This! Menopause shouldn't be scary or taboo. Maybe if we embraced menopause and discussed it freely, it wouldn't be associated with so many negative effects on women's physical and mental health. What if We Didn’t Dread Menopause? nyti.ms/2ZXn1vp

Without hope there is no possibility for resistance, dissent, and struggle. Agency is the condition of struggle, and hope is the condition of agency. Hope expands the space of the possible and becomes a way of recognizing and naming the incomplete nature of the present.

The University Health Network is preparing to offer its neediest patients a radical new treatment: A place to live. My story today/via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto…

We’re officially open on Airbnb. Hear what Toronto Raptors player & NBA champ @fredvanvleet, one of our first guests, had to say about his night at @SickKids. Book your stay at SickKids Airbnb here: airbnb.ca/sickkids #Airbnb #SickKidsVS

How real is the gender pay gap in medicine? sheMD breaks down how it’s changed (spoiler alert: not much) and what we can do to change it for the #WIMStudents preconference event #WIMSummit #WomenInMedicine #GenderPayGap

Dr. Lisa Bowleg - "Intersectionality must center power, privilege, and social processes that shape health inequity (e.g., stigma). You must talk about sameness and difference in relation to power. If you don't do this, it's not intersectionality #BisexualHealthResearchWorkshop.

“...the vagueness associated with terms such as ‘vulnerable’ conceals the structural nature of public health problems...this vagueness can serve the political function of obscuring power relationships and limiting discussion of transformational change.” 👏🏼Thx A. Katz et al

After one of those challenging weeks of dissertation research, reading such positive feedback on the #SocialIdentityMap (methodological tool that Nida Mustafa and I developed) is a breath of fresh air. I love that it is now being used as a teaching tool as well!

Happy to hear there has been a deprive in the case.Would certainly help in the future to lay out the cultural context in terms of the exposure of other forms violence posed to girls of mothers subjected to FGM. FGM in this case was not the ONLY risk posed.x.com/drproudman/sta…

The behavioral neuroscience PhD program at Binghamton Univ has voted to no longer require GRE scores as part of our application. It will take time for this to be reflected in the admissions system, but all applicants should know that GRE scores are no longer required.

Congratulations to Danielle Jacobson, Michelle Amri and Prof. @AmyCMcpherson who were recognized at Health Promotion CAN Recognition Awards last week. buff.ly/2RpeDNY So proud! #weareDLSPH #UofT

I am privileged to have been a part of the important discussions being had last week at the inaugural #COGS2020 meeting!

I am tired of conversations about increasing the reproducibility of reflexive qualitative research. Reproducibility & reflexivity are components of different epistemological approaches. Reflexivity requires a genuine appreciation of researcher positionality, subjectivity, & bias.

***NEW STUDY*** please share Are you a social service provider in Ontario? We’re looking to hear from you about your knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding sex trafficking. Please see flyer for more details! @WCHResearch Women's College Hospital U of T Public Health WCH Foundation

Grateful to be part of such an incredible team and really looking forward to getting started with interviews! Janice Du Mont Rhonelle Bruder Frances Montemurro, MSW RSW (She/Her) OCSWSSW Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work @RyersonFCS YorkU Social Work

Thrilled to have worked with Dr. Robin Mason and U of T Public Health students Evelyn Hodgins & Julie Mutis on our new *open access* scoping review of "Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls in Canada". Thank you HART! See here: bit.ly/3lFIbGP @WCHResearch Women's College Hospital WCH Foundation

#NEWPUB from our team "Social service providers' knowledge of domestic sex trafficking in the Canadian Context" led by Dani Jacobson #SexTrafficking Women's College Hospital Women's College Hospital | Research WCH Foundation U of T Public Health Frances Montemurro, MSW RSW (She/Her) Rhonelle Bruder sciencedirect.com/science/articl…