Jennifer R. Antick (Ph.D) is an Associate Professor for the School of Professional Psychology, Pacific University. She is a Clinical Health Psychologist and Director of the Health Psychology track within SPP. She has co-authored several book chapters and articles on topics related to strength-based assessment and treatment methods. Her areas of interest include the role of resilience/optimism in medical status, patient-provider communication, strength-based assessment and therapies, coping with illness, motivational interviewing, medical decision-making and other issues unique to working in medical settings.

Rachel Berman (Ph.D) is an Associate Professor in the School of Early Childhood Education at Ryerson University. She is currently serving as Interim Director for the Graduate Program in Early Childhood Studies. Rachel's research interests include: methods of inquiry, research with children and youth, family well-being, diversity, gender, feminism, mothering, and interactions/relationships between parents and professionals.

Jennifer A. Boisvert (Ph.D) is a clinical psychologist and mediator in Alberta and California. She is passionate about feminist psychological teaching, research and practice. Her interests include women’s health, particularly body image, eating and weight disorders, sex differences/roles, diversity issues, and ethics. She has published, presented at international research conferences, and received awards and grants.

Toba Bryant (Ph.D) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at York University in Toronto.  She has published extensively on housing policy and health policy fields and is the author of An Introduction to Health Policy, published by the Canadian Scholars’ Press.

Laurie Clune (R.N) is a registered nurse and tenured faculty member at Ryerson University with over 25 years of experience in the hospital, community and academic sectors. Her research interests are focused towards: the experiences of injured health care workers; injury management; and the academic experiences of marginalized students.

Carrie D’Arville is a former accountant. Following her diagnosis of  Mastocytosis in 2002, she created an online forum for Canadians suffering the same disorder. Currently, she is the President of Mastocystosis Society Canada. Through the online forum and through the newly established Mastocytosis Society, Carrie provides continuous support for patients, caregivers and doctors who are dealing with the disabling and life threatening disorder of mastocytosis.

Susanna Edwards teaches Community Health Nursing in the BScN program at Ryerson University. Working primarily with vulnerable populations she has been an advisory board member and a co-investigator in community based research projects such as immigrant access to mental health services and understanding women’s needs regarding HIV/AIDS in Ontario.

Sepali Guruge (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor in Nursing at Ryerson University.  Her research focuses on immigrant women’s health. Presently, she is engaged in research on violence against women with colleagues in Canada, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, the United States, Hawai’i, Brazil, Belgium, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Guruge’s program of research is supported by a CIHR New Investigator Award.

W. Andrew Harrell (Ph.D. J.D) is a full professor at the University of Alberta an attorney in California. He has expertise in experimental, observational and survey research. He consults on human factors and eating disorders. He has published, presented at international research conferences and received grants.

Bonnie Jeffery is a Professor with the Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dr. Jeffery is an active researcher and is currently Director of the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU), a joint University of Regina and University of Saskatchewan interdisciplinary population health research unit.

Randy Johner (Ph.D) recently completed her PhD with the Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was a Community & Population Health Research graduate fellowship recipient. Her primary research interest focuses on social exclusion and its impact on the health of vulnerable populations.

Kenise Murphy Kilbride (Ph.D) Professor Emerita at Ryerson University in the School of Early Childhood Education, is a sociologist specializing in immigrant settlement. She was the Principal Investigator of this study and is the Senior Scholar at CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre which she co-founded in 1996.

George Maslany is a Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Regina. He has recently competed a term as Vice President (Academic) here .  His research interests relate to evaluation research and population health and he has previously served as a member of the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit .

Jane M. Plagge (M.S) is a doctoral candidate with an emphasis in health psychology at the School of Professional Psychology, Pacific University. She is currently a medical psychology Intern at the VA North Texas Health Care System in Dallas, TX and will soon begin a Health Psychology Fellowship at the Portland VA Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. Research interests include women’s health, medical/surgical psychology, and neurocognitive functioning related to medical conditions.

Aysan Sev’er (Ph.D.) is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Her current research focuses on extreme forms of violence against women in India and in south-eastern Turkey. She is the founding editor of the Women’s Health & Urban Life Journal and the recipient of the Canadian Person’s Day Award (1998) and the Canadian Women’s Studies Book Award  (2004). Currently, she is completing a book on honour-killings in south-eastern Turkey. She recently organized an international conference on Health, Family & Gender (ISA-RC06-2007), and is invited to a conference in Bellagio, Italy (2009).

R. Gary Sibbald (BSc., M.D., FRCPC (Med)(Derm), ABIM, DABD, M.Ed.) is a Professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine at the University of Toronto. He trained as a dermatologist and internist with special interest in wound healing and education. He is currently the director of medical education for Women’s College Hospital and chair of the faculty of Medical Education Committee. He is a board member and President of the Canadian Association of Continuing Health Education.

Presently, Professor Sibbald is the director of Wound Healing Clinic at the Women’s College Hospital. He established an interprofessional education model for wound care as co-founder, previous chairman and a five-time annual meeting chair of the Canadian Association of Wound Care.  Professor Sibbald co-established the International Interdisciplinary Wound Care Course (IIWCC) at the University of Toronto in 1999.  He is co-editor of the Fourth Edition of Chronic Wound Care:  A Clinical Source Book for Healthcare Professionals. Dr. Sibbald is the president of the World Union of Wound Healing Societies and chairman of the meeting held in Toronto, June 4th to 8th, 2008.Dr. Sibbald has published over 150 articles and book chapters.

Vappu Tyyskä (Ph.D) is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Director of the Immigration and Settlement Studies MA Program at Ryerson University. Her current research deals with adolescent-parent relations and violence in family relationships in selected Toronto immigrant communities. 

Isaac Woungang (Ph.D) received his MSc and Ph.D in Mathematics from Université de Toulon, France, in 1990 and 1994. From 1997 to 2002, he worked at CITR, McGill University and Nortel. Since 2002, he is Assistant professor of Computer science at Ryerson University. His research interests include network security and databases.

The Women’s Health & Urban Life: An International & Interdisciplinary Journal is permanently housed at the University of Toronto. The founder and the first general editor is Aysan Sev’er, University of Toronto. The journal is generously supported by SSHrC (Social Sciences & Humanities research Council of Canada).  The WH & UL is an open access electronic journal  and  is simultaneously published in subscription-based hard-copies.