Media Releases

International Women’s Day

February 22, 2013

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ed to Inter­na­tion­al Wom­en’s Day.

Busi­ness degrees for women
Career advance­ment for women
Exec­u­tive women
Inter­na­tion­al­ly trained women pro­fes­sion­als in Cana­da
Pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment for women
Strate­gic growth of busi­ness­es
Women and Lead­er­ship 
Beat­rix Dart
Pro­fes­sor; Asso­ciate Dean Exec­u­tive Degree Pro­grams; Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Ini­taitives for Women in Busi­ness
St.George Cam­pus
Joseph L. Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
Office: 416–946-7496
bdart@rotman.utoronto.ca
anita.barberio@rotman.utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: Ger­man

Cit­i­zen­ship, democ­ra­cy
Glob­al­iza­tion, neolib­er­al restruc­tur­ing
High­er edu­ca­tion, pub­lic edu­ca­tion
Ide­ol­o­gy of sci­ence
Polit­i­cal soci­ol­o­gy of knowl­edge
Wom­en’s stud­ies, equi­ty
Jamie Mag­nus­son
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-1208
jmagnusson@oise.utoronto.ca

Adult edu­ca­tion and pub­lic pol­i­cy
Fem­i­nism, anti-racism ped­a­gogy
Dias­po­ra, Immi­grant and refugee women
Women in the Mid­dle East
Women, war and vio­lence
Shahrzad Mojab
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Depart­ment of Lead­er­ship, High­er and Adult Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0829
shahrzad.mojab@utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: Far­si, Kur­dish

Entre­pre­neur­ship, small busi­ness
Inter­na­tion­al­iza­tion of small busi­ness
Rep­u­ta­tion of new firms
Women entre­pre­neurs 
Rebec­ca Reu­ber
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Joseph L. Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
Office: 416–978-5705
reuber@rotman.utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Email only.

Film fes­ti­vals
Nell Ship­man and women film­mak­ers of the silent era
Women film­mak­ers 
Kay Armatage
Pro­fes­sor Emeri­ta
St.George Cam­pus
Innis Col­lege
Fac­ul­ty of Arts and Sci­ence
Depart­ment of Cin­e­ma Stud­ies
Depart­ment of Women & Gen­der Stud­ies
Cin­e­ma Stud­ies Insti­tute
Insti­tute for Wom­en’s Stud­ies and Gen­der Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-8572
kay.armatage@utoronto.ca

Ancient Greek female authors
Ancient Rome in pop­u­lar cul­ture, espe­cial­ly film
Latin lit­er­a­ture, espe­cial­ly Vergil and Ovid
Roman his­to­ry and cul­ture
Women in ancient Greece
Women in ancient Rome
Women in Greek tragedy 
Ali­son Kei­th
Pro­fes­sor and Chair
St.George Cam­pus
Vic­to­ria Col­lege
Depart­ment of Clas­sics
Insti­tute for Wom­en’s Stud­ies and Gen­der Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-3179 (Chair’s Office), 416–585-4483
akeith@chass.utoronto.ca

Infor­ma­tion and com­mu­ni­ca­tions tech­nol­o­gy, infor­ma­tion sys­tems, Web 2.0
Ser­vice sci­ence
Women in tech­nol­o­gy 
Kel­ly Lyons
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Infor­ma­tion
Depart­ment of Com­put­er Sci­ence
Knowl­edge Media Design Insti­tute (KMDI)
Office: 416–946-3839
kelly.lyons@utoronto.ca
http://individual.utoronto.ca/klyons/

Equi­ty issues for women
Equi­ty, diver­si­ty and inclu­sion in orga­ni­za­tions
Fem­i­nism and young women
Urban plan­ning, design for per­son­al safe­ty
Vio­lence against women 
Con­nie Guber­man
Pro­gram Direc­tor, Asso­ciate Chair
U of T Scar­bor­ough Cam­pus
Depart­ment of His­to­ry
Depart­ment of Women & Gen­der Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-2757
c.guberman@utoronto.ca

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For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

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