Friday, August 1, 2025

A loss in the extended SAM3 team – Josephine McMurray

The SAM3 team is saddened by the loss of the AGE-WELL Associate Scientific Director, Josephine McMurray earlier this week. Josephine was a huge supporter and contributor to Aging Research in Canada and globally. At a personal level she has worked closely with many members of the SAM3 leadership team as a collaborator, mentor, confident... More

Thursday, July 31, 2025

New research study explores ways to boost digital literacy for older Canadians

A story about the Digital Literacy work we are doing in... More

Thursday, July 31, 2025

More seniors want to age in place. Here’s how technology can help

An article about our work at SAM3 in the Globe and Mail.... More

Friday, April 18, 2025

Canadian-made patient-transferring robot launches in Ottawa – Able Innovations ALTA

CBC story about the Able Innovations ALTA. SAM3 is proud of all of the work we have done to support Able Innovations creation of this innovative platform. SAM3 and Able... More

Monday, February 3, 2025

Pioneering Voice AI with Carleton University

Story by partner company Edge Signal about the work we have done with them within a SAM3 SME Support for Aging in Place Technology project. The story can be found on the Edge Signal web page.    ... More

Monday, November 18, 2024

New Study: Staying Alert in Autopilot: The Effects of Trust in Automation and Attentional Capacity on Situation Awareness in Senior Drivers

We are recruiting participants for research exploring how trust in automation and attentional capacity affect senior driver safety. If you are interested please see the contact information below. Study Overview: The study is called: Staying Alert in Autopilot: The Effects of Trust in Automation and Attentional Capacity on Situation Awareness in... More

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Aging in Place – A trend with growing opportunities

See the great article on Aging in Place featuring the work of SAM3 is the Sep 2024 edition (page 18) of the Electrical Business... More

Monday, September 30, 2024

Volunteers needed for SENSE-MD: Survey for Mature Driver

We are inviting Canadian residents aged 55 or older who currently hold or have held a valid driver’s license within the past year to participate in our study, “SENSE-MD: Survey for Mature Drivers.” The study involves a 20-30 minute anonymous online survey about your driving experiences and attitudes toward driving safety technology. You can... More

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Five expert national organizations join envisAGE as Innovation Hubs

SAM3 joins the envisAGE Canadian AgeTech initiative. link to the full story MEDTEQ+ and AGE-WELL proudly announce that five exceptional organizations are joining the pan-Canadian envisAGE initiative as Innovation Hubs to support the ecosystem, research and development (R&D) and commercialization of technologies for quality aging. Innovation... More

Monday, June 17, 2024

MROO recently awarded a $3,000 scholarship to Carleton University graduate student Phillippe Forster in Ottawa as part of the MROO Targeted Scholarship Program for 2024

Congratulations on SAM3 Graduate Student Phillippe Forster on this award. See the MROO story here.... More

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Expanding Canadian Investment in Aging in Place Technologies

Carleton has posted a story about our work at SAM3. "Carleton University AGE-WELL SAM3 National Innovation Hub Receives Funding to Assist Canadian SMEs in Furthering AgeTech Solutions"... More

Friday, April 26, 2024

AgeTech – Digital Technology Designed with & for Older Adults

Please see the new story featuring our work in Mind over Matter Link to Magazine Issues The article is on Page 56 in Issue 18.  ... More

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Interview with Country Radio 99.3 with Dr. Bruce Wallace

Here this interview on the Grape Vine show on Country Radio 99.3.... More

Monday, October 30, 2023

Able Innovations Demonstrates Push Handle System at AGEWELL AGM

Research partner Able Innovations demonstrated the push handle system at the AGEWELL AGM 2023. This is a direct result of the work done by Bahareh Chimehi in her MASc Thesis. So exciting to see the amazing path to commercialization of this work that is only possible through close collaboration between the SAM3 team and... More

Friday, October 27, 2023

Dr. Rafik Goubran receives 2023 AGE-WELL Honorary Fellow Award

We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2023 AGE-WELL Honorary Fellow Award: Jim Mann (Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging) Lili Liu (University of Waterloo - Faculty of Health) Rafik Goubran (Carleton University) This award recognizes members who have made substantial contributions to research and/or innovation in... More

Friday, October 27, 2023

SAM3 Researcher and Founder Frank Knoefel interview with Radio Canada

Dr. Frank Knoefel was interviewed by Radio Canada (in French) as part of the Age Tech Innovation Week.The interview starts at the 8:19 time mark. The interview is available from Radio Canada on this link.... More

Friday, October 27, 2023

Jayiesh Singh is the CEO of Able Innovations Inc. that created the Alta Platform.

