Dr. Randall is an engaging speaker and presenter, and has led numerous workshops for professionals, practitioners, and members of the general public in Canada, the US, the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and Norway.
Here are a selection of his upcoming and past presentations and interviews.
Here are a selection of his upcoming and past presentations and interviews.
2020
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Interview: Why Our Stories Matter
Bill Randall is author of In Our Stories Lies Our Strength Gerontology views aging as a problem to be solved, neglecting its potential for growth and fulfillment. So says pioneering gerontologist William (Bill) Randall, in words, that resonate as COVID-19 thrusts the field of aging onto center stage. Click here to read the full interview. |
Aging Horizons Bulletin: Development is a lifelong process, yet few age studies focus on growth in later life. Why is that?
Bill Randall: Yes, development is a lifelong process, no question. We’re developing from the cradle to the grave on countless fronts at once, inside and out. Gerontology has tended to focus on what could be called the “outside” of aging.....Read more here |
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Narrative Gerontology overview by Dr. Randall.
Enjoy this 12 minute video where Dr. Randall discusses the approach to the study of aging, and the power of storytelling. This video was created for St. Thomas University's online course called Intro to Narrative Studies. |
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September 17-19, 2020 - Valletta, Malta
Qualitative Research on Mental Health:Trajectories Towards a New Era - Dr. Randall's presentation it titled "Telling our stories in ways that make us stronger". Click here for more information |
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The Planet's Soul
In this episode Thomas Moore and Dr.Bill Randall explore their views about the larger picture of what life on this planet is all about and our place in it. |
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Caring for the Soul Today
In this episode Thomas Moore and Dr.Bill Randall explore their views about the larger picture of what life on this planet is all about and our place in it. |
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2019
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November 7, 2019 - New Brunswick, Canada
Brian Mulroney Hall, - “The End of the Story? Narrative Openness in Life and Death” Dr. Bill Randall Delivers John McKendy Lecture St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, Canada Click here for more information 
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Understanding Death
Dr. Gary Irwin-Kenyon's Pathways To Stillness Podcast features an interview with Thomas Moore and his Journey as a Monk and Dr. Bill Randall Leaving the Ministry. Enjoy! |
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Meaningful Aging and Brain Fitness
In this episode Thomas Moore and Dr. Bill Randall help us understand what the process of aging is about and how you can age meaningfully We learn how Meaningful aging is very different from successful aging |
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March 12, 2019 -Milwaukee, WI
3rd Annual Spirituality Symposium Dr. Bill Randall's presentation Creative Age - Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old. Enjoy! 
"He was the best speaker."
Molly |
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2018
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Friday, November 16, 2018
Bill Randall will be presenting at the Spirituality and Aging Seminar. His presentation is titled Spirituality, Aging & Narrative:The Sacred At of Story Listening. READ MORE I appreciated the clear presentation, with an unpretentious presenter who has mapped out well a framework for thinking about story listening, and for telling.
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Thursday, June 14th, 2018 University of Kuopio, Finland Opponent for Dissertation Defence, “How Substance Abusers Use Their Christian Faith in Restorying Their Lives and Thus in Recovery” By Pekka Lund 
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Bill Randall, Dr Hanninen & Pekka Lund
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Monday, July 2, 2018
University Twente, Enchede, Netherlands Narrative Matters 2018, Bill Randall & Gary Irwin-Kenyon workshop: Practicing Narrative Care: Diverse Approaches to Awakening Ordinary Wisdom and Finding Stillness in Your Story READ MORE 
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Bill Randall & Gary Kenyon
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Saturday, April 14, 2018
Mercer University, Atlanta, GA Bill Randall is the conference’s keynote speaker. His address is titled Chaos or Coherence? Interdisciplinarity and Narrative. READ MORE |
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2018
The Wellness Movement, the Department of Social Development’s Wellness Branch - Bill Randall will be presenting on the topic of Fostering Narrative Wellness in Our Communities and Our Lives. |
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2017 & Earlier
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Storying Our Lives: A Narrative Approach to Human Development, Center for the Study of Narrative to Host
Lecture by Internationally Renowned Scholar Dr. W. Randall READ MORE 
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Barb Burnett and William Randall - Change the Aging Narrative, How do we change the narrative on aging to a
positive from the current negative portrayal in media? 
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Dr. Randall's presentation to the Faculty of Education
Storying our lives: A Narrative approach to adult development and aging 
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New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network Interview with St. Thomas University award winning gerontologist William Randall - READ MORE
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Storying our lives: A narrative approach to human development Dr. W. Randall is invited to Tromso of Multidisciplinary research group for health services.
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Aging by the Book - Dr. Bill Randall
Canadian Broadcast Corporation Ideas with host Paul Kennedy |
A Day For The Ages - Terry Seguin talks to St. Thomas University gerontology professor, Dr. Bill Randall about changing the conversation on aging.
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Taking Care of Our Stories
Print Interview | From Aging Horizons Bulletin Ask William Randall the secret of a happy old age and he will tell you, "Aging Well requires a good strong story." Dr. Randall is professor in gerontology at St. Thomas University in Fredericton (New Brunswick) and director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative. His research has appeared in numerous papers and several books, including Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old (with Elizabeth McKim, Oxford University Press). He is listed in 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 20th Century. Bill Randall: Since earliest times, human beings have been storytelling creatures. We think, feel, decide, learn and believe..... READ MORE |
Creating Meaning From the Stories of Our Lives
Print Interview | From Aging Horizons Bulletin In The Stories We Are: An Essay on Self-Creation (University of Toronto Press), gerontologist William Randall examines life as story. This remarkable volume points to the complexity, mystery and poetry of life, and it reveals why our personal story may be our most precious possession, especially as we get older. Dr. Randall is professor of gerontology at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, N.B., Canada, where he also director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative. His research has giving rise to numerous publications and several books on narrative gerontology, which views aging as a creative process of fashioning meaning and wisdom from the stories of our lives. He is listed in 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 20th Century. READ MORE |
Cultivating Our Stories
Print Interview | From Aging Horizons Bulletin
In The Stories We Are: An Essay on Self-Creation, award-winning gerontologist William Randall examines life as story. This remarkable volume reveals why our personal story may be our most precious possession, especially as we get older.
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Print Interview | From Aging Horizons Bulletin
In The Stories We Are: An Essay on Self-Creation, award-winning gerontologist William Randall examines life as story. This remarkable volume reveals why our personal story may be our most precious possession, especially as we get older.
READ MORE
