Age-Friendly Regina is composed of two committees, the Steering Committee and the Stakeholders. The Stakeholders are listed in the “Community Organizations Supporting the Age-Friendly Committee” tab.

The Steering Committee has the authority to:

• Assess Regina to identify Age-Friendly related community needs
• Form task groups to address particular focus areas
• Ally with organizations and individuals for the purpose of meeting the goals of Age-Friendly Regina
• When needed, represent Age-Friendly Regina to funding agencies
• Maintain communication with and provide regular updates to Stakeholders

Age-Friendly Regina is pleased to have a partnership with University of Regina to work with the Student Volunteer Centre to advertise positions for University students to work with Age-Friendly Regina.  We are pleased to welcome two students:  Huong Nguyen has joined the Steering Committee both to learn about the functioning of Steering Committees and to bring a younger person’s viewpoint to committee work;  Tanzima Taslim has joined the FIG Project team working with the project manager in a mentorship role. She brings the viewpoint of a newcomer to Canada to our project.

Age-Friendly Regina Steering Committee:

• Jeanne Alexander (Community Citizen)
• Lori Bresciani, City of Regina, Councillor, Ward 4
• Lindsay Bzdel, Saskatchewan Health Authority, Health Promotion
• Gretta Lynn Ell, Community Citizen
• Sarah Kostuik, Research Chair, Saskatchewan Polytechnic (Regina Campus)
• Richard Marcotte, Community Citizen
• Ashley Nemeth, Accessibility Advisor, Indigenous Relations and Community Development, City of Regina
• Huong Nguyen (University of Regina Student)
• André Nogue, Community Citizen
• Linda Pratt, Age-Friendly Saskatchewan Liaison
• Alice Samkoe, Community Citizen
• Kathryn Smart, University of Regina, Centre on Aging and Health
• Andrew Stevens, City of Regina, Councillor, Ward 3
• Susan T. Wood, Community Citizen

The Stakeholders have the authority to:

• Provide suggestions, inputs and consultancy to Age-Friendly Regina Steering Committee
• Provide community support for Age-Friendly Regina Steering Committee initiatives
• Potentially serve on task groups
• Attend information sharing gatherings, as possible

Age-Friendly Regina Stakeholders:

• 30+ community citizens
• City of Regina
• Eden Care Communities
• Northgate Walkers Club
• Regina Downtown Improvement District
• Regina Home Builders Association
• Regina Housing Authority
• Regina Immigrant Women Centre
• Regina Open Door Society
• Regina Public Library
• Regina Senior Citizen’s Centre
• Regina Senior University Group
• Saskatchewan Blue Cross
• Saskatchewan Health Authority
• Superannuated Teachers of Saskatchewan, Regina Chapter

The Age-Friendly Regina Committee was formed in 2018.

Terms of Reference pdf

Regina City Council, at its meeting held on April 29, 2021 considered the report and unanimously adopted the following resolution that City Council: “Endorse the request of the Age-Friendly Regina Committee for the City of Regina to become an Age-Friendly community by participating, supporting, promoting, and working to assess and improve inclusion and accessibility for individuals of all ages.”

Date of Survey:

Revised Survey: January 2023. This is the survey that should be completed, January 2023 and forward. Also linked in sidebar.

Link to Revised Survey: Click here to access survey form.

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Initial Survey: April, 2019. Now completed. The following are for information purposes only.

Link to Initial Survey: Click here to access survey form

Analysis of Survey results: Click here for PDF 

Infographic: Click here for PDF

The initial action plan of Age-Friendly Regina includes brief notes on Age Well, the City resolution, Age-Friendly Regina information for the Age-Friendly website, housing fall prevention, diversifying the survey responses, and future priorities. You can see the Action Plan Grid pdf here.

Updated April 2024:

1. 2022 Goals, which includes improving visibility of Age-Friendly Regina in the community, implementation of City of Regina Age-Friendly Checklist, gathering information from the community, expanding and engaging stakeholders/supporters, and the Snow Angels Program (snow ploughing). You can view the 2022 Goals pdf here.
2. Future Goals include work on housing availability and wait times, Age-Friendly businesses, and internal governance goals. You can view the Future Goals pdf here.

There are two PDFs linked in this tab.

