Nicole K. Dalmer

Overview

Nicole Dalmer, MLIS PhD, is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Health, Aging & Society at McMaster University and is an Associate Director of the Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging. Nicole’s work resides at the intersection of information and care, studying how aging in place contexts, assumptions surrounding digital literacies, and evolving family responsibilities shape who is able and who is expected to be informed in care relationships. Her current work examines the impact of social and digital infrastructures on feelings of connectedness in later life while reflecting on questions of social status and social inequality that surround and shape aging and technology debates. In recognition of her research excellence, Nicole was awarded the Canadian Association on Gerontology’s New Investigator Award and McMaster University’s Faculty of Social Science Early Career Researcher Award, both in 2022.

Affiliations

• Assistant Professor
• Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University
• Assistant Professor, Health, Aging & Society, Faculty of Social Sciences
• Associate Director, Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging, McMaster University
• Faculty Associate, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research, McMaster University
• Fellow, Trent Centre for Aging and Society, Trent University

Education

• BSc, University of Alberta
• MLIS, University of Alberta
• PhD, University of Western Ontario
• Sociology, Trent University