Media Releases

Winter experts

January 4, 2016

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

EXTREME COLD

Weath­er
Cli­mate change, glob­al warm­ing
Hud­son Bay, polar bears
William Gough
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
U of T Scar­bor­ough Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
Office: 416–287-7245
gough@utsc.utoronto.ca

Hous­ing, rental and sub­si­dized hous­ing
Home­less­ness, pover­ty, social pol­i­cy
David Hulchan­s­ki
Pro­fes­sor, Dr. Chow Yei Ching Chair in Hous­ing
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­tor-Inwen­tash Fac­ul­ty of Social Work
Office: 416–978-1973
david.hulchanski@utoronto.ca
www.hulchanski.ca

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, HEALTHY EATING, ROMANCE

New Year’s res­o­lu­tions and chang­ing habits
Val­ue of tak­ing hol­i­days
Steve Joor­dens
Full Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Psy­chol­o­gy
Office: 416–287-7469
joordens@utsc.utoronto.ca

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

Eco-friend­ly diet
Nutri­tion and healthy eat­ing
David Jenk­ins
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Nutri­tion­al Sci­ences
Depart­ment of Med­i­cine
Cana­da Research Chair in Nutri­tion and Metab­o­lism
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
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.

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

PUBLIC HEALTH, SEASON COLDS & FLUS

Health ser­vices research
Urban and inner city health
Stephen Hwang
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor; Direc­tor; Research Sci­en­tist
Depart­ment of Med­i­cine
Office: 416–864-5991
hwangs@smh.ca

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For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact:
U of T Media Rela­tions
416–978-0100
media.relations@utoronto.ca