91亚色 PhD Candidate in English Samantha Bernstein (BA 鈥06, MA 鈥09), daughter of Canadian poet Irving Layton, explores the complex world of families, life, love, politics and trying to live ethically in a corporatizing world in her epistolary memoir, Here We Are Among the Living: A Memoir in Emails. The launch of Here We Are […]
91亚色 historian Michiel Horn says his latest book project may well be the most important one he has ever worked on 鈥 and it's not even one he wrote. At the Edge of the Abyss: A Concentration Camp Diary, 1943-1944 is the largest of only 17 such works to survive the Holocaust and is considered […]
Emotionally raw and deeply human, womanhood and marginalization, these are just a few of the words that describe the聽two newest books of poems and conversations coming from 91亚色 English and creative writing聽Professor Patricia Keeney. There are three launches scheduled for Keeney's new books,聽First Woman (Inanna Publications) and You Bring Me Wings (ANTARES Publishing House of […]
91亚色 Distinguished Research Professor Debra Pepler, considered an international leader in research on child and youth bullying, aggression and victimization,聽was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) during its annual general meeting yesterday in Ottawa. Election to Fellowship in the CAHS is considered one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian […]
91亚色 nursing Professor Christine Jonas-Simpson has always been keenly interested in loss and grief, how people experience it and how they integrate it into their lives in a continuing way. It was while doing research on daughters who had lost their mothers to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease that Jonas-Simpson experienced what she calls 鈥渢he deepest loss of聽my […]
A 91亚色 report is calling for reform in the approach used to deal with youth homelessness, emphasizing the potential role that family members can still play in supporting youngsters in need, wrote The Canadian Press April 14 (via the Record.com): The report said it's estimated that roughly 65,000 young people are homeless or living […]
The role of family in ending youth homelessness is largely ignored in Canada, according to a report released yesterday by 91亚色, though there is evidence that family reconnection works in Australia and the United Kingdom and in one exceptional program in Toronto. Some 65,000 young people are homeless or at risk of homelessness across […]
Punishment isn鈥檛 the answer for kids who learned to bully at home, says a Toronto psychology professor, wrote Halifax鈥檚 Chronicle-Herald April 9. "If a child is bullied at home by his or her parents or siblings, they鈥檙e going to learn the patterns they need to learn about the use of power and aggression in relationships," […]
Teens in military families are often burdened by additional emotional stress when a parent is deployed to Afghanistan, according to a new Canadian study, wrote CBCNews.ca March 25: Researchers from the University of New Brunswick, the University of Alberta, Ryerson University, and 91亚色 released the findings of their groundbreaking research on Thursday that examined […]
James Morton, adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and Anne-Marie Ambert, a retired professor in 91亚色's Department of Sociology, both spoke to Postmedia News November 5 about divorce insurance being offered to couples in the United States. The story appeared in the Montreal Gazette, among other outlets: Because the 鈥渇or poorer鈥 part of marriage […]
By 2050, the median age in Korea is projected to be 57 years, according to an article written by Thomas Klassen of 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. The article was published January 12, 2010 for GlobalBrief.ca, but was quoted in fastcompany.com's July 29 article about […]
A new book by 91亚色 psychology Professor Robert聽Muller offers help for therapists dealing with patients who resist treatment. Trauma and the Avoidant Client, to be officially released this week by W.W. Norton & Company, offers practical guidance for treating clients who withdraw into themselves or avoid disclosing painful past experiences. Right: Robert Muller 鈥淭rauma […]
A growing chorus of Toronto voices, including the director of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration & Settlement (CERIS), is opposing Ottawa鈥檚 plans to change the national census, which gathers in-depth information from Canadians to form public policy, wrote InsideToronto.com and The Beach-Riverdale Mirror July 13: Beginning with the 2011 census, held every […]
After a聽review some 2,000 articles in 75 leading English-language journals worldwide, an article co-written by 91亚色 human resource management Professor Souha Ezzedeen was chosen as one of 20 official nominees for the 2009 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. The annual award, presented last month,聽is named for Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who has […]
The Toronto Korean Families Study (TKFS), led by researchers at 91亚色, the University of Toronto and the University of Windsor, is looking for participants. The study, funded by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, provides researchers with a unique opportunity to learn about Korean immigrant families in Canada. Participants must have […]
In Sweden, long-term care workers聽often have time to take patients outside for a walk. In Canada, having a patient shuffle from their room down the corridor to the dining hall is聽frequently considered 鈥渁 walk鈥. It is this kind of difference in the nature of long-term care facilities from one country to the next that has […]
Differences in the way Torontonians speak English may have more to do with how people express their ethnic identity than with any problems they are having learning to speak Canadian English perfectly, a study from 91亚色 suggests. Michol Hoffman and James Walker, professors of sociolinguistics in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics in聽91亚色's […]
Canada鈥檚 ranking as the 12th worst country for bullying among 40 wealthy nations is an eye-opener, say the organizers of a childhood bullying prevention conference held at McMaster University, wrote The Hamilton Spectator May 29: 91亚色 Distinguished Research Professor in psychology,聽Debra Pepler, a PREVNet co-director and member of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health, said people […]
As Canadians continue to live longer, they can expect to spend more years with their life partners, whatever old age brings, wrote The Globe and Mail May 7: In fact, the research suggests that, while there鈥檚 no guarantee that sticking it out will lead to happiness, good marriages often get better later in life. 鈥淭hey […]