Vision:

A world where the human rights of older persons are protected and where age discrimination is eliminated.

Mission:

The International Longevity Centre for Canada (ILCC) is a Canadian human rights based, registered not-for-profit organization with ECOSOC consultation status with the United Nations. ILCC seeks to respond to demographic shifts in Canada and across the world; its mandate is to protect the rights of older persons and to eliminate ageism in all its forms. ILCC works to embrace population aging through education & knowledge exchange /learning events, international and domestic research agendas and a policy to program framework. ILCC intentionally and specifically ensures the inclusion of older persons in all their diversities and celebrates the intrinsic intersectionality of ageing and longevity.

What we do:

• Protect Human Rights of Older Canadians. ILCC is an active supporter of the proposed convention on the rights of older persons.

• Eliminate Ageism through the scaling of the Canadian Coalition Against Ageism building a Pan-Canadian social change movement.

• Advocate in Canada and around the world to ensure fair and equal access for older persons across the Housing, Labour, Health and Care systems.

• Strengthen agency to age at home. As an affiliate of the International Longevity Centre Global Alliance of the World Health Organization’s Network of Age Friendly Cities & Communities, ILCC actively supports the implementation and evolvement of AFCC in Canada and internationally.