New series of blogposts 

Intergenerational relationships between young and old can take many forms depending on cultural and geographical context as well as beliefs about how the youngest and oldest generations should interact with each other.  The first of our new series of blogposts, which is written by Libby Lee-Hammond and Elizabeth Jackson-Barrett, researchers at Murdoch University, describes a project in Western Australia where young Australian Aboriginal children learn with the elders in their community.

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EECERA 2016

In the beginning of September, the Irish partner organisation in the original TOY Project, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) is facilitating a symposium on intergenerational learning at the 26th EECERA Conference, which this year takes place in Dublin, 31 August - 3 September 2016.  You can register to attend the conference here.

Global Intergenerational Conference

We are also happy to provide you with advance notice of the 19th Global Intergenerational Conference, which will take place 13-16 June, 2017 in Milwaukee, WI, USA. Stay tuned with the website of Generations United for the Call for Proposals.  See also Feature Organisations section below. 

Generations United

Generations United is the nonprofit organisation in the United States that promotes and supports intergenerational collaboration, public policies and programs. It puts the improvement of the lives of children, youth and older adults through collaboration with each other at the heart of everything it does. The Generations United website provides access to a very wide range of resources and topics on IG practice and policy. 

Of interest to the TOY Programme, for example is National Center on Intergenerational Shared Sites which was created and maintained by Generations United. Have a look at this video which Generations United have produced on the important topic of shared spaces.

For more information on Generations United, you can contact: Emily Patrick, Project Manager at Generations United:  epatrick@gu.org

Call for papers

A call for papers is now open in The Journal of Intergenerational Relations, for a Special Issue on Intergenerational Learning and Education in Schools. We would like to encourage all of you involved in IG initiatives involving early childhood education settings to submit a paper.  You have a choice of writing a scholarly paper (up to 7000 words) or a shorter ‘from the field’ reflection (900-2000 words). The closing date for papers is 30th October 2016.  More details on how to submit here.