Jayiesh, the CEO of Able Innovations and our partner for many projects with Able Innovations was interviewed by CBC Metro Morning (CBC Toronto). Hear the interview here.... More

Friday, October 6, 2023

SAM3 Book “Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place” now available

Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place By: Frank Knoefel, Bruce Wallace, Neil Thomas, Heidi Sveistrup, Rafik Goubran, Christine L. Laurin Our book is now available for purchase as an ebook or hardcover. Significant health-industry human resource needs increase the reliance on family and friends to support older adults hoping to age... More

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Solutions for aging in place have never been more important in Canada

Article about our work with Best Buy. Canadian Healthcare Technology - Aug 31, 2023 Reaching 40 million in population calls for a celebration in Canada! With nearly one out of five Canadians being at least 65 years of age as of July 2022, the need to have choices for quality aging has become even... More

Thursday, July 13, 2023

AGE-WELL SAM3 Book on Supportive Smart Homes

Link to Publisher Page About this book Significant health-industry human resource needs increase the reliance on family and friends to support older adults hoping to age in place. This book explores how recent improvements in integrated home technologies have the potential to address those challenges. The book considers how embedded home sensors... More

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Help Identify Care Partner Burden

Link to Story For many people living with dementia, living at home with family is preferable to assisted living or long-term care. However, as the symptoms of dementia progress, people living with dementia often experience a decline in functional abilities, which in turn requires greater support from their caregivers. When informal caregivers –... More

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Toch Sleepsense technology enables retirement home staff to monitor overnight bed-exits for seniors with real-time alerts

Link to original article Exciting new about a recent SAM3 Project with TochTech Inc. Sensor technology piloted in retirement home can improve health and safety of residents, study finds   May 2, 2023 (Ottawa, ON) – Many seniors struggle with insomnia or may be living with dementia – conditions that can put them at... More

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Municipal Retirees of Ontario Targeted Scholarship – Aidan Lochbiler – SAM3 MASc student

After 17 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in awards, the MROO Scholarship Program added a new wrinkle in 2023, the targeted scholarship. While all MROO scholarships in the past were awarded to the relatives of MROO members entering the 2nd year of a university, college, or equivalent program, the Board of Directors... More

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Jayiesh Singh presenting the Able Innovation ALTA at envisAGE launch

See this great presentation by Jayiesh Singh CEO of Able Innovations at the recent envisAGE launch.  He tells the story of Able Innovations and the ALTA platform including the extensive collaboration with SAM3, Carleton and Bruyère across the years. See our many collaboration projects with Able Innovations.  ... More

Monday, February 27, 2023

Bruyère Procures Innovative Patient Transfer Technology Developed with Help of Carleton Researcher

Carleton News story on the Able Innovations ALTA purchase by... More

Monday, February 27, 2023

Bruyère Procures Innovative Patient Transfer Technology by Able Innovations

The full story including video links is here Research at the bedside has a literal meaning with Able Innovations, a Canadian robotics company focused on patient transfer technology. Today, Bruyère has announced the procurement of Able Innovations’ ALTA Platform™, a robotic patient transfer device akin to a hospital bed, for its complex... More

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Best Buy, Carleton, Bruyère work on aging at home

Coverage of SAM3 by Canadian Healthcare Technology link to article Best Buy Health, the Bruyère Research Institute, and AGE-WELL are partnering on new research into how technology is introduced into the home to support aging in place, in collaboration with experts from Carleton University. Researchers from Bruyère and Carleton’s Faculty of... More

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Sensor networks for safe and engaged mature drivers (SENSE-MD)

Exciting new SAM3 project in collaboration with NRC.  The project includes a multi-disciplinary team of driving researchers including Bruyere, Carleton Systems Engineering and Cognitive Science and a great team of partners including CAOT and CAA.  The project also includes aging adults within the research team.... More

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Search for high-tech dementia support takes on new urgency amid rising rates, aging population

See the full article. This is a story about our work with esprit.ai at Greystone.... More

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Innovation at the Bedside with Able Innovations

Link to Bruyère story Our frontline teams make hundreds of lateral transfers each year when helping patients move. Whether it is to move patients between units or appointments, or to facilitate bathing or changes to bedding, these transfers are a routine part of any hospital’s day. Yet, despite their commonality, transfers can pose challenges... More

Thursday, July 14, 2022

The comfort of home: How smart home technology can help seniors stay out of long-term care

Story on the work of SAM3 by Dominique Gené that was published in the Charlatan. Link to story  ... More

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Using technology to keep seniors in their homes longer – CBC Radio Moncton

Here the story of our work in this CBC Radio Interview.... More

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

How smart technology can help seniors live at home longer – Toronto Star

Toronto Star article on our work on the Supportive Smart Home.  ... More

Monday, February 7, 2022

Smart Home Solutions Supportive Home Automation to Help Seniors Age in Place

See this story and video about our work from SAM3 founding partner Carleton University.... More

Monday, February 7, 2022

Healthy Cities Series – “What defines a healthy city?” Recording

Here is the link to the recording of the Healthy Cities Series event for those that missed it.... More

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