May 16-17 | May giving keynote address at B/OLD: Aging in Your City, Concordia University, Montreal

Aging Activisms
May 16, 2019
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On May 16-17, May will be attending B/OLD: Aging In Your City, an event hosted by Ageing + Communication + Technologies in Montreal, QC. May will be offering the keynote address.

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