Media Releases

Toronto Pride Week

June 20, 2013

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on Toron­to Pride Week 2013 (June 21 – 30).

Faith and pol­i­tics in Cana­da and U.S.
Gay (homo­sex­u­al)/lesbian/bisexual/transgender rights and activism (Cana­da, US, Europe)
Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ties in North Amer­i­ca
Pub­lic school recog­ni­tion of sex­u­al diver­si­ty
Reli­gious right orga­niz­ing in Cana­da, US
Same-sex rela­tion­ship recog­ni­tion 
David Ray­side
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Uni­ver­si­ty Col­lege
Fac­ul­ty of Arts and Sci­ence
Office: 416–978-8087
david.rayside@utoronto.ca
www.davidrayside.ca

Alco­hol issues (liquor licens­ing)
Gay (homo­sex­u­al) rights
Sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion and the law
Sex­u­al­i­ty and crim­i­nal law
Urban order issues, bylaw enforce­ment 
Mar­i­ana Valverde
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Woodsworth Col­lege
Cen­tre for Crim­i­nol­o­gy and Soci­ole­gal Stud­ies
Cen­tre for Sex­u­al Diver­si­ty Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-6438, ext. 229
m.valverde@utoronto.ca

Cul­tur­al his­to­ry and psy­chi­a­try
Gay (homo­sex­u­al) and les­bian health
Gay and les­bian health
HIV-AIDS psy­chi­a­try
Med­ical human­i­ties
Nar­ra­tive med­i­cine
Physi­cian, med­ical stu­dent and res­i­dent health 
Allan Peterkin
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Fam­i­ly and Com­mu­ni­ty Med­i­cine
Depart­ment of Psy­chi­a­try
Office: 416–586-4800 x3204
allan.peterkin@utoronto.ca

Edu­ca­tion, Cur­ricu­lum, and Pol­i­cy
Fil­ipinos and Asians in Cana­da and the Unit­ed States
Immi­gra­tion and Glob­al­iza­tion
Les­bian, Gay, Bisex­u­al and Trans­gen­der (LGBT)
Race, Eth­nic­i­ty, and Vis­i­ble Minor­i­ty 
Roland Sin­tos Colo­ma
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Depart­ment of Soci­ol­o­gy and Equi­ty Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0462
roland.coloma@utoronto.ca

Embod­i­ment and the Arts
Equi­ty and Social Jus­tice Edu­ca­tion
Eth­i­cal Dilem­mas in Schools
Queer Teacher-Stu­dent Ped­a­gog­i­cal Rela­tion­ships 
Vanes­sa Rus­sell
William Waters Teacher in Res­i­dence in Urban Edu­ca­tion (OISE)
St.George Cam­pus
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Depart­ment of Curriculum,Teaching and Learn­ing
Office: 416–978-0181
vanessa.russell@utoronto.ca

Gay (homo­sex­u­al) men’s health
HIV/AIDS 
Bri­an M. Cor­nel­son
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Fam­i­ly and Com­mu­ni­ty Med­i­cine
b.cornelson@utoronto.ca
NOTE: email only

Fam­i­ly law cen­sor­ship, pornog­ra­phy, free­dom of expres­sion
Fem­i­nism
Gay and les­bian legal issues, same sex cou­ples
Gay and les­bian legal issues, same sex cou­ples, same sex mar­riage
Legal reg­u­la­tion of adult rela­tion­ships
Sex­u­al­i­ty and the law, women and the law
Bren­da Coss­man
Pro­fes­sor
St. George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Law
Office: 416–978-6658
b.cossman@utoronto.ca
NOTE: email only

Bioethics
Ethics
Moral issues per­tain­ing to organ trans­plants, stem cell research, euthana­sia, pal­lia­tive care
Political/moral issues regard­ing the Catholic Church
Sex­u­al diver­si­ty issues (homo­sex­u­al, gay, les­bian, bisex­u­al, het­ero­sex­u­al) from a Catholic per­spec­tive
Moira McQueen
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Reli­gion
moira.mcqueen@utoronto.ca
NOTE: email only (in Italy)

Lan­guage and gen­der, and sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion: per­cep­tion of sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion from record­ed speech; gay/lesbian/straight/bisexual/transgender speech
Lan­guage and Mar­ket­ing: lin­guis­tic eval­u­a­tion of brand names
Psy­cholin­guis­tics: lan­guage com­pre­hen­sion and pro­duc­tion process­es in adults, lan­guage acqui­si­tion in chil­dren
Psy­cholin­guis­tics: lan­guage com­pre­hen­sion and pro­duc­tion process­es, role of work­ing mem­o­ry in com­pre­hen­sion 
Ron Smyth
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Lin­guis­tics
smyth@utsc.utoronto.ca
NOTE: email only (in Argenti­na)

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For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact:

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