Project Overview
Led by Dr. Mark Skinner (Trent University), Dr. Elizabeth Russell (Trent University) and Amber Zapletal (Trent University), this project investigates the prospect and precarity of older rural volunteers and volunteer-based supports for older people in rural communities. Research funding provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Office of Research & Innovation at Trent University.
Selected Publications
Rural volunteer fire services and the sustainability of older voluntarism in ageing rural communities
Authors: Amber Zapletal, Elizabeth Russell, and Mark Skinner (2021)
Journal of Rural Studies, 88
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Rural aging during COVID-19: A case study of older voluntarism
Authors: Amber Zapletal, Elizabeth Russell, and Mark Skinner (2021)
Canadian Journal on Aging, 40(4)
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Rural older volunteers and the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Amber Zapletal, Elizabeth Russell, & Mark Skinner (2021)
Report for community participants
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Rural public libraries as contested spaces of older voluntarism in ageing communities
Authors: Amber Zapletal and Mark Skinner (2019)
Journal of Rural Studies, 70
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The challenges and opportunities of sustaining volunteer-based rural libraries
Authors: Amber Zapletal, Mark Skinner and Chris Furgal (2019)
Public Library Quarterly, 38
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The dynamics of voluntarism in rural dementia care
Authors: Rachel Herron, Mark Rosenberg and Mark Skinner (2016)
Health & Place, 41
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Connecting socially isolated older rural adults with older volunteers through expressive arts
Authors: Ann McLeod, Mark Skinner, Fay Wilkinson and Heather Reid (2016)
Canadian Journal on Aging, 35
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Place integration through efforts to support healthy aging in resource frontier communities: The role of voluntary sector leadership
Authors: Neil Hanlon, Mark Skinner, Alun Joseph, Laura Ryser and Greg Halseth (2014)
Health & Place, 29
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Ageing, place, and voluntarism: Towards a geographical perspective on third sector organisations and volunteers in ageing communities
Authors: Mark Skinner (2014)
Voluntary Sector Review, 5(2)
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Growing old in resource communities: Exploring the links between voluntarism, aging, and community development
Authors: Mark Skinner, Alun Joseph, Neil Hanlon, Greg Halseth and Laura Ryser (2014)
The Canadian Geographer, 58
