2:00 pm-4:00 pm 
Willie O’Ree Place
Community Room 3, 605 Cliffe St. 

The Third Age Centre presents: “Freedom to do what you want to do, when you want to do it” - Baby-boomer women in New Brunswick define retirement, a talk by Linda Caissie and Deborah van den Hoonaard.

Women of the baby-boom generation are the first generation of women to have participated in significant numbers in the paid work force since retirement has become institutionalized. Today is the perfect time to capture the experiences of this first cohort of women who are moving into uncharted social territory. For this study, we interviewed women baby boomers who told us how they decided to retire, how having enough money to live on influenced their decision to retire and their lives in retirement. We also talked about the best, worst, and most surprising things about retirement, how the women thought about their health, and how they engaged with learning.  This lively talk will include quotations from our interviews to illustrate the women’s experiences. 

Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome! 

This event costs $5 for Third Age Centre members, $10 for non-members. Masks are requested.  Please register by calling 452-0526 or emailing 3rdage@stu.ca.