SUPPORTS AND SERVICES

• LGBT National Senior Hotline 1-888-234-7243: Providing confidential peer support, information, and resources for those 50 and above.
• LGBT National Youth Talkline 1-800-246-7743: Providing confidential peer support, info and resources for caller 25 and younger.
• Black Youth Helpline 1-833-294-8650: Multicultural helpline & services for children, youth, families, school boards, and youth serving organizations.

JOIN

• Health Sciences Association | Young Workers Committee (hsabc.org) - HSA's Young Workers Committee will bring focus and priority to issues specific to Young Workers within HSA and our membership.
• Young Workers | bcfed.ca - The Young Workers’ Committee is a standing committee of the BCFED dedicated to encouraging union participation among young people and to address inequity that young workers face as a result of discriminatory beliefs, policies, and legislation.

TAKE ACTION

• Ageism and Age Discrimination - HelpGuide.org – A guide on ageism and ways you can disrupt it.
• Challenging-ageism-guide-talking-ageing-older-age.pdf - A guide to talking about ageing and older age.

READ / LEARN

• Age Discrimination and the Human Rights Process in British Columbia - British Columbia Law Institute (bcli.org) - This post focused on the human rights process in regard to age discrimination in BC.
• Age Discrimination in the Employment Context in British Columbia - British Columbia Law Institute (bcli.org) - this post looks at age-discrimination in employment settings.
• Young Worker Resources - BCFED Health & Safety Centre (healthandsafetybc.ca) - A list of resources for young workers.
• Discussion guide on ageism in Canada - Canada.ca - This discussion guide focuses on ageism directed towards older adults.
• Young Workers Face Reverse Ageism In The Workplace – Article on ageism faced in the workplace by young workers.
• An Examination of the Social and Economic Impacts of Ageism - This report examines social and economic impacts of ageism through a review of literature.

WATCH

• Age doesn’t define you - Global Campaign to Combat Ageism - #AWorld4AllAges (youtube.com) - This film takes you on a journey through experiences of ageism across the life course, showing how ageism affects everyone, everywhere.
• Ashton Applewhite: Let's end ageism | TED Talk - Ashton Applewhite urges us to dismantle the dread and mobilize against ageism.
• Learning from each other to overcome ageism (youtube.com) - Highlighting how people of all ages can be victims of age bias and stereotypes, this video delves into perceptions that prevent age equity.
• Movies About Aging and Elderhood – A curated list of movies on ageism.
• Home | The End of Ageism (goldenthedocumentary.com) - There is a growing global movement to end age bias and reawaken the joys of getting older. Golden: the End of Ageism explores this new frontier in civil rights.  

LISTEN

• Workplace Justice: Diversity and Inclusion: How We Stop Ageism in the Workplace feat. Ashton Applewhite on Apple Podcasts - In this episode, Ashton Applewhite, an expert on ageism talks about the reality that older employees face and the increasing incidence of age discrimination in the workplace.
• Ageism Is Never In Style® - The Podcast – The Bias Cut - Each episode explores how ageism manifests within a different industry and areas.
• Episode 109 - Ageism In The Workplace | The HR Room Podcast (podbean.com) - Discusses the issue of ageism in the workplace.
• Challenging Ageism: A Collection of Thought-Provoking Anti-Ageist Podcasts (oldschool.info) - A curated list of podcasts on ageism.