Carleton Experts Available – International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is March 8, and Carleton experts are available to comment on related topics.
If you are interested in speaking with the experts below, please feel free to reach out to them directly. If you require other assistance, please email Steven Reid, Media Relations Officer, at steven.reid3@carleton.ca.
For other experts, please visit the Carleton Experts Database: https://experts.carleton.ca/
Miranda J. Brady
Professor, School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University
Email: miranda.brady@carleton.ca
Brady’s work takes a critical/cultural approach and explores the construction of identity in the media and other cultural institutions. She has spoken on the rise of “mominfluencers,” entrepreneurial motherhood and issues related to media and motherhood.
For more on Brady, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/miranda-j-brady
Rebecca Bromwich
Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University
Email: Rebecca.Bromwich@carleton.ca
Bromwich is available to speak on topics related to women under the law, and specifically, women as mothers. She has an anthology on the subject of mothers and law.
She has also discussed intersectionally approaching the inclusion of women in the work world as well as women in the private sphere of the home.
Bromwich is the former program director of the Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution. Bromwich has been a columnist for Lawyers Weekly and has authored and co-authored several books for students and legal system practitioners, including a new publication on corporate social responsibility.
For more on Bromwich, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/rebecca-jaremko-bromwich
Amina Mire
Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University
Email: Amina.Mire@carleton.ca
Mire’s areas of research interest include women and health, racialization and bio-medicalization of women’s bodies and skin, anti-aging, women and the STEM fields, sociology of gender, gender and the cinema, as well as anti-racist and anti-colonial research.
Mire’s research projects include examining the social, ethical, political and pedagogical implications of anti-aging discourse and practice; investigating the extent to which the female body continues to be a contested site of social investment and regulation; and a project examining changing skin-whitening technologies by tracing their emergence from colonial encounters, in which white skin was accorded social and cultural capital, toward the contemporary global marketing of biotechnology products that promise smooth, brightened and youthful-looking skin to affluent women.
For more on Mire, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/amina-mire
Winnie Ye
Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Design at Carleton University
Email: winnie.ye@carleton.ca
Ye is available to discuss connecting, supporting, and inspiring females worldwide, and facilitating their recruitment and retention in STEM fields through programs such as Empowering Change: The Global Impact of IEEE Women in Engineering.
Ye is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Carleton’s Department of Electronics. She is the chair-elect of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Canada Women in Engineering. She is available to discuss her work with IEEE.
For more on Ye, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/winnie-ye
Media Contact
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Media Relations Officer
Carleton University
613-265-6613
Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca
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