Dr. Doreen Fumia
Areas of Expertise
anti-poverty organizing; precarious employment; lesbians & aging; equity in education
Research
Dr. Fumia鈥檚 career was notable for her commitment to combining her scholarship with her activism. She taught, conducted research and was active in community organizing in pursuit of equity issues. As a long-time Co-chair of the community council at the Triangle Program, a TDSB publicly funded school program for LGBTT2SQ+, the former Jack Layton Chair (Ryerson), the RFA Equity Issues Chair and VP internal and the Co-Chair on the Equity Committee at the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), Dr. Fumia worked to make education a more diverse and hospitable experience for students, staff and faculty. Her recent research projects include using photography (photovoice) as a way to tell stories of aging lesbians and those living in rural communities.
Selected Publications
Fumia, D. 2014. 鈥淚ntellectual Debates, Testimonials, and Changing Social Values: Same-Sex Marriage in Canada鈥� in Canadian Families (pp. 208-226), edited by D. Cheal and P. Albanese. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.
Fumia, D. 2012. 鈥淒esiring and Doing Equity: The Triangle Program for LGBTIQ2S鈥� in (PDF file) Beyond the Queer Alphabet: Conversations on Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality (opens in new window) , edited by M. Smith and F. Jaffer. Teaching Equity Matters e-book series.
Fumia, D. 2012. LGBT Women and Aging. G-Scene Magazine (Brighton, UK).
Fumia, D. 2011. Filling the Gaps Through Story telling: Human Geography and Social Belonging. Anti-Poverty Community Organizing and Learning Project Newsletter 3(1).
Fumia, D. 2011. 鈥淟esbians鈥� in , edited by M. Zeiss Stange, C.K. Oyster and J.E. Sloan. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Fumia, D. 2009. Ethnologies 32(2): 257-289.
Fumia, D. 2009. 鈥溾�橧 Do鈥� Belong in Canada: Same Sex Relationships and Marriage鈥� in Canadian Families Today, 2nd ed. (pp. 167- 182), edited by D. Cheal. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.
Fumia, D. 2009. 鈥淟esbian Mothering鈥� in , edited by A. O鈥橰eilly. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Bhandar, D., D. Fumia and Z. Newman (eds.). 2008. Special Issue: Decolonizing Spaces. Resources for Feminist Research/Documentation sur la Recherch茅, Volume 33(1/2).
Dehli, K. and D. Fumia. 2008. 鈥溾�� in Learning through Community: Exploring Participatory Practices (pp. 143-168), edited by K. Church, N. Bascia and E. Shragge. Dordrecht, NL: Springer.