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Holiday experts for 2013

December 3, 2013

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ed to the 2013 hol­i­day sea­son.

RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS DURING THE HOLIDAYS:

Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty and health
Dr. Chan­drakant Shah
Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus
Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health
Staff Physi­cian, Anish­nawbe Health Toron­to
Fac­ul­ty of Social Work
St. George
Office: 416–360-0486 X231
c.shah@utoronto.ca or cshah@aht.ca

CONSUMERISM, SPENDING & SAVING DECISIONS, RETAIL:

Con­sumerism
Nature of con­sumerism
Dr. Trevor Nor­ris
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
The­o­ry and Pol­i­cy Stud­ies
OISE/UT
Office: 416–978-1201
trevor.norris@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Email is best to arrange inter­views.

Adver­tis­ing
B2B Mar­ket­ing
Dig­i­tal mar­ket­ing
Mar­ket research
Retail­ing 
David Sober­man
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Joseph L. Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
Office: 416–978-5445
Mobile: 416–420-4876
david.soberman@rotman.utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: French
http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/FacultyAndResearch/Faculty/FacultyBios/Soberman.aspx

MOOD AND EMOTIONS DURING THE HOLIDAYS:

Health ben­e­fits of vaca­tions
Man­ag­ing stress over the hol­i­days
Deal­ing with grief and loss over the hol­i­days
How to keep laugh­ing and play­ing on vaca­tion
Mel Borins
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Fam­i­ly and Com­mu­ni­ty Med­i­cine
Office: 416–533-6488
Home: 416–782-4530
melborins@hotmail.com
NOTE: From Decem­ber 7 to Jan­u­ary 15, Pro­fes­sor Borins will be 6 hours behind Toron­to time and can be reached at 808–879-6010.

Depres­sion
Anx­i­ety

New Year’s res­o­lu­tions
Cog­ni­tive behav­iour ther­a­py
Greg Dubord
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Psy­chi­a­try
Toron­to Cen­ter for Cog­ni­tive Ther­a­py
St. George
Office: 416–777-6699, ext. 2
greg.dubord@gmail.com
NOTE: Email is best to arrange inter­views.

Child/adolescent depres­sion and sui­cide
Mar­shall Koren­blum
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Psy­chi­a­try
Temer­ty Temer­ty Fac­ul­ty of Med­i­cine
Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to
Office: 416–972-1935, ext. 3316
Office: 416–972-1935, ext. 3309
mkorenblum@hincksdellcrest.org
NOTE: Not avail­able between Decem­ber 23 and Jan­u­ary 7 or out­side of office hours.

Sea­son­al depres­sion
New Year’s res­o­lu­tions
Par­ent­ing and rela­tion­ship stress
Fam­i­ly stress
Dou­glas Saun­ders
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health
St. George
Office: 416–597-2614, ext. 2
Cell: 416–305-0503
douglas.saunders@utoronto.ca

New Year’s res­o­lu­tions and chang­ing habits
Val­ue of tak­ing hol­i­days
Pur­chas­ing music or dance lessons as gifts 
Steve Joor­dens
Full Pro­fes­sor
U of T Scar­bor­ough Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Psy­chol­o­gy
Office: 416–287-7469
joordens@utsc.utoronto.ca

FOOD AND ALCOHOL DURING THE HOLIDAYS:

Epi­demi­ol­o­gy and health data; alco­hol, tobac­co and oth­er drugs
Susan Bondy
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health
Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to
Office: 416–978-0141
sue.bondy@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Email is best to arrange inter­views.

Dri­ving under the influ­ence of drugs/alcohol
Michael R. Cor­bett
Coor­di­na­tor; Instruc­tor
School of Con­tin­u­ing Stud­ies
Office: 905–785-9977
michael.corbett@utoronto.ca or michaelcorbett@rogers.com

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, HEALTHY EATING, DIETING:

Phys­i­cal activ­i­ty and exer­cise
Guy Faulkn­er
Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion and Health
St. George
Office: 416–946-7949
Cell: 416–433-4674
guy.faulkner@utoronto.ca

Eco-friend­ly Christ­mas diet
Nutri­tion and health eat­ing
David Jenk­ins
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Nutri­tion­al Sci­ences
Depart­ment of Med­i­cine
Cana­da Research Chair in Nutri­tion and Metab­o­lism
St. George
Office: 416–978-4752
SMH : 416–867-7475
Cell : 416–732-8705
cyril.kendall@utoronto.ca

New Year’s res­o­lu­tions
Diet­ing, eat­ing
Janet Polivy
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Psy­chol­o­gy
Depart­ment of Psy­chi­a­try
UTM
Home: 416–968-3942
polivy@psych.utoronto.ca
NOTE: Email is best to arrange inter­views. Only call between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

THE YEAR IN REVIEW: TECHNOLOGY 

Com­pe­ti­tion law, intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty law and e‑commerce
Ariel Katz
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor; Inno­va­tion Chair-Elec­tron­ic Com­merce
Fac­ul­ty of Law
Cen­tre for Inno­va­tion Law and Pol­i­cy
St. George
Office: 416–978-8892
ariel.katz@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Avail­able by e‑mail only.

Social media – Face­book, YouTube, Twit­ter
E‑commerce and Inter­net mar­ket­ing
Mobile com­merce
Inter­net secu­ri­ty
Web pri­va­cy issues
Iden­ti­ty theft
Tim Richard­son
Lec­tur­er
U of T at Scar­bor­ough, Divi­sion of Man­age­ment
St. George
Office: 416–491-5050 ext. 7534
Cell: 416–677-3467
Home: 705–228-8731
richardson@utsc.utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: Japan­ese

FAMILY AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

Sib­ling con­flict
Michal Perl­man
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion (OISE)
St. George
Office: 416–978-0956
Cell: 416–831-3245
mperlman@oise.utoronto.ca
NOTE: Email is best to arrange inter­views.

Deci­sions about roman­tic rela­tion­ships
Improv­ing and main­tain­ing rela­tion­ship qual­i­ty
Rela­tion­ship turn­ing points
Saman­tha Joel
PhD stu­dent
St.George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Psy­chol­o­gy
Office: Not Avail­able
samantha.joel@utoronto.ca
http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/spa/students/joel.php

VACATIONS DURING THE HOLIDAYS:

Med­ical par­a­sites
Trav­el med­i­cine
Trop­i­cal med­i­cine
Jay Key­stone
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Med­i­cine
Trop­i­cal Dis­ease Unit
Toron­to Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal
Cell: 416–606-5868
jay.keystone@utoronto.ca

Air­lines
Cross-bor­der trav­el and shop­ping
Gaso­line and Oil prices
U.S.-Cana­da bor­der
U.S.-Cana­da exchange rate 

Ambar­ish Chan­dra
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Joseph L. Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
Office: 416–978-7138
ambarish.chandra@rotman.utoronto.ca

CHILDREN’S TOYS/EDUCATIONAL GIFTS:

Ear­ly child devel­op­ment and edu­ca­tion
Full-day kinder­garten
Ear­ly lit­er­a­cy devel­op­ment
Janette Patri­cia Pel­leti­er
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Applied Psy­chol­o­gy and Human Devel­op­ment
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Dr. Eric Jack­man Insti­tute of Child Study
St. George
Office: 416–934-4506
Cell: 647–990-4455
janette.pelletier@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Avail­able by e‑mail only.

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For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Media Rela­tions
Tel: 416–978-0100
media.relations@utoronto.ca