Laura Funk

Dr. Funk is a sociologist and social gerontologist who has completed degrees at the University of British Columbia and University of Victoria, as well as a post-doctoral baccalaureate diploma in gerontology (Simon Fraser University). She currently is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Manitoba, where she has been leading research teams funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She is the author of Sociological Perspectives on Aging (2016), Oxford University Press.