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Age Proud Bristol

This two-minute animation, an introduction to ageism, is part of the City of Bristol’s campaign to tackle negative stereotypes about older people

Age without Ageism

This "Citizen Brain" episode explains how fighting ageism can help us live longer & make the world better

Ageism is All Around Us

Olders from around the world describe how ageism affects them

On a blue background, the text "Join up as we #ButtonUpAgeism with AgeFriendlyOH. Beside that is a blurred image of a person holding a button that is in focus. The button reads, "Aging. So cool everybody is doing it." Across the bottom is the text, "Share the ways you are challenging ageism in your life."

Aging: So Cool Everyone Is Doing It

A 5-minute video about a slogan + button created by the ButtonUpAgeism campaign

Another Day Older, Myths about Aging

A group conversation explores 7 myths about aging, why it’s a difficult subject & ways to change the conversation

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Are our perceptions of age distorted?

An Australian insurance company asks why we dismiss an entire generation

#AWorld4AllAges

Collage of short testimonies to the fact that age does not define us, no matter where we live or how old we happen to be

Best Before Date

Are people forced to guess your expiration date? This darkly hilarious Canadian campaign solves that pesky problem

Break Free from Ageism

This witty one-minute animation turns age-based assumptions inside out + upside down

The words Ending Ageism Together in light green and in a semi-circle around the words Changing the Narrative. Next to the word "the" is a rectangle with a color gradient of Orange, Yellow, and Green from left to right.

What would it look like if aging were unbound by ageism?

Age advocates describe a world without ageism in a series of very short videos created by Changing the Narrative for Older Americans Month 2023

Cyndi Lauper Takes On Ageism

The recording artist explains why a song like “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” shatters age stereotypes

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Dear Sir/Madam

Ever lost a job because of your age? Listen to “Dear Sir/Madam” an award-winning “Song for Social Change”

Silhouettes of 4 people in dark red and light red. They are shaped like a heart with a split down the middle showing how the two halves fit together.

Energizing Action Against Ageism

Three experts from different domains unpack ageism, and explain how self-awareness, activism, & creativity can undo it

Beliefs Values These inform our thoughts and feelings

Exposing systemic ageism

A colorful animation about how ageism informs our thoughts, beliefs + systems & how a campaign in the Philippines upended it

First Supper Symposium Pop-up Catwalk

An anti-ageist fashion show sponsored by the First Supper Symposium, a collaborative feminist art project based in Oslo

Frame of Mind: The Why and How of Reframing Aging

This 2-minute animation describes what ageism is & how it harms us all

The Future You

This short animation asks people to think about how they'd like to be treated in later life & why confronting ageism advances human rights

A man in a colorful suit on a yellow bicycle with a blue suitcase in the basket. In the background is an orange wall. Beside the man is the text "A TELUS original. Golden The End of Ageism"

A range of older Canadians describe encountering age bias & its effects on our identities & prospects

An oldie but goodie, from the Loopline Collection of archival Irish documentaries

The Harmful Effects of Ageism

Produced by the Huffington Post, showing the devastating personal cost of bias against older workers + how activists are addressing the issue

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An older woman with gray hair, wearing a white shirt with black polka dots and a green shawl, gestures with her right hand as she speaks. She is seated in a room with a bookshelf in the background. The room is brightly lit and the woman is looking towards the camera. The caption "and then you have a third state where" appears at the bottom of the image. The overall tone of the image is informative and engaging.

How one organization is aiming to counter ageism

An introduction to Travesîa Cien—“journey to 100”—an organization that works to counter ageism in Chile + beyond

Imagine a World Without Ageism

The EveryAGE Counts Campaign dreams of an Australia that respects everyone & everyone's future self

Imagés The World's First Aging Cream

This inspired faux commercial for Imagés Aging Cream is part of Toronto’s anti-ageism campaign

The Invisible Women

A Shanghai-based media group analyzed age bias in television against middle-aged Chinese actresses

Learning from each other to overcome ageism

Olders + youngers talk to each other about how ageism affects us all & what we can learn from each other

This short animation uses clear language & concrete examples to explain how ageism affects us & society as a whole

Look Us in the Eye

A documentary by Jennifer Abod about the Old Women's Project's legacy of activism against ageism & sexism

Mapping the contours of ageism in the Canadian public discourse and countering its impact on older adults Martine Legace Professor, Department of Communications.

This webinar looks at why survivors are so reluctant to disclose elder abuse & how to encourage them to seek formal support

Never the right age! Speaking about ageism in the labor market

12-min video on ageism in the workforce prepared and dramatized by EuroAgeism researchers Federica Previtali & Maria Varlamova

5-minute film exploring how Black Americans experience & reject age stereotypes