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On average, we are living longer now than we have in all of human history. Dr. Silver’s talk will discuss the phenomena of retirement and how we have a responsibility to look for new strategies to be more sustainable in our working lives. Michelle Silver is currently an Associate Professor of Gerontology at the University of Toronto Scarborough where she holds joint appointments in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society and the Department of Sociology. Her book, Retirement and Its Discontents: Why we won’t stop working even if we can (2018), draws from in-depth interviews with a range of professionals that capture the need to create new retirement strategies. Her work has been featured in Forbes, the Times Literary Supplement, Zoomer, Next Avenue, The Globe and Mail, Global News, and other popular media sources. Dr. Silver’s primary areas of research include: 1) Work, Aging, and Retirement; 2) Perceptions about Aging; and 3) Health Information Seeking. She received a BA, BS, and MPP from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD from the University of Chicago. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
