AFP Newsletter - Summer 2020 ENGLISH

8 Armed Forces Pensioners’ / Annuitants’ Association of Canada Issue #35 • Summer 2020 T he purpose of this research is to characterize and begin to explain the social dimensions of the financial wellbeing of survivors of Veterans who entered marriage/common-law relationships with Veterans aged 60+. We anticipate that this study will form the basis for future work to evaluate existing family support strategies for survivors of Veterans, and to support the design of improved strategies. This study also aims to investigate the pattern of Veterans’ second career paths following military service, and their financial well-being before and after retirement. We are anticipated to conduct around 30 in-depth semi-directed interviews which are designed to ad- dress specific questions while permitting the provision of additional unsolicited information and perspectives supplied by participants. If you are interested in sharing your experience and engaging in discussions about the social context of Canadian Veterans, please consider participating. You are eligible to participate if you meet the follow- ing criteria: • Participants must be survivors of Veterans who entered marriage/common-law relationships with Veterans aged 60+. The age limit only applies to the Veteran, the age of the participants could be below 60. • Participants must have the capacity to understand the study procedure and consent form Participation and compensation: You will take part in one interview, which will last approximately 1hour at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan campus, private rooms in community centres or library, or at participant’s office or home. Participants chose whether they would prefer an interview over the phone or a face- to-face interview. After the interviews each participant will receive a $100 gift card to compensate for their time. Post comments: If you or someone you know may be interested in participating, please send this poster through private message or email. Please do not post or share this poster in places that will affect your or someone else’s ability to remain anonymous. Research team: Principal Investigator: Dr. Eric Li, Associate Professor, Faculty of Manage- ment, UBC-Okanagan. Co-Investigators: Dilsora Komil-Burley, Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisci- plinary Graduate Studies, UBC-Okanagan Ariele Park- er, Masters Student, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies, UBC-Okanagan Dr. Keith Culver, Professor, Faculty of Management Mr. Patrick Gall, Research Network Facilitator, UBC STAR Survive & Thrive Applied Research For participation and/or more information please contact: Dilsora Komil-Burley Email: kburley@mail.ubc.ca Telephone: 250-899-6804 Source: https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- news/d-day-people-in-canada-have-kind-of-forgotten- the-fear-horror-sacrifice- and- trauma-quebec-veterans-say PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD Qualitative study of financial well-being of survivors who married or en- tered into a common-law relationship with a Veteran who was aged 60+ AFP/AAC 2-555 Hall Ave. E., Renfrew, ON K7V 4M7 Phone: 613-432-9491 Email: admin@afpaac.ca Website: www.afpaac.ca