Get connected with ‘Seniors in Conversation’


To participate, email seniors@trinityottawa.ca or call 613-733- 7536. Photo: Paige Kahkonen
By Paige Kahkonen
Are you looking to join a community where you can meet new people, learn new things and hear from high-profile and engaging speakers? Come check out Seniors in Conversation, a weekly Zoom call every Tuesday morning between 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Each week features a guest speaker invited to discuss a topic chosen and requested by our participants. Our past conversations have included a grief workshop, a session on how gardening is good for your health and a primer from the Legacy of Hope Foundation on the residential school system and the intergenerational impacts of removing generations of Indigenous children from their families.
We’ve even hosted special guests such as fan favourite Breanna Pizzuto from TalkTools, Algonquin spiritual leader Albert Dumont, retired Carleton history professor Dr. Fred Goodwin and Ottawa mayor Jim Watson.
You can register for any upcoming conversation by sending an email to seniors@trinityottawa.ca. To receive the link, please include your full name, phone number and postal code. This program is open to everyone, and you can participate however you’d like. Check out our upcoming schedule and register for topics that may interest you.
Fall schedule
(held on Tuesdays)
- September 7: Glenn Ogden on What’s new at the Canadian War Museum
- September 14: Senator Peter Boehn – topic TBD
- September 21: Juliane Labreche from Master Gardeners to discuss Water in the Garden
- September 28: Algonquin spiritual leader Albert Dumont
- October 5: Breanna Pizzuto from TalkTools to give a workshop on Unconscious Bias
- October 19: Carleton University professor Dr. Pamela Walker to discuss Women’s Issues.
- October 26: Canadian journalist and the anchor of CBOT’s CBC News Adrian Harewood.
Are you online? Check us out on social media where we post information about our program, all upcoming conversations and our weekly group pictures! Find us on Twitter @RSOOS_Trinity and on Facebook @SeniorsInConversation.
Reaching Seniors in Old Ottawa South, (RSOOS), which hosts “Seniors in Conversation,” is made possible by New Horizons for Seniors, a grant program established by the federal government. To ensure the continuation of this program and our weekly conversations, we are asking participants and members of the community to consider making a donation. If you wish to make a donation to RSOOS, please do so by going to: trinityottawa.ca/give.
If you are interested in being included in this service or participating in these Tuesday conversations, please email seniors@trinityottawa.ca or call 613-733- 7536. We can also provide you with a link to Connected Canadians to help you Zoom.
Paige Kahkonen is the co-founder of Koch and Kahkonen Communications and does communications and social media management for Reaching Seniors in Old Ottawa South. (RSOOS).