Overview
Dieppe began its age-friendly community journey in 2010 when council recommended the creation of a committee to support the city’s participation in the program. Over the years, the committee has developed action plans, reorganized its structure and renewed its efforts to meet provincial standards. Today, the Dieppe Seniors’ Advisory Committee is actively engaged in ensuring seniors’ needs are represented and addressed through municipal planning.
Timeline
- June 2010: The municipal council recommended that the recreation sector create a committee to explore the City of Dieppe’s participation in the Age-Friendly Community Program.
- April 2018: The committee mandated by council prepared a four-year action plan.
- April 2019: Dieppe received official recognition as an Age-Friendly Community, and the committee began implementing initiatives from the action plan.
- March 2020: The Seniors Committee underwent a complete change in its operation and structure.
- February 2022: A Zoom meeting was held with the provincial MADA coordinator to review the steps for maintaining status and to explain the committee’s current situation.
- March 2022: Highlights of the meeting with the coordinator were presented to municipal council to ensure the municipality met the required criteria for committee structure.
- April 2022: A second presentation to council led to adoption of a recruitment process for a new Age-Friendly Advisory Committee.
- May 2022: Seniors from the community were recruited to sit on the newly formed Dieppe Seniors’ Advisory Committee, chaired by Mayor Lapierre.
- June 2022: On June 13, 2022, council formally accepted the recommendation for the formation of the Advisory Committee.