Graduate Studies

For information about current graduate student opportunties email Dr. Mark Skinner, markskinner@trentu.ca.

Supervisory Fields of Study

• Health, rural & social geography
• Rural aging & social/critical gerontology
• Sustainable rural communities
• Health and social care
• Voluntarism & the voluntary sector
• Community-based research & qualitative methods

MA & PhD Graduate Programs

• Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies MA Program (Trent)
• Sustainability Studies MA Program (Trent)
• Canadian Studies PhD Program (Trent-Carleton)
• Geography MA & PhD Programs (Trent-Queen's)

Graduate Students

(*supervisor, **co-supervisor/committee)

Completed

Agata Durkalec, MA Canadian Studies & Indigenous Studies, Trent University (2012)**

Understanding the relationship between travel on sea ice and community health and safety in Nain, Nunatsiavut

Rachel Herron, MA Canadian Studies & Indigenous Studies, Trent University (2011) - awarded Governor General Gold Medal*

Rural experiences of aging and care

Lyndal Neelin, PhD Canadian Studies, Carleton University (2012)**

The role of particularity in community resilience: the importance of being Shawville

Natalie Waldbrook, MA Canadian Studies & Indigenous Studies, Trent University (2008)**

Voices from the north: women’s experiences and narratives about housing and homelessness in the City of Greater Sudbury

Current

Margaret Carson, MA Sustainability Studies, Trent University (in progress)*

Food practices, older farmers and sustainable rural communities

Blair Cullen, MA Canadian Studies & Indigenous Studies, Trent University (in progress)*

Local immigration partnerships: a case study of innovation in regional governance

Rachel Herron, PhD Geography, Queen's University (in progress)**

Caring places for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias: examining the continuum of care in rural Ontario

Elizabeth Teleki, MA Sustainability Studies, Trent University (in progress)*

Economic development strategies in rurally situated municipalities

Jie Yu, PhD Geography, Queen's University (in progress)**

Aging at home and supportive community-based care in China:  a case study of metropolitan Beijing

Emily Willson, MA Sustainability Studies, Trent University (in progress) **

Sustainabilty of food systems in indigenous communities

Graduate Research Facility

The Health Geography Research Lab, located in Trent's Environmental Science Centre, provides administrative resources and logistical support for graduate and undergraduate research projects.