Canada will soon legalize marijuana. For aging baby boomers, the move is a culmination of a cultural phenomenon that started in the 1960s.
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Tech-savvy baby boomers are driving the trend towards retirement living in high-rise city apartments.
Canada’s millennials want to own homes in the country’s most expensive cities, Toronto and Vancouver. Here’s how they’re managing to do so, but is it sustainable?
If it’s true millennials are being squeezed out of the housing market in some of Canada’s biggest cities, here’s what we can, and should, do about it.
New research shows childhood in Europe lasts on average until age 25, while old age starts at 60.
Over the last 50 years, Americans have steadily gotten older, more bicoastal and less likely to move to a new city.
Few people like to talk about death, but research is suggesting that people should talk with loved ones about their wishes for their final days. You may be surprised which family member is most supportive.
When it comes to incomes, millennials in Australia haven’t fallen behind.
In a South Australian leaders’ debate, Jay Weatherill and Nick Xenophon disagreed over the extent to which young people are leaving the state in search of better opportunities. We asked the experts.
The clothing market for men over 55 is growing fast with the population. But who is designing their clothes?
Cannabis use among the baby boomer generation is on the rise, here’s why.
In their relentless pursuit of research commercialization, and bigger robots, universities might miss the real opportunity of technology - to make our world a better place.
Inequality within generations is as pivotal as that between them.
Female baby boomers who missed out earlier in life are now jumping at the opportunity to further their education.
Research has yielded new insights into Parkinson’s disease, and treatments are expanding. But a shortage of doctors trained in the disease leaves a gap in care.
Between 1982 and 2013, the share of home owners among 25-34 year olds shrunk, by more than 20%. On the other hand, the share of home owners among those aged 65+ years has risen slightly.
More Australians over 50 are drinking and taking drugs than ever before. Here’s why that can be a problem.
The generational ‘war’ is a con, designed to hide a darker truth.
Managers have barely got to grips with the challenges posed by Millennials. What are they going to do with Generation Z?
It’s become fashionable to suggest that generational designations are arbitrary or a ‘myth.’ But social scientists can pinpoint generational and cultural changes with a surprising degree of accuracy.
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