The Team
Elizabeth Russell (right)
Trent University – Principal Investigator
Mark Skinner (centre)
Trent University – Co-Investigator
Amber Zapletal (left)
Trent University – Research Coordinator
Building Rural Age-Friendly Communities Collaboration
Led by Dr. Elizabeth Russell, in collaboration with Dr. Mark Skinner and Amber Zapletal, the Rural Age-Friendly Communities collaboration features a variety of projects that examine 1) rural age-friendly initiatives and the factors that may help or hinder their sustainability, 2) the rural experiences of aging, housing for older people living in rural communities, and 3) the real-life implications for students of taking a university course on the psychology of aging.
Elizabeth, Mark and Amber (Rural Aging Research Program) received the inaugural 2020-2021 Trent University Research Impact Award. In 2022, Dr. Elizabeth Russell was awarded the Trent University Early Career Researcher Award and in 2023, awarded the Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Funded by Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Canada Research Chairs Program (Mark Skinner, Trent University), and the Trent Centre for Aging & Society Strategic Research Fund.
Acknowledgements
The Rural Age-Friendly Communities project would like to acknowledge all of the participants in our studies.
