[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":144},["ShallowReactive",2],{"activist-section-olive-bryanton-last-words":3,"activist-olive-bryanton":46},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":12,"extension":38,"meta":39,"navigation":40,"oldPath":41,"path":42,"seo":43,"stem":44,"__hash__":45},"activistSections\u002Factivists\u002Folive-bryanton\u002F05.last-words.md","Last Words",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":33},"minimark",[9,13,16,22,25,30],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Olive struggles with the knowledge that she and other seniors' activists are not making the progress they need in Prince Edward Island. Reasons relate to a cacophony of messages that obscure the real needs for government officials, politicians, and the general public, so the ongoing question is how to get the voices for seniors heard in the right places.",[10,14,15],{},"Olive cautions others to be attentive as to who is included in service planning and keep an ear out for how seniors may be erased from public and organizational discussions. This is where activists must be prepared to step in and create a key lobbying presence. Unless seniors are willing to go on boards, older adults are forgotten. There is talk about the special needs and interests of other groups such as children, families, and women, but older adults are too often invisible.",[17,18,19],"blockquote",{},[10,20,21],{},"Two or three years ago, the government launched their Healthy Living strategy and I attended to find out what programs or services would be there for seniors. When I asked, \"What are your healthy living strategies for older adults?\" the response was, \"Oh well, nothing right now\". So I said, \"Well, we have an aging population, what are you going to do?\" They don't know; nothing was being done. How can a healthy living strategy completely ignore a whole segment of the population?",[10,23,24],{},"This is the question that Olive takes forward into her own determined activism, and the question she leaves with others to inspire and provide incentive to act.",[26,27,29],"h2",{"id":28},"hope-for-the-future","Hope for the future",[10,31,32],{},"Olive has great faith in upcoming seniors or those known as \"boomers\", because they are good at getting what they want and she thinks they'll demand more when they're older. Another factor that she sees will make a difference is \"a different breed of seniors coming up who have made their independence,\" who will be sure to get the facts right and vote for those who will do the best job and not just on the basis of belonging to a particular party. These visions fortify Olive in her hope for the future of activism for seniors.",{"title":34,"searchDepth":35,"depth":35,"links":36},"",2,[37],{"id":28,"depth":35,"text":29},"md",{},true,"\u002Folive-bryanton\u002Flast-words","\u002Factivists\u002Folive-bryanton\u002Flast-words",{"title":5,"description":12},"activists\u002Folive-bryanton\u002F05.last-words","EOmrbigfve8cZ7AserucWt7rc_kDEmx1XicCgH1obYM",{"id":47,"title":48,"body":49,"description":97,"extension":38,"links":98,"meta":108,"navigation":40,"oldPath":109,"path":110,"pictures":111,"portrait":121,"portraitAlt":122,"province":123,"quote":124,"sections":125,"seo":140,"stem":141,"summary":142,"__hash__":143},"activists\u002Factivists\u002Folive-bryanton\u002Findex.md","Olive Bryanton",{"type":7,"value":50,"toc":95},[51,62,65,68,71,80,83,92],[10,52,53,54,61],{},"Busy as usual, Olive Bryanton had only been at her University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) office a short time before Liz Burge arrived to interview her. When Liz had been president of the ",[55,56,60],"a",{"href":57,"rel":58},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.stu.ca\u002Fresearch\u002F3rdage",[59],"nofollow","Third Age Centre"," at St. Thomas University, she had met Olive, who had come to give a talk there. Liz was now eager for an update on Olive's indefatigable activism. What followed were two-and-a-half hours of lively, focused reflection on past and present social challenges.",[10,63,64],{},"Born in 1936, Olive was raised by her grandparents in Kensington, PEI. In 1952, she graduated from grade 10, the highest grade of high school at the time, and worked in Summerside from 1952 to 1956 in retail stores. She married, and between 1955 and 1966 bore five children.",[10,66,67],{},"After attending night school for secretarial skills, Olive went to the Central School of Nursing from 1968 to 1969 and graduated as a Licensed Nursing Assistant. She worked at the PEI Hospital in Obstetrics from 1969 to 1971, and with a medical specialist from 1971 to 1980. For five years in the latter half of the '70s, she owned and managed a small community care facility, which she sold in order to focus more fully on school.",[10,69,70],{},"In 1984, at the age of 47, she received her degree from UPEI with a major in Sociology and a minor in Canadian Studies. From 1984 to 1987, Olive worked