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 3
From the Editor
Focus: TAYLOR MADE
THIS WAY UP • THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN THE JOURNEY
A Page From History
The ER Diaries • Dr. Zachary Levine gives us the 911
COVID-19 PROTECTIVE MEASURES • In turbulent times, being armed with the facts is our best defence
The “R” Word, Part 2
There’s Something About Mary • For nearly 50 years, Mary Walsh has helped carve out Newfoundland’s place on Canada’s cultural map. Now, at 67, she remains every bit the Princess Warrior, embracing aging, shattering barriers and explaining just what makes people from the Rock so darn funny. Mike Crisolago heads Down East
WOMEN ON A MISSION • Twenty-five years after 189 states pledged to improve the lives of women at the United Nation’s Beijing conference, no country can claim gender equality. Gloria Galloway explains why UN Women, Beijing warriors and new feminist recruits are signing on to Generation Equality
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World • When Jennifer Hosten made history as the first woman of colour to win Miss World in 1970, it was amid an awakening of feminist and race consciousness that still reverberates today
WE DEMAND BETTER • With COVID-19 cases on the rise, CARP’s campaign to radically reset our health-care system takes on added urgency. At the launch of Fix Health Care Now, Marissa Lennox, chief policy officer, delivered this speech, a warning call to our politicians: repair our system or pay at the polls
The Decision • When his father chose to stop dialysis after decades of ill health, Bert Archer knew the die was cast. Here, he examines the surprisingly bearable lightness of ceasing to be – on one’s own terms
Dens of Equity • In the middle of a housing crisis, many empty nesters live on fixed incomes in big houses as they face health issues. Noreen Rasbach talks to three older Canadians who found unique solutions to aging in place
Just ONE Thing • Some settle on a singular approach to fashion that becomes their calling card. As imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, here are four smart dressers who each have a secret to their personal style
On the Trail of 007 • It is entrancing to follow James Bond’s footprints across Jamaica, where the suave spy was born on Ian Fleming’s typewriter at Goldeneye almost 70 years ago, Kim Honey reports
Crunch Time • BRAIN GAMES #71
Zoom Out Brain Games
Moses’ Last Word/First Word