Zoomer Magazine

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 37, NUMBER 6

Body, Mind & Spirit

The Legacy of Viola Desmond • It’s been 75 years since the Nova Scotian VIOLA DESMOND took a seat to make a stand against racial segregation

ENCORES AWAY FOR LEONARD & JONI

RESURRECTING DIANA

THIS WAY UP • THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN THE JOURNEY

PAGING TONY SOPRANO

SHELF LIFE

OSCAR THE GREAT

The ER Diaries • Dr. Zachary Levine gives us the 911

Mind the Middlemen

FATHER FIGURE • Succession star Brian Cox talks to Shinan Govani about sweaters, where he got that voice and what’s going on in Logan Roy’s head

NORTH STARS • Memoirs from Mansbridge, Mercer and Messier, plus a murder mystery from Hadfield – hot fall books from Canadian men we love

LEST WE FORGET • Every year, three Canadian medics who served in Afghanistan take stock of their war

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

WALK THIS WAY • As scientists delve into the benefits of awe walking, Rona Maynard explains how she found her “small self” in the wonderland outside her door

THE RACE FOR A DEMENTIA CURE • Hopes are high after a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug was approved in the U.S., but promising Canadian research is focused on early detection and brain health

FAMILY TRIPPING • Multigenerational psychedelic drug experiences can provide connection and closeness, but, as Gabrielle Bauer discovered, there is a wrong way to do it

LOVE & OTHER DRUGS • A recovering addict meets his soulmate, reinvents himself and comes back from the dead

LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 • The 24/7 togetherness of pandemic lockdowns either enriched or exhausted relationships, Viia Beaumanis reports

Riding THE WAVE • They bonded over a love of surfing. Now a group of middle-aged men from around the world live part-time in Costa Rica, where they find personal fulfillment living the dream

Philanthropy by Design • K’ómoks artist Andy Everson honours his grandparents by donating his iconic logo to the “Every Child Matters” campaign for residential school survivors

CHARITABLE Impulse • The COVID-19 pandemic has hit non-profits – and their clients – hard. Here’s how five Canadian organizations keep on giving

REEL TO REAL • New books and films about Bob Mackie, James Bond and Gucci emphasize just how much Hollywood sets style standards then and now

Moses’ Last Word/First Word