Mark Skinner is the Dean of Social Sciences at Trent University where he is a Professor of Geography and where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Rural Aging, Health and Social Care, and was founding Director of the Trent Centre for Aging & Society (2013-2018). His research examines how rural people and places are responding to the challenges and opportunities of population aging, particularly the evolving role of the voluntary sector and volunteers in supporting older people and sustaining aging communities.

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