Addressing Bullying Between Older Adults
EAPO is hosting a webinar on Senior Bullying to provide essential education on recognizing and addressing peer-to-peer bullying.
In response to this issue, a toolkit was created that includes strategies and activities to prevent and address bullying behaviours and create a positive environment. This webinar will present these strategies and the lessons learned when implementing and evaluating this toolkit in 6 seniors’ residences.
Date: March 25, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (ET)
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SPEAKER
Dr. Kirsten Madsen
Lead, Seniors’ Anti-Bullying Project; Professor, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Sheridan College
Dr. Kirsten Madsen is a faculty member at Sheridan College. She received her PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Sheffield in England. Specifically, her graduate work was with the Sheffield University anti-bullying project. Since then she went on to assess what anti-bullying strategies were being implemented by schools across England.
Madsen conducts research and has done extensive training with frontline staff in the area of bullying, aggression, age differences, gender differences, program development, and ethics. Currently her focus is bullying amongst older adults, and is the Principal Investigator on the Seniors’ Anti-Bullying Implementation and Evaluation Project.
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