Media Releases

Holiday experts

December 9, 2011

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

RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS DURING THE HOLIDAYS:

Christ­mas
Ear­ly Chris­tian­i­ty
John S. Klop­pen­borg
Pro­fes­sor & Chair
Depart­ment & Cen­tre for the Study of Reli­gion
St. George
Office: 416–978-6493 or 416–978-4949
Chair.religion@utoronto.ca

Reli­gion
Scott Schie­man
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Soci­ol­o­gy
St. George
Office: 416–946-5905
scott.schieman@utoronto.ca

Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty and health
Dr. Chan­drakant Shah
Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus
Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health
Fac­ul­ty of Social Work
St. George
Office: 416–360-0486
c.shah@utoronto.ca or cshah@aht.ca
NOTE: Not avail­able after Decem­ber 16.

Cana­di­an Bud­dhism
Buddha’s Enlight­en­ment

Suwan­da Sug­u­nasiri
Adjunct Pro­fes­sor
Trin­i­ty Col­lege, Reli­gion
St. George
Office: 416–782-8227
suwanda.sugunasiri@utoronto.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.

Con­sumer sav­ing and spend­ing deci­sions
Behav­iour­al eco­nom­ics
Con­sumer psy­chol­o­gy and deci­sion-mak­ing

Dilip Soman
Pro­fes­sor
Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
Office: 416–946-0195
dilip.soman@rotman.utoronto.ca
NOTE: Email is best to arrange inter­views. 

Con­sumer affairs
Jacob Ziegel
Pro­fes­sor of Law Emer­i­tus
Fac­ul­ty of Law
Office: 416–978-3717
Home: 416–920-4934 (No calls before 8 a.m. or after 10 p.m.)
j.ziegel@utoronto.ca


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: After Decem­ber 10, Pro­fes­sor Borins will be 6 hours behind Toron­to time and can be reached at 808–879-6010.

Depres­sion
Greg Dubord
Lec­tur­er
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.

Ado­les­cent depres­sion, sex­u­al­i­ty, body image/eating
Miri­am Kauf­man
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Pae­di­atrics
Office: 416–813-6657
Home: 416–658-1411
Cell: 416–561-9917
Pager: 416–235-8903
Miriam.kaufman@sickkids.ca

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 19 and Jan­u­ary 9 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

Stress over the hol­i­days
Scott Schie­man
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Soci­ol­o­gy
St. George
Office: 416–946-5905
scott.schieman@utoronto.ca


FOOD AND ALCOHOL DURING THE HOLIDAYS:

Food cul­ture
Food and hol­i­day rituals/celebrations

Shy­on Bau­mann
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Soci­ol­o­gy
Cen­tre for the Study of the Unit­ed States
Shyon.baumann@utoronto.ca

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
Asso­ciate 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
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor; Inno­va­tion Chair-Elec­tron­ic Com­merce
Fac­ul­ty of Law
Cen­tre for Inno­va­tion Law and Pol­i­cy
St. George
Office: 416–978-8892
ariel.katz@utoronto.ca

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 x. 7534
Cell: 416–677-3467
Home: 705–228-8731
richardson@utsc.utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: Japan­ese
FAMILY AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

Impact of sep­a­ra­tion and divorce on chil­dren
Fam­i­ly medi­a­tion

Dr. Andrea Lit­vack
MSW Pro­gram Direc­tor
Fac­ul­ty of Social Work
St. George
Office: 416–978-5826
Cell: 647–226-5212
andrea.litvack@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Not avail­able Decem­ber 28 and 29.

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.


VACATIONS DURING THE HOLIDAYS:

Trav­el med­i­cine
Infec­tious dis­eases
Trop­i­cal dis­eases
Ian E. Cran­dall
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Lab­o­ra­to­ry Med­i­cine and Patho­bi­ol­o­gy
Phar­ma­cy
St. George
Office: 416–978-6627
Home: 416–590-0212
MICrandall@rogers.com or Ian.crandall@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Email is best to arrange inter­views.


CHILDREN’S TOYS/EDUCATIONAL GIFTS:

Toy research
Gen­der issues
Par­ent­ing
Ear­ly child­hood edu­ca­tion and ear­ly lit­er­a­cy

Lin­da Cameron
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Cur­ricu­lum, Teach­ing and Learn­ing
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Home: 416–489-2822
Cell: 416–219-7796
l.cameron@utoronto.ca

Ear­ly child devel­op­ment and edu­ca­tion
Ear­ly lit­er­a­cy devel­op­ment

Janette Patri­cia Pel­leti­er
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Human Devel­op­ment and Applied Psy­chol­o­gy
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Direc­tor, Insti­tute of Child Study
St. George
Office: 416–934-4506
Cell: 647–990-4455
Janette.pelletier@utoronto.ca


For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

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