1. The Previous Accomplishments grid shows brief notes on the snow removal project, the Age Well document, housing needs, Older Adults Safety and Wellbeing, communication plans, etc. You can view the Previous Accomplishments grid pdf here.
2. The document listing 2021 goals includes planned work on the motion of endorsement from City Council, adding an “Age-Friendly Lens” to city planning, expanding survey distribution, new Age-Friendly Regina structure, and long-term goals of creating a resource pool of older adults, assisting older adults to locate services, and potential financial options. You can view the 2021 Goals document pdf here.

Update, February 2024:

Launching AGING WELL IN REGINA – Expanding its reach and enhancing its impact

September 25/2024, Age-Friendly Regina invited the public to the launch of the new Age-Friendly Regina website. The launch provided an opportunity to introduce an overview of Age-Friendly Regina’s journey from 2018-2024. 

In 2024, Age-Friendly Regina received money from the Provincial Government’s Facilitating Independence Grant (FIG). The FIG project goal was to make the 4 resource guides Aging Well in Regina accessible in multiple languages. This involved the creation of a user-friendly website where the translated guides could be accessed: agefriendlyregina.ca.

Completing the FIG project involved the learning of new languages: the language of website design (thank you Strategy Labs), AND facilitating the translation of the 5 most common languages spoken by newcomers (Dari, Arabic, Swahili, Somali and Mandarin). All languages, other than those translated, use Google Translate over an HTML version.   

Our community partners, Regina Open Door Society and Regina Immigrant Women Centre participated in a panel discussion explaining their work providing settlement services for newcomers and how they plan to use the translated resource guides. Age-Friendly Regina acknowledged the contribution of the community partners in helping us to better understand the needs of newcomers, as well as their ongoing support in promoting the guides. 

While Age-Friendly Regina is pleased to have met the goal of having our website functional, as with all websites, it is never “done”.  We will continue to add more translations and update our information. Everyone is invited to explore agefriendlyregina.ca

2024 Goals include:

1. Gather information

• • Ongoing community survey
  • Partners and allies

2. Ensure greater access to Aging Well in Regina guides
   • Offering the guides in more languages
   • Working with our community partners to make it easier for people to find and use the guides

3. Create a website that is meaningful and easy to use

4. Become better known in Regina

• • Our newsletter
  • Presentations
  • Information sessions
  • Interviews
  • Work with other community groups

Age-Friendly Regina has created several resources. Click the links below to see the resources:

Age-Friendly Regina Current Survey, January 2023 and following. The Age-Friendly Regina Committee is inviting responses to its Age-Friendly Community Survey. This survey will help the Committee assess the supports, and challenges faced by older adults in Regina. An age friendly community is one that provides support for everyone to “age actively” – that is to live in security, enjoy good health and continue to participate fully in society. We are looking to have an inclusive and representative response, so we encourage all adults to respond. The answers to the survey will help the Committee advocate for the needs of Regina’s population. All responses are confidential.  This survey should take about 20-30 minutes to complete. For more information on the survey, please contact agefriendlyregina@gmail.com

Age-Friendly Regina Initial Survey. COMPLETED. For information only. The Age-Friendly Regina Committee is inviting responses to its Age-Friendly Community Survey. This survey will help the Committee assess the supports, and challenges faced by older adults in Regina. An age-friendly community is one that provides support for everyone to “age actively” – that is to live in security, enjoy good health and continue to participate fully in society. We are looking to have an inclusive and representative response, so we encourage all adults to respond. The answers to the survey will help the Committee advocate for the needs of Regina’s population. All responses are confidential.  This survey should take about 20-30 minutes to complete. For more information on the survey, please contact agefriendlyregina@regina.ca 

Infographic summarizing final report from community assessment

Age-Friendly Regina/City of Regina “Age-Friendly Regina Lens” checklist (pending)

Current Stakeholder communication (pending)

The current issue of the Age-Friendly Regina newsletter is always linked in the sidebar to the right. Click on the Newsletter image to access it.

Click on the dates below to access previous issues of the Age-Friendly Regina newsletter.

May 2o24

October 2023

May 2023

May 2022

November 2022

December 2022

Regina Leader-Post article dated January 12, 2023 mentions Age-Friendly Regina and the Snow Angels program. Click here to read the article.