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Margaret Robinson
Fellow of Community Based Research
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
Summary
Margaret Robinson is a Margaret is a Mi’kmaq scholar and bisexual activist from Nova Scotia. She is currently a Fellow in Community Based Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. Her project is a mixed-methods, community-based study of the prevalence, context, and health correlates of illicit cannabis use among bisexual women in Ontario. Margaret holds a PhD in theology from the University of Toronto, with a focus on queer issues in religion. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the role of polyamory and monogamy in the identity of bisexual-identified women in the Greater Toronto Area. She is passionate about bisexual community, social justice for LGBTTIQ2 people, and First Nations self-government. Her research interests include bisexuality, sexual identity development, intersecting oppressions, postcolonial studies (especially Canadian First Nations), queer studies, third wave feminist and critical theory, and religion-based prejudice. In her spare time Margaret enjoys murder mysteries, geeking out with her role-playing groups, writing fan-fiction, and playing with her cats, Nero, Archie, Lily and Lola.
Margaret Robinson is a Margaret is a Mi’kmaq scholar and bisexual activist from Nova Scotia. She is currently a Fellow in Community Based Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. Her project is a mixed-methods, community-based study of the prevalence, context, and health correlates of illicit cannabis use among bisexual women in Ontario. Margaret holds a PhD in theology from the University of Toronto, with a focus on queer issues in religion. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the role of polyamory and monogamy in the identity of bisexual-identified women in the Greater Toronto Area. She is passionate about bisexual community, social justice for LGBTTIQ2 people, and First Nations self-government. Her research interests include bisexuality, sexual identity development, intersecting oppressions, postcolonial studies (especially Canadian First Nations), queer studies, third wave feminist and critical theory, and religion-based prejudice. In her spare time Margaret enjoys murder mysteries, geeking out with her role-playing groups, writing fan-fiction, and playing with her cats, Nero, Archie, Lily and Lola.
| Current Institution | Centre for Addiction & Mental Health |
| Current School | Health Service & Health Equity Research |
| Department | Re:searching for LGBTQ Health Team |
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| Current and Past Advisor(s) | Dr. Lori Ross |
| Birthday | August 23,1973 |
| Address | 455 Spadina Ave. Toronto Ontario M5S 2G8 Canada Phone: 416-535-8501 x 7385 |
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Education
University of Toronto
University of St. Michael's College
PhD,
Theology
(Sep 2001 - Nov 2009)
University of Toronto
University of St. Michael's College
MA,
Theology
(Sep 1997 - Apr 2001)
Saint Mary's University
Double Honours BA,
Religious Studies & English
(Sep 1990 - Nov 1997)
Work Experience
Researcher & Writer
Rainbow Health Ontario
(Jul 2011 - Present)
Research and draft fact sheets for service providers on LGBTQ health issues
Arrange meetings with stakeholders to establish co-branding of educational documents
Facilitate Communities of Interest project funded by the Evidence Exchange Network
Project Coordinator
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
(Nov 2010 - Nov 2012)
Coordinated Risk & Resilience among Bisexual People in Ontario: A Community-Based Study of Bisexual Mental Health. Responsible for community outreach, stakeholder development, knowledge transfer, community advisory committee, survey development, and data collection.
Coordinated bisexual anti-stigma poster campaign This Is Our Community.
