Social Isolation, Social Participation, and Mental Health & Aging 鈥� Leads: Andrew Wister (Professor & Director GGGRC, SFU) & Laura Kadowaki (Adjunct Professor & Post-doctoral Fellow, GGGRC); M茅lanie Levasseur (Professor & Director, School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke); Lun Li (Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, MacEwan University, Alberta). Collaborators: John Best (University Research Associate, GGGRC); Leslie Gaudette (President, Council of Senior Citizens' Organizations of BC); Lauren Griffith (Associate Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University); Kahir Lalji (Provincial Director, Government Relations & Programs with the United Way British Columbia); Barbara Mitchell (Professor, Gerontology, SFU); Eireann O鈥橠ea (Doctoral Student, Gerontology Department, SFU); & John Pickering (Real Restate Foundation of BC Post-doctoral Fellow, GGGRC).