Publications and Reports
O’Connor, D., Mann, J, & Wiersma, E. (2018). Stigma, discrimination, and agency: Diagnostic disclosure as an everyday practice shaping social citizenship. Journal of Aging Studies, 44, 45-51.
Wiersma, E.C., O’Connor, D., Loiselle, L., Hickman, K., Heibein, B., Hounam, B., & Mann, J. (2016). Creating space for citizenship: The impact of group structure on validating the voices of people with dementia. Dementia, 15(3), 414-433. DOI: 10.1177/1471301216642339.
Wiersma, E.C., & Denton, A. (2016). From social network to safety net: Dementia friendly communities in rural northern Ontario. Dementia.
DiGregario, D., Ferguson1, S., Wiersma, E. (2015). The dementia journey in rural northern Ontario. Canadian Journal on Aging, 34(1), 100-112.
Wiersma, E.C., & Koster, R.L. (2014). “It’s not only for sick people”: The place of the local hospital in a rural northern Ontario community. The Canadian Geographer.
Wiersma, E.C. & Koster, R.L. (2013). Vulnerability, volunteerism, and age-friendly communities: Placing rural northern communities into context. Journal of Rural & Community Development, 8(1), 62-76.
Haggarty, M. (2013). Dementia Friendly Communities Worldwide: A Summary of Web Searches.
Dupuis, S.L., Wiersma, E.C., & Loiselle, L. (2012). Pathologizing behavior: Meanings of behaviors in dementia care. Journal of Aging Studies, 26(2), 163-173.
Wiersma, E.C. (2012). “You can’t turn back the clock”: Reconceptualizing time after institutionalization. Canadian Journal on Aging, 31(1), 73-85.
Wiersma, E.C., & Chesser, S. (2011). Masculinity, aging bodies, and leisure. Annals of Leisure Research, 14(2-3), 242-259.
O’Connor, D., Mann, J, & Wiersma, E. (2018). Stigma, discrimination, and agency: Diagnostic disclosure as an everyday practice shaping social citizenship. Journal of Aging Studies, 44, 45-51.
Wiersma, E.C., O’Connor, D., Loiselle, L., Hickman, K., Heibein, B., Hounam, B., & Mann, J. (2016). Creating space for citizenship: The impact of group structure on validating the voices of people with dementia. Dementia, 15(3), 414-433. DOI: 10.1177/1471301216642339.
Wiersma, E.C., & Denton, A. (2016). From social network to safety net: Dementia friendly communities in rural northern Ontario. Dementia.
DiGregario, D., Ferguson1, S., Wiersma, E. (2015). The dementia journey in rural northern Ontario. Canadian Journal on Aging, 34(1), 100-112.
Wiersma, E.C., & Koster, R.L. (2014). “It’s not only for sick people”: The place of the local hospital in a rural northern Ontario community. The Canadian Geographer.
Wiersma, E.C. & Koster, R.L. (2013). Vulnerability, volunteerism, and age-friendly communities: Placing rural northern communities into context. Journal of Rural & Community Development, 8(1), 62-76.
Haggarty, M. (2013). Dementia Friendly Communities Worldwide: A Summary of Web Searches.
Dupuis, S.L., Wiersma, E.C., & Loiselle, L. (2012). Pathologizing behavior: Meanings of behaviors in dementia care. Journal of Aging Studies, 26(2), 163-173.
Wiersma, E.C. (2012). “You can’t turn back the clock”: Reconceptualizing time after institutionalization. Canadian Journal on Aging, 31(1), 73-85.
Wiersma, E.C., & Chesser, S. (2011). Masculinity, aging bodies, and leisure. Annals of Leisure Research, 14(2-3), 242-259.