Research Assistant
Rainbow Health Ontario
(Nov 2011 - Jun 2012)
Assist with preparation for LGBT Health Research Methods Institute workshop at the Rainbow Health Ontario conference in March of 2012
Achievements
- Fellowship in Community Based Research, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (Nov 2012 - Nov 2013)
- Jean-Marc Laporte Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Sep 2001 - Apr 2002)
- Jean-Marc Laporte Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Sep 2003 - Apr 2004)
- Jean-Marc Laporte Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Sep 2004 - Apr 2005)
- Jacques Monet Scholarship (Sep 2003 - Apr 2004)
- C. Douglas Jay Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Sep 2002 - Apr 2003)
- C. Douglas Jay Scholarship for Academic Excellence (Sep 2003 - Apr 2004)
- Carl and Hertha Starkloff Bursary for Deserving Research (Sep 1997 - Apr 1998)
- Carl and Hertha Starkloff Bursary for Deserving Research (Sep 1999 - Apr 2000)
- Carl and Hertha Starkloff Bursary for Deserving Research (Sep 2002 - Apr 2003)
- Frederick E. Crowe Bursary (Sep 1997 - Apr 1998)
- Kuna-Delicaet Scholarship for Scholarly Achievement, (Sep 1997 - Apr 1998)
General
Activist Memberships
Native Canadian Centre of Toronto 2011- present
Two-Spirited People of The First Nations 2011-present
Director, Toronto Bisexual Education Project, 2005-present
Toronto Bisexual Network, 1999-present
Bisexual Women of Toronto, 1998-present
International Conference on Bisexuality Steering Committee, 2006-present
BiNet Canada, 2006-2009
Catholic Network for Women's Equality, 2005-2009
Founding and Advisory member, Bi Pride Planning Committee, 2000-2009
Pride Toronto, 1999-2002
Toronto Dyke March Committee, 1999-2000
LGBTout, University of Toronto, 1997-2009
WayvesMagazine Collective, 1994-1995
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth Project, Halifax, 1991-1997
Publication Summary
Peer Reviewed Articles (single author unless otherwise noted)
(Forthcoming). Polyamory and Monogamy as Strategic Identities. Journal of Bisexuality. 13(1), [page TBD].
(Forthcoming). Veganism And Mi'kmaq Legends. Canadian Journal of Native Studies 33 (1), [page TBD].
(2010). Reading Althaus-Reid: As a Bi Feminist Theo/Methodological Resource. Journal of Bisexuality 10 (1), 108-120.
(2005). Making and Breaking Manhood: Masochistic Masculinity in The Passion Of The Christ and Fight Club. Socialist Studies Bulletin 75, 25-28.
(2002). Help Yourself Out of Racism: A Five-Step Guide for White Women. Fireweed, (Winter), 58-61.
Submitted Peer Reviewed Works
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life: Hip Hop, Cultural Continuity & First Nations Suicidality. Submitted to Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel: Hip Hop in Canada and Canadian Hip Hop. Dr. Charity Marsh and Dr. Mark V. Campbell (ed).
Pride, Performance and Praise: Bisexual Anthology as Bible. Postscripts: Journal of Sacred texts & Contemporary Worlds.
Reviews in Refereed Journals
(2011). Review of the book The Empire Within: Postcolonial Thought and Political Activism in Sixties Montreal by Sean Mills. Journal of Postcolonial Theory & Theology 2. http://www.postcolonialjournal.com/ Resources /Review%20Mills.pdf.
(2011). Review of the book God, Science, Sex, Gender: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Christian Ethics by Patricia Beattie and Aana Marie Vigen. Toronto Journal of Theology, 27 (1), 128-130.
(2006). Review of the book Abraham’s Promise: Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations by Michael WyschogrodToronto Journal of Theology, 22 (1), 121-122.
Published Contributions to a Collective Work
(2009; 2005). Musical Chairs and GLBT. In R.Ochs and S.E. Rowley (Ed.)Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World (p. 181). Boston: Bisexual Resource Centre.
(2009). Monogamy. In J.C. Hawley (Ed.) LGBTQ America Today (pp.756-757). Westport: Greenwood Press.
(2009). Non-monogamy. In J.C. Hawley (Ed.), LGBTQ America Today (pp.818-820). Westport: Greenwood Press.
(2009). Polyamory. In J.C. Hawley (Ed.) LGBTQ America Today (pp.913-914). Westport: Greenwood Press.
(2009). Promiscuity. In J.C. Hawley (Ed.) LGBTQ America Today (pp.937-938). Westport: Greenwood Press.
Accepted or In Press Contributions to a Collective Work
Bisexual People. In the Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality & Gender. London: Oxford Press, 2013.
Bisexuality Roundtable. In Please Stand Bi. Berkeley, California: Green Candy Press.
The Marginalization of Monogamous Bisexual Women. In Please Stand Bi. Berkeley, California: Green Candy Press.
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