Project Overview
Led by Dr. Mark Skinner (Trent University), Dr. Elizabeth Russell (Trent University) and Amber Zapletal (Trent University), this project investigates athe prospect and precarity of older rural volunteers and volunteer-based supports for older people in rural communities.
Publications
Rural public libraries as contested spaces of older voluntarism in ageing communities
Authors: Amber Zapletal and Mark Skinner
Journal of Rural Studies, 70
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Rural older volunteers and the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Amber Zapletal, Elizabeth Russell, & Mark Skinner
Report for community participants