Media Releases

International Women’s Day

February 28, 2011

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ing to Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day on March 8, 2011.

Equi­ty issues for women
Vio­lence against women
Chal­lenges and changes faced by women in the last cen­tu­ry
Con­nie Guber­man
Sta­tus of Women’s Stud­ies Pro­gram
St. George
Office: 416–978-2757
c.guberman@utoronto.ca

Women in war, geno­cide and tor­ture
Women, cit­i­zen­ship, migra­tion, refugees
Joan G. Simalchik
Coor­di­na­tor and Pro­fes­sor
Study of Women and Gen­der Pro­gram
U of T at Mis­sis­sauga, Divi­sion of Social Sci­ences
St. George
Office: 905–569-4491
Cell: 416–988-7953
joan.simalchik@utoronto.ca

Women in ancient Greece and Rome
Women in clas­si­cal lit­er­a­ture (includ­ing Greek tragedy)
Ali­son Kei­th
Pro­fes­sor and Chair
Depart­ment of Clas­sics
Women and Gen­der Stud­ies Insti­tute
St. George
Office: 416–462-9215
Office: 416–978-3179
Office: 416–946-0038
akeith@chass.utoronto.ca

Adult edu­ca­tion, wom­en’s stud­ies and fem­i­nism
Women in the Mid­dle East
Women, war, vio­lence and learn­ing
Shahrzad Mojab
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment Adult Edu­ca­tion & Coun­selling Psy­chol­o­gy, OISE
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion of the U of T
St. George
Office: 416–978-0829
Home: 416–929-4089
Shahrzad.mojab@utoronto.ca

Des­ti­tute women and chil­dren
Cather­ine G. Chalin
Pro­fes­sor
Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health
St. George
Office: 416–978-7806
Cell: 416–844-4364
Home: 416–286-6405
c.chalin@utoronto.ca

Women/teachers and teach­ing
Mary Kooy
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion of the U of T
Depart­ment Cur­ricu­lum, Teach­ing & Learn­ing
Cen­tre for Teacher Devel­op­ment
St. George
Office: 416–978-0316
Home: 416–488-4095
mkooy@oise.utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: Dutch
NOTE: Unavail­able March 1

HEALTH

Breast-feed­ing
Post­par­tum depres­sion
Post­par­tum psy­choso­cial and psy­cho­log­i­cal inter­ven­tions
Cindy-Lee E. Den­nis
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor; Cana­da Research Chair in Peri­na­tal Com­mu­ni­ty Health
Lawrence S. Bloomberg Fac­ul­ty of Nurs­ing
Depart­ment of Psy­chi­a­try
St. George
Office: 416–946-8608
Home: 416–485-0808
cindylee.dennis@utoronto.ca

Infer­til­i­ty
Heather M. Shapiro
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Obstet­rics and Gyne­col­o­gy
St. George
Office: 416–586-4994
Office: 416–978-6830
heather.shapiro@utoronto.ca

Menopause
Chris­tine Derzko
Chris­tine M. Derzko MD, FRCSC
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Obstet­rics & Gyne­col­o­gy and Inter­nal Med­i­cine (Endocrinol­o­gy)
Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to
St. Michael’s Hos­pi­tal
St. George
Office: 416–866-7400
Office: 416–866-7448
Cell: 416–575-5692
Home: 416–444-2080
derzkoc@smh.toronto.on.ca

Sleep in preg­nan­cy and the post­par­tum
Wom­en’s health
Robyn Strem­ler
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor and Cana­di­an Insti­tutes of Health Research New Inves­ti­ga­tor
Lawrence S. Bloomberg Fac­ul­ty of Nurs­ing
Office: 416–978-6925
Home: 416–686-1588
Cell: 416–648-9439
robyn.stremler@utoronto.ca

BUSINESS

Women entre­pre­neurs
Rebec­ca Reu­ber
Pro­fes­sor
Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
St. George
Office: 416–978-5705
Cell: 613–541-9034
reuber@rotman.utoronto.ca
NOTE: Email is best

Women in busi­ness
Career advance­ment for women
Women and lead­er­ship
Women and the econ­o­my
Beat­rix Dart
Pro­fes­sor; Asso­ciate Dean Exec­u­tive Degree Pro­grams
Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Ini­tia­tives for Women in Busi­ness
The Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
St. George
Office: 416–946-7496
Cell: 834‑6180
Home: 416–924-6905
bdart@rotman.utoronto.ca

Women in the work force
John Kervin
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Soci­ol­o­gy
St. George
Office: 416–462-3338
john.kervin@utoronto.ca

Women in tech­nol­o­gy
Kel­ly Lyons
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Infor­ma­tion
Depart­ment of Com­put­er Sci­ence
St. George
Office: 416–946-3839
Cell: 416–518-3937
kelly.lyons@utoronto.ca