Gloria Margaret Gutman (born July 17, 1939 in

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, Washington, USA) is a

gerontologist Gerontology ( ) is the study of the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. The word was coined by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1903, from the Greek , ''geron'', "old man" and , ''-logia'', "study of". Th ...

. She is a Professor Emerita at

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(SFU) Gerontology Department and a Research Associate in the Gerontology Research Centre.

Early life and education

Gutman completed her bachelor's degree in Psychology and English in 1961 at the

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. She received her masters in Psychology of Aging in 1964 at the

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, Edmonton, and finished her Doctor of Philosophy in Developmental and Social Psychology in 1970 at the

Career

Gutman joined the faculty at

(SFU) in 1980, where she established the Gerontology Research Centre and the Department of Gerontology. From 2001 until 2005, Gutman served as the 17th President of the International Association of Gerontology. In recognition for her extensive work in the field, she was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 2007. For her far-reaching efforts toward and support of elder abuse research and prevention, she was awarded the Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award from the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse in 2005. She was also awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the

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in 2010. From 2012 until 2018, Gutman received a

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(SSHRC) grant to conduct a study evaluating knowledge mobilization for older adults. In December 2016, Gutman was named a

Member of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest Award, honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with ...

Selected publications

*de Vries, B., Gutman, G., Humble, Á., Gahagan, J., Chamberland, L., Aubert, P., ... & Mock, S. (2019). End-of-life preparations among LGBT older Canadian adults: The missing conversations. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 88(4), 358-379. *Sixsmith, A. & Gutman, G.M. (Eds) (2012) . Technologies for Active Aging. Springer *Gutman, G.M. & Spencer, C. (Eds) (2010). Aging, Ageism and Abuse: Moving from Awareness to Action. Elsevier. *Hall, N., De Beck, P., Johnson, D., Mackinnon, K., Gutman, G., & Glick, N. (1992). Randomized trial of a health promotion program for frail elders. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue Canadienne du vieillissement, 11(1), 72-91. *Gutman, G. M., Herbert, C. P., & Brown, S. R. (1977). Feldenkrais versus conventional exercises for the elderly. Journal of Gerontology, 32(5), 562-572.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gutman, Gloria M Living people 1939 births American gerontologists University of British Columbia alumni University of Alberta alumni Women medical researchers Members of the Order of Canada Simon Fraser University faculty