) 2024: Agents of Change: Unraveling Complexity and Advancing Transformation Conference, in Edmonton, AB.
Metersky, K., Guruge, S., Zhuang, Z., St-Amant, O., Sidani, S., Lou, N., & Lin, P. (Oct. 24-26, 2024). Technology use and social isolation among older immigrants in Toronto. Oral presentation at the Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) 2024: Agents of Change: Unraveling Complexity and Advancing Transformation Conference, in Edmonton, AB.
Ma. X-P., Kang, S-H., Hanley, J., Soulieres, M., Mezdour, A., & Laquerre, M-E. (2024). Living the dream or living in limbo: Lived experiences of social isolation for older Mandarin-speaking immigrants in Montreal, Canada. [Oral presentation]. The Canadian Association on Gerontology conference, Edmonton, AB, October 24-26, 2024.
St-Amant, O., Mantou Lou, N., Guruge, S., Sidani, S., Metersky, K., Zhuang, Z. (Apr. 23-25, 2024). Risk factors for loneliness among older immigrants in Toronto. Poster presentation at the Canadian Public Health Conference, in Halifax, NS.
Guruge, S., Ta, R., & Sidani, S. (Mar. 26-30, 2024). Healthy aging: Perception of aging in the Toronto’s Mandarin-speaking community. Oral presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology’s 84th Annual Meeting: Enchantment and Transformation, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
St-Amant, O., Mantou Lou, N., Metersky, K., Zhuang, Z., & Guruge, S. (Mar. 26-30, 2024). Loneliness of older immigrants in Toronto: Results from a cross-sectional survey. Poster presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology’s 84th Annual Meeting: Enchantment and Transformation, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
Hassan, M., Hanley, J., & Guruge, S. (Oct. 26-28, 2023). Resettlement of older Syrian refugees in
Canada: Key individual factors of social inclusion. Oral presentation at CAG 2023: Community Engaged
Teaching, Research & Practice, Toronto, ON.
*Hajjar, O., *Hassan, M., *Makoha, G. Hanley, J. (2024). Access to Services and Resources among Older Syrian Refugees in Montreal. CASWE Annual Conference, June 19, Montreal, Canada.
Sabir, H., Umer, H., Rajeev, H., Jose N., Ekoh, P. C., & Walsh, C. A. The Role of Community in Combating Social Isolation Among Older Punjabi Immigrants Living in Calgary. A poster presented at the Faculty of Social Work Symposium, University of Calgary, Calgary, 2024
Ekoh, P. C., Guruge, S., Chandrasekaran, K., Warria, A., Walsh, C. (2024, October). Exploring the factors that contribute to the experiences of social isolation among Mandarin and Punjabi-speaking older adults in Calgary. Presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Edmonton, 2024.
Guruge, S., Chandrasekaran, N., Arulventh, N., Liti, R., Ahmed, E., Chandrasekaran, K., Metersky, K., Zhuang, Z., Grenier, A., Catallo, C., St-Amant, O., & Shields, J. (2024). Toronto’s Mandarin, Punjabi, and Arabic-speaking older immigrants’ experiences of social isolation: Focus on health. (oral presentation abstract). ICERI 2024: The 17th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. Seville, Spain.
Metersky, K., Guruge, S., Zhuang, Z., St-Amant, O., Sidani, S., Lou, N., & Lin, P. (2024). Technology use and social isolation among older immigrants in Toronto. (oral presentation abstract). Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) 2024: Agents of Change: Unraveling Complexity and Advancing Transformation Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Metersky, K., Guruge, S., Zhuang, Z., St-Amant, O., Sidani, S., & Lou, N. (2024). A cross-sectional survey on risk factors for loneliness in older immigrants in Toronto. (oral presentation abstract). Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) 2024: Agents of Change: Unraveling Complexity and Advancing Transformation Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
St-Amant, O., Mantou Lou, N., Metersky, K., Zhuang, Z., & Guruge, S. (2024). Loneliness of older immigrants in Toronto: Results from a cross-sectional survey. (oral presentation abstract). Society for Applied Anthropology’s 84th Annual Meeting: Enchantment and Transformation. Sante Fe, New Mexico, United States of America.
Metersky, K., St-Amant, O., Zhuang, Z., Guruge, S., Paul, K., Lin, P., Li, I., Ajaj, L., & Chatha, S. (Oct. 26-28, 2023). Socially isolated older immigrant recruitment for survey-based research: Reflections on experience. Oral presentation at CAG 2023: Community Engaged Teaching, Research & Practice. Toronto, ON.
Guruge, S., Boucher, A., Paul, K., Sethi, B., Walsh, C., Tong, H., Zhang, J., Salma, J., Metersky, K., Laquerre, M., Soulieres, M., Northwood, M., Wahoush, O., Agrawal, S., Bains, S., Soltanie, S.B., Sidani, S., Zhuang, Z., Mesdour, A., Wilson, M., Ekoh, P. (Oct 2-3, 2023). Survey recruitment methods with older immigrant participants. Poster presentation at the Metropolis Social Determinants of Health Conference, in Ottawa, ON.
Ekoh, P. C., Zhu, C., Sepali, G., & Walsh, C. A. Experiences of social isolation by Punjabi and Mandarin-speaking older adults living in Calgary. Poster presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology’s 52nd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2023.
Zhu, C., Ekoh, P. C., Hoselton, J., Walsh, C. A., & Sepali, G. Experiences of social isolation by Punjabi and Mandarin-speaking older adults living in Calgary. Poster presented at the Gerontological Association on Ageing’s Annual Scientific Meeting, Tampa, Florida, USA, 2023.
Metersky, K., St-Amant, O., Zhuang, Z., Guruge, S., Paul, K., Lin, P., Li, I., Ajaj, L., & Chatha, S. (2023). Socially isolated older immigrant recruitment for survey-based research: Reflections on experience. (oral presentation abstract). Canadian Association of Gerontology (CAG), 2023: Community Engaged Teaching, Research & Practice, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
St-Amant, O., Mantou Lou, N., Guruge, S., Sidani, S., Metersky, K., & Zhuang, Z. (2023). Risk factors for loneliness among older immigrants in Toronto. (poster presentation abstract). Canadian Public Health 2024 (Canadian Public Health Association Conference), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Northwood, M., Sidani, S., Zhuang, Z.C., Sethi, B., & Edhi, K. Social isolation and loneliness in older immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review. Oral presentation, Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) conference, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Oct 20-22, 2022.