Research Projects

Profile

Dr. Mark Skinner PhD, Associate Professor of Geography, Trent University, is a rural                          health geographer with expertise in rural aging, health and social care, and voluntarism.                       His ongoing CIHR and SSHRC funded 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 aging communities.

For information about specific projects and related publicaitons, email markskinner@trentu.ca.

Research Projects & Collaborations

The Transformative Role of Voluntarism in Aging Resource Communities: Integrating People, Place and Community

Skinner, M (principal investigator); G Halseth, N Hanlon and A Joseph (co-investigators), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Insight Development Grant, 2012-14, $71,110.

Rural Primary Healthcare for Older People: Building Research Capacity, Informing Policy and Practice

Skinner, M (lead principal investigator), N Keating and M Rosenberg (co-principal investigators), G Andrews, F Beland, D Cloutier-Fisher, J Guernsey, G Higginbottom, A MacLeod, V Menec and D Munoz (co-applicants), N Beben, A Corriveau, J Kasperski, D Luck, R Pellizzari and P Rosebush (collaborators), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Planning, Meeting and Development Grant, 2011-12, $25,000

Refining a Decision-Support Model for Siting Palliative Care Services in Rural Canadian Communities

Crooks, V and N Schuurman (principal investigators); H Castleden, M Skinner and A Williams (co-investigators), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Operating Grant, 2011-14, $301,227

Rural Aging: Canadian Issues and International Contexts, a public seminar

Skinner, M (principal investigator), Peterborough County-City Health Unit and Trent University (Trent Aging Studies Collaborative, Frost Centre for Canadian & Indigenous Studies, Trent-Fleming School of Nursing, School of Graduate Studies, Canadian Studies, Geography and Sociology), meeting grant, 2011, $2,000

Cultural Entrepreneurialism and Franco-Manitoban Community-based Development

Picton R and M Skinner (co-principal investigators), Trent University, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Internal Operating Grant, 2010 – 12, $3,845 

Ageing in Canada's Resource Hinterland

Skinner M (principal investigator), Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies (Trent University), Research Grant, 2010 – 11, $1,000     

The Evolving Role of Voluntarism in Ageing Resource Hinterland Communities

Skinner M (principal investigator), Trent University, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Internal Operating Grant, 2010 – 11, $2,500  

Visible Voices: Connecting Older Adults through Art Making

Wilkinson, F (project leader); A MacLeod and M Skinner (co-investigators), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) New Horizons for Seniors Program: Community Participation and Leadership Funding, 2009 – 11, $18,900

Identifying Priorities and Facilitating Strategies for Supporting Volunteer Caregivers

MacLeod A and M Skinner (co-principal investigators), Trent University, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Internal Operating Grant, 2008 – 09, $5,000

Social Determinants of Health Information for Haliburton County

Reid H (project leader); B Archibald, A MacLeod, ML Mills and M Skinner (co-investigators), Haliburton County Development Corporation Local Initiatives Program, 2008 – 09, $7,000

Health Voluntarism in France

Skinner M (principal investigator), Université d’Angers, Visiting Scholar Award, 2008, $2,000

Volunteer Caregiving in the Countryside

Skinner M, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Standard Research Grant, 2007 – 10, $62,355                 

Pilot Study of Volunteer Services in Ontario’s Ageing Rural Communities

Skinner M (principal investigator), Trent University, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Internal Operating Grant, 2007 – 08, $3,000

Exploring Informal Spaces of Health Care in Vulnerable Rural Places 

Skinner M (principal investigator), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Strategic Training Fellowship, Health Care, Technology and Place program, University of Toronto, 2006 – 07, $16,00

 

New Emerging Team for Health in Rural and Northern British Columbia

Ostry A (director); A D’Anguilli, G Halseth, C Hertzman, S Maggi, J Tansey (investigators); and J Dunn, N Hanlon, M Skinner (collaborators), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), New Emerging Team Grant, 2005 – 11, $1,443,34

Interdependence of Change in Health Care and Ageing Rural Communities

Skinner M (principal investigator), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, 2005 – 07, $76,500

Geographies of Volunteerism: Survival, Resistance, Withdrawal or Collapse

Rosenberg, MW (principal investigator); M Skinner (collaborator), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Standard Research Grant, 2004 – 07, $65,000