Mark Skinner
Professor, School of the Environment
Canada Research Chair in Rural Aging, Health and Social Care; Dean of Social Sciences
B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier), M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Queen's)
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Mark is currently Dean of Social Sciences. His research examines how rural people and places are responding to the challenges and opportunities of population aging, particularly the role of the voluntary sector and volunteers in supporting older people and sustaining rural communities. He teaches courses in qualitative methods, the practice and profession of geography, health geography, rural community sustainability and community-based research. Mark was the founding Director of the Trent Centre for Aging & Society.