June 15 was World Day Against Elder Abuse. For the past 6 years, Laval residents have been invited to take part in “Laval en marche pour la bientraitance des personnes aînées”, organized by the CCMVL (Comité contre la maltraitance liée au vieillissement à Laval).
Marches were held throughout the region at 10 a.m.: CISSS, RPAs, CHSLDs, community organizations and groups of individuals marched in their sectors to raise awareness and show solidarity.
![Villemaire students and seniors walking along the Berge des baigneurs in Ste-Rose.](https://tableaineslaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Villemaire-CATAL-1024x768.jpg)
Last year, TRCAL initiated an intergenerational walk in collaboration with CCMVL, involving Villemaire elementary school students and CATAL (Comité d’animation du troisième âge de Laval), and this year, 5 school-community center twinnings took part in the “15 minutes for June 15” event, mobilizing over 1,000 students, seniors and partners! Participating organizations were APARL (École Jean XXIII), SCAMA (École Saint-Norbert), CCRVA (École Arc-en-Ciel), CATAL (École Villemaire) and Centre Montrougeau (École des Cèdres).
![Students and seniors walking in a residential area of Fabreville.](https://tableaineslaval.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Les-Cedres-1024x683.jpeg)
Bandanas were handed out to participating children, and notepads with the walk theme and logo for seniors. A free virtual conference presented by Lucilab was broadcast at 1 p.m. on the theme: “Taking care of yourself, good habits to adopt”.
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