Rachel Weldrick, PhD is a social gerontologist and mixed-methodologist at McMaster University in the Department of Health, Aging & Society. Weldrick studies housing, homelessness, social in/exclusion, and ageism using a variety of methods. She also prioritizes participatory and community-based methods and engages in creative knowledge translation practices. Weldrick's most recent work examines rental housing for older persons who live alone, and the ways in which housing models can support older persons with experiences of homelessness.