for St. John Ambulance as a Healthcare and First Aid Director. It was in the late 1980s that she began to work in earnest on issues related to seniors. In 1988, Olive worked for the PEI Gerontology Association, researching and writing a book on housing options for older adults on PEI. At the same time, she organized a Seniors' Housing Conference with Canada Mortgage and Housing.",[10,72,73,74,79],{},"From 1989 to 2000, Olive served as Coordinator of the PEI Senior Citizens' Federation and founded a newspaper called ",[55,75,78],{"href":76,"rel":77},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.peiscf.com\u002Fvoice_for_island_seniors.html",[59],"Voice for Island Seniors",". In 1992, she began the process of establishing a Seniors' Centre in Charlottetown, which was officially opened in January 1993. Olive served as President of the Seniors' Centre for two years and presently chairs the Education Committee.",[10,81,82],{},"In 1998, the Seniors' College of UPEI was formally launched. The following year, Olive researched and initiated a provincial PEI Seniors' Safety Program, together with the RCMP, the Public Trustee, and Consumer Services—for which she is the current President.",[10,84,85,86,91],{},"Working as Coordinator for the ",[55,87,90],{"href":88,"rel":89},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.upei.ca\u002Fprojects\u002Fcsha",[59],"PEI Centre on Health and Aging"," at UPEI since 2000, Olive's activities range widely from her involvement with the Seniors' Safety Program, to Chair of the Young at Heart Musical Theatre for Seniors, Board of Directors for Community Legal Information Association, and Board of Directors for the United Way of PEI.",[10,93,94],{},"In May 2000, Olive received an Honorary Degree from the University of Prince Edward Island, Doctor of Laws (LL.D.). Nine years later she graduated with a Master in Education degree with thesis.",{"title":34,"searchDepth":35,"depth":35,"links":96},[],"Busy as usual, Olive Bryanton had only been at her University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) office a short time before Liz Burge arrived to interview her. When Liz had been president of the Third Age Centre at St. Thomas University, she had met Olive, who had come to give a talk there. Liz was now eager for an update on Olive's indefatigable activism. What followed were two-and-a-half hours of lively, focused reflection on past and present social challenges.",[99,102,105],{"url":100,"title":101},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.pe.ca\u002FOpinion\u002FEditorials\u002F2010-10-12\u002Farticle-1840912\u002FThis-scam-can-happen-to-you\u002F1","The Guardian: This scam can happen to you",{"url":103,"title":104},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fstory\u002F2001\u002F02\u002F23\u002Fpei_insurclaim.html","CBC: Older drivers claim age discrimination",{"url":106,"title":107},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbc.ca\u002Fnews\u002Fstory\u002F2001\u002F03\u002F09\u002Fseniors_insurance010309.html","CBC: Seniors charged higher rates for being old",{},"\u002Fcontent\u002Folive-bryanton","\u002Factivists\u002Folive-bryanton",[112,115,118],{"image":113,"caption":114},"\u002Fimages\u002Factivists\u002Folive-bryanton\u002Fpicture-1.jpg","Olive Bryanton receives cheque from RCMP officer for funding for the PEI Seniors' Safety Program.",{"image":116,"caption":117},"\u002Fimages\u002Factivists\u002Folive-bryanton\u002Fpicture-2.jpg","Olive Bryanton with participants of Bridging the Generation Gap.",{"image":119,"caption":120},"\u002Fimages\u002Factivists\u002Folive-bryanton\u002Fpicture-3.jpg","Hank Stinson serenades Olive Bryanton with \"I Love the Sardines in Your Hair\". From Young at Heart Theatre Rotary Magazine.","\u002Fimages\u002Factivists\u002Folive-bryanton\u002Fportrait.jpg","Portrait of Olive Bryanton.","Prince Edward Island","I’ve always tried to make things more equal for older people and have them recognized as viable citizens in our society, citizens we need. That’s not easy when they don’t see themselves as being necessary to society. It is sad that you can’t appreciate that you have contributed to this society.",[126,129,132,135,138],{"slug":127,"label":128},"forming-her-activism","Forming Her Activism",{"slug":130,"label":131},"practising-social-activism","Practising Social Activism",{"slug":133,"label":134},"projects","Projects",{"slug":136,"label":137},"creating-change-lessons-skills-and-advice","Creating Change: Lessons, Skills and Advice",{"slug":139,"label":5},"last-words",{"title":48,"description":97},"activists\u002Folive-bryanton\u002Findex","For over 25 years Olive Bryanton's name has been synonymous with consistent and informed advocacy for senior citizens, and especially the development of new services and ideas for better social policies; but younger generations also command attention because of her belief in better inter-generational understandings.","N5pfiK3jFBOWQod581N3mM-eqeyqvYu1bw-gZg17m_k",1789062652045]