Director
Nadine Changfoot - Acting TCAS Director (2024-2025)
nadinechangfoot@trentu.ca
Staff
Taylor Reilly-Smith - Administrative Assistant
aging@trentu.ca; 705-748-1011 ext. 6440
Matt Dishaw - Knowledge Mobilization Hub Coordinator
mdishaw@trentu.ca
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Executive Committee
Suzanne Bailey, TCAS Faculty Member
Professor, English
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Trent University
Liana Brown, TCAS Faculty Member
Associate Professor, Psychology
Trent University
Nadine Changfoot, TCAS Faculty Member and Acting Director
Professor, Political Studies
Trent University
Sally Chivers, TCAS Faculty Member
Professor, English and Gender & Social Justice
Trent University
Stephen Katz, TCAS Faculty Member
Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Trent University
Elizabeth Russell - TCAS Faculty Member
Associate Professor, Psychology
Trent University
Raheleh Saryazdi - TCAS Faculty Member
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Trent University
Bharati Sethi, TCAS Faculty Member
Associate Professor, Political Studies
Canada Research Chair, Care Work, Ethnicity, Race, and Aging
Trent University
Mark Skinner, TCAS Faculty Member
Dean, Humanities & Social Sciences
Professor, Geography
Trent University
Kirsten Woodend, TCAS Faculty Member
Professor Emeritus, Trent/Fleming School of Nursing
Trent University
Centre Members
Nazmul Alam, Graduate Associate
Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Social Research
Trent University
Kristi Allain, Fellow
Assistant Professor, Sociology
St. Thomas University
Gavin Andrews, Fellow
Professor, Department of Health, Aging and Society
McMaster University
Peri Ballantyne, Faculty Member
Professor, Sociology
Trent University
Albert Banerjee, Fellow
Associate Professor, Gerontology
Research NB Chair in Community Health and Aging
St. Thomas University
Rachel Bar, Fellow
Director, Research and Health
Canada's National Ballet School
Kim Bergeron, Faculty Member
Professor, Trent School of the Environment and Social Work
Trent University
Dawn Berry-Merriam, Community Associate
Planning and Research Associate
Merriam and Associates
Emily Bruusgaard, Faculty Member
Assistant Professor, English
Trent University
Beryl Cable-Williams, Faculty Member
Faculty Member Emeritus, Trent/Fleming School of Nursing
Trent University
Yusi Chang, Graduate Associate
Ph.D. Candidate, Cultural Studies, Trent University
May Chazan, Faculty Member
Associate Professor, Gender & Social Justice
Canada Research Chair in Feminist and Gender Studies
Trent University
Cindy Clarke, Graduate Associate
Ph.D Candidate, Canadian Studies
Trent University
Jayne Culbert, Community Associate
Coordinator,
Age-friendly Peterborough
Nicole Dalmer, Fellow
Assistant Professor, Health, Aging and Society
McMaster University
Shital Desai, Fellow
Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Media, Performance & Design
York Research Chair in Accessible Interaction Design
York University
Angela Easby, Graduate Associate
Ph.D. Candidate, Social Practice and Transformational Change
University of Guelph
Kirsten Ellison, Research Associate
Digital Culture and Quantified Aging
Kim English, Faculty Member
Faculty Member, Trent/Fleming School of Nursing
Trent University
Neil Fournier, Faculty Member
Associate Professor, Psychology
Trent University
Mary Jean Hande, Faculty Member
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Trent University
Alana Hart, Graduate Associate
M.A. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Aging Studies
Trent University
Colin Henning, Graduate Associate
Ph.D. Candidate, Psychology
Trent University
Rachel Herron, Fellow
Assistant Professor, Geography, Brandon University
Caitlyn Hogendoorn, Community Associate
Trent Athletic Centre
Trent University
Mary Rita Holland, Research Associate
Adjunct Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Queen's University
Daniel Katey, Graduate Associate
M.A. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Aging Studies
Trent University
Shelley King, Community Associate
Freelance Community Arts Educator & Puppeteer
Intergenerational Arts Coordinator
Community Volunteer
Pia Kontos, Fellow
Senior Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Heath
University of Toronto Adjunct Scientist
Anne Kosurko, Graduate Associate
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
University of Helsinki
Ann MacLeod, Fellow
Faculty Member, Trent/Fleming School of Nursing
Trent University
Adebayo Makanju, Graduate Associate
Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Social Research
Trent University
Barbara Marshall, Faculty Member
Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Trent University
Jami McFarland, Research Associate
Research Associate
University of Western Ontario
Kim Ritchie, Faculty Member
Graduate Program Director and Assistant Professor, Trent/Fleming School of Nursing
Trent University
Sandy Robinson, Graduate Associate
M.Sc. Candidate, Library & Information Science
University of Western Ontario
Mark Rosenberg, Fellow
Professor Emeritus, Geography & Planning
Professor, Public Health Sciences
Canada Research Chair in Development Studies
Queen's University
Linn Sandberg, Fellow
Lecturer, Gender Studies
Stockholm University
Raheleh Saryazdi, Faculty Member
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Trent University
Alice Sedziafa, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Political Studies
Trent University
Erika Snowden, ResearchAssociate
Rural Aging Research Program
Trent University
Leah Steinke, Graduate Associate
M.Sc. Candidate, Psychology
Trent University
Luka Stojanovic, Graduate Associate
Ph.D. Candidate, Canadian Studies
Trudeau Scholar
Trent University
Jazmine Raine
Ph.D. Student, Interdisciplinary Social Research
Trent University
Jim Struthers, Faculty Member
Professor Emeritus, Canadian Studies
Trent University
Samantha Teichman, Graduate Associate
Ph.D. Candidate, Gerontology
Simon Fraser University
Jordan Till, Graduate Associate
M.Sc. Candidate, Psychology
Trent University
Stephanie Tobin, Faculty Member
Assistant Professor, Biology
Trent University
Tabytha Wells, Graduate Associate
M.Sc. Candidate, Psychology
Trent University
Sarah West, Faculty Member
Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Biology
Acting Dean of Science
Trent University
Amber Zapletal, M.A.
Research Coordinator, Rural Aging Research Program
Trent University
Advisory Committee
Julie Davis
Vice-President, External Relations & Development
Trent University
Cathy Bruce
President
Trent University
Jenny Ingram
Director, Kawartha Centre
Co-Chair, Peterborough Council on Aging
Past Visiting Scholars
Vera Gallistl
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Vienna
Outi Hakola
Lecturer, North American Studies
University of Helsinki
Neil Hanlon
Professor, Geography
University of Northern British Columbia
Hanne Laceulle
Assistant Professor
University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht
Pauline Marsh
Lecturer, Centre for Rural Health
University of Tasmania
Áine Ní Léime
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow, Irish Centre for Social Gerontology
National University of Ireland
Maricel Oro Piqueras
University of Lleida
Niklas Petersen
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Ieva Stončikaitė
Ph.D. Candidate, English Studies
University of Lleida
Hanna Varjakoski
Ph.D. Candidate, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
University of Turku
Julia Velten
Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Anna Wanka
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Goethe University Frankfurt on the Main
Rachel Winterton
Research Fellow
La Trobe University
Lin Yuzhen
School of Foreign Languages
Shanghai Jia Tong University
