Dr. Leslie Cake (Memorial) named one of Atlantic Canada’s Top 7 Over 70 for aging research leadership
Dr. Leslie Cake, Memorial University professor emeritus and ARC‑N.L. board member, was named a Top 7 Over 70 in Atlantic Canada. He helped establish the Aging Research Centre‑N.L. (opened 2018), leads projects on intergenerational learning and digital literacy, and continues active research and student mentorship in rural aging studies.
Honoured this spring as a Top 7 Over 70, Dr. Leslie Cake led the report Building an Evidence‑Based Framework for an N.L. Centre on Aging and helped found the Aging Research Centre‑N.L. (2018). A former Grenfell faculty member for 27 years who retired in 2009, he serves on ARC‑N.L.’s management board and leads research into attitudes toward older adults, digital literacy training for seniors, and intergenerational learning projects alongside students such as ARC‑N.L. 2024 fellowship recipient Fadeela Yussif.
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