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An IMCollective community health initiativeHealthy aging begins with trusted information—and with community.
Healthy Aging Together supports immigrants aged 50+, caregivers and families in Park Extension with practical health education, navigation support and meaningful connection.
HATInform · Empower · Connect · Thrive
Find your way into HAT
Whether you are looking for support, referring a client, offering your time or exploring a partnership, there is a place for you here.
I support a client or family member
Refer someone, attend as a caregiver or connect them with accessible information.
Learn how HAT helpsI want to collaborate
Host a session, refer participants, share expertise or build a joint initiative.
Partner with HATI want to support the work
Help expand trusted, culturally responsive healthy-aging programming.
Support HATWhat we do
Practical support, shaped around real lives
HAT is a community-based healthy-aging and preventive-health initiative. We meet people where they are—with familiar examples, clear language and space for questions.
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Learn
Interactive workshops turn health information into useful everyday choices.
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Navigate
Participants build confidence finding services and preparing for health visits.
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Connect
Small groups, peer support and WhatsApp communication reduce isolation.
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Lead
Participants can grow into peer ambassadors and help shape future programming.
Workshop series
Learn, connect and take one useful step
Sessions are designed for first-generation immigrants aged 50+ and caregivers. No medical background is needed. Workshops use discussion, familiar examples and small achievable goals.
Healthy Aging Starts With You
Age-related changes, food and hydration, movement, fall prevention, sleep, stress and a personal health goal.
Prevention and Self-Management
Chronic-disease prevention, screenings, medication literacy, monitoring and working with providers.
Mind, Community and Digital Well-Being
Mental and cognitive health, social connection, digital health tools, misinformation and online safety.
Informed Preventive Healthcare
Accessing services, adult immunization, infection prevention and shared decision-making.
Small-group, in-person sessions in Park Extension. Dates and locations are confirmed with registered participants.
Take part
Healthy communities are built together
HAT welcomes volunteers, service providers, community organizations, researchers and funders who share our commitment to equitable healthy aging.
Volunteer
Support outreach, welcoming, language access, technology help or session logistics.
Volunteer with HATRefer or host
Connect clients to HAT or invite us to offer a workshop at your organization.
Discuss a referralCollaborate
Co-develop resources, share expertise or strengthen community-based research.
Propose a partnershipFund the work
Help HAT reach more aging immigrants with accessible, trusted programming.
Start a conversationLearning and evidence
Community knowledge meets research-informed practice
HAT combines credible public-health guidance with participatory learning. Participants’ experiences inform how the program evolves, while pre- and post-session feedback supports evaluation and improvement.
Participatory by design
Participants help identify needs, test ideas and shape future activities.
Focused on access
We pay attention to language, mobility, digital access, caregiving and cultural context.
Built to learn
Simple evaluation helps us understand reach, confidence, knowledge and next steps.
Researchers and evaluators interested in community-based healthy aging are invited to connect with us.
Our team
Community, health and program expertise
Dr. Syeda Nayab Bukhari
Project Director and Principal Investigator
Dr. Syeda Nayab Bukhari is an interdisciplinary social-science researcher, university professor, and Founder and Director of IMCollective. Her work spans immigrant settlement and integration, healthy aging, equity, health promotion and digital inclusion. She specializes in community-based participatory research, qualitative and mixed methods, program design, monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, partnerships and knowledge mobilization. As HAT’s Project Director and Principal Investigator, she leads its participatory approach to connecting aging immigrants and caregivers with trusted health information, navigation support, peer leadership and community resources.
Dr. Sameena Iqbal, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Clinical Advisor, Preventive Healthcare and Healthy Aging
Dr. Sameena Iqbal is a nephrologist who trained at Queen’s University and McGill University and completed a Master’s degree in Community Health and Epidemiology. Her clinical interests include medical education, chronic kidney disease, community-based kidney care, kidney stones, hyponatremia and polycystic kidney disease. She has developed patient-education tools and delivered numerous continuing medical education lectures. As HAT’s Clinical Advisor, she helps ensure that workshop content is medically sound, practical and accessible to community members.
Marc-Alexandre Durocher
Community Engagement and Digital Outreach Coordinator
Marc-Alexandre Durocher brings experience in community health, patient care, outreach and program coordination. His background includes studies at McGill University, vocational nursing training and frontline care experience within the public health system. For HAT, he supports participant recruitment, community partnerships, volunteer and peer-ambassador engagement, WhatsApp communication, workshop logistics, follow-up and data collection. His role helps connect the program’s health-education goals with practical, welcoming and accessible community delivery.
About IMCollective
Intersectional Media Collective is a Canadian not-for-profit organization advancing inclusive communities through research, capacity building, community programming, knowledge sharing and digital engagement.
Let’s connect
How would you like to take part?
Use this form for volunteering, referrals, partnerships, funding, research or general questions. Workshop participants can use the dedicated registration form.
Please do not include health-card numbers, diagnoses, medication lists or other sensitive medical information.