Zoomer magazine is as much a movement as a magazine, Zoomer amplifies a positive vision of aging while addressing its issues through its innovative blend of relevant policy and lifestyle content with a service-with-style positioning. Its key pillars are health, travel, finance and policy, with food and drink, arts, entertainment and pop culture as well as beauty, grooming and fashion in the mix.
Zoomer Magazine • VOLUME 36, NUMBER 2
From the Editor
YOU SAY GOODBYE AND I SAY HELLO
THIS WAY UP • THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN THE JOURNEY
Rewind
Oh Captain, My Captain
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
Of Bookers and Bios
Silver Belle • It’s never too late to go plant-based — even for your skin. Vivian Vassos reports
frankly Jane • Complex yet straightforward, red carpet yet real world concerns. At 82, Jane Fonda is still the epitome of style and substance
The ER Diaries • Dr. Zachary Levine gives us the 911
Burying the Plot
New Money • As technology disrupts our financial system, here’s what to know to keep pace with the change
Just Like a Paperback Novel • Gordon Lightfoot has dodged death, had myriad romantic entanglements and outlasted most of his contemporaries. At 81, the Canadian troubadour takes stock of life and love on his new album, Solo.
YOUR HEALTH VISION 20/20 • Canadian experts review their research into everything from sexuality to robotics to genetics, all designed to help older adults age well, while we offer a glimpse of the future
good vibrations • Music has a proven power to help heal the mind, body and soul, but could doctors prescribe it like a drug to extend health and lifespan? Carolyn Abraham reports
STAYING ALIVE
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained • When Calgary entrepreneur Arlene Dickinson hit rock bottom, she transformed her personal and professional life. Kim Honey reports
A FLASH IN THE PAN • Not so much farm to table as screen to stove, what we eat is being shaped at breakneck speed by diverse food trends that come and go in the blink of a #foodstagram
To the Yukon With Love • Looking back on her own peripatetic youth, Jeanne Beker applauds her daughter for finding her place in the Far North
Maori Morning • Total cultural immersion? Why not? In New Zealand, Will Ferguson experiences the rising of a centuries-old heritage and its traditions – all while dancing the haka, eating hangi and literally submerging himself in the mud
Take the Good with the Bad • BRAIN GAMES #70
Moses’ Last Word/First Word