Older Adult Advisory Table

2025 Call for Older Adult Advisory Table (OAAT) Volunteers Now Open

The Older Adult Advisory Table (OAAT) provides first-hand experience and insight on living as an older adult, caregiver or someone looking to the future in Calgary. This expertise is used to inform and support strategic and action planning by the Age-Friendly Calgary Steering Committee, projects, and also helps to shape City programs and services.

OAAT is composed of 14 members as determined through a selection process. This process is structured to ensure that a range of voices, backgrounds and experiences have been included in the table.

Apply to be an OAAT volunteer

Your role as a volunteer:

  • Provide advice on Age-Friendly Calgary member projects, including City of Calgary initiatives
  • Inform and support strategic and action planning of the Seniors Age-Friendly Strategy in an advisory capacity 
  • Provide the perspective of older adults to help make Calgary more age-friendly
  • Share ideas and perspectives from your personal networks or social groups with OAAT
  • Bring OAAT ideas and perspectives back to your personal networks or social groups
  • Share information about Age-Friendly Calgary (AFC) with people you know and support the vision of AFC 

Requirements:

  • Aged 45 or over
  • Live in Calgary (Indigenous applicants may reside anywhere within Treaty 7 territory)
  • Passionate about your community 
  • Understand older adults’ needs now or in the future/ have experience as a caregiver 
  • Feel comfortable to share and to provide feedback in a group setting
  • Commit to take part in monthly meetings and a two-year term.
     
Complete and submit the online application form

Alternative way to apply:

For a paper copy, please email agefriendlycalgary@calgary.ca

 

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