Help shape Vaughan’s Older Adult Strategy
Apply by Friday, March
22 for a chance to join the City’s Older Adult Task Force
Citizens
are invited to share their expertise and make a difference in the community by
serving on the City’s Older Adult Task Force. As a Council-appointed task force
member, you can help advise and inform the Mayor and Members of Council on
matters that affect older adults in Vaughan.
The Older
Adult Task Force is mandated to address relevant issues and the promotion of
healthy seniors in Vaughan. This includes recommendations on the Older Adult
Strategy, programs and services, and steps towards an age-friendly community
designation. Currently, the City is seeking up to seven new task force members:
six Vaughan residents of the older adult population or who have significant
insight and/or experience with Vaughan’s older adult community, and one individual
who represents an organization or service provider for older adults.
To be
eligible to participate as a task force member, applicants must be a Vaughan
resident or property owner, a Canadian citizen, 18 years of age or older and
not employed by the municipality.
Applicants
selected for appointment will serve as an Older Adult Task Force member until
June 2022, attend meetings every other month and adhere to the Code of Ethics
and the Declaration of Office found within the Older
Adult Task Force application (PDF). This application package can
be found online, in the
Office of the City Clerk, public libraries and community centres.
Interested
residents must submit their application
to the Office of the City Clerk by 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 22. The application
can also be submitted by email to clerks@vaughan.ca or by fax at 905-832-8535.
For more
information, call the City of Vaughan at 905-832-8504 or visit vaughan.ca/council/committees.
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