International Women’s Day – SFU experts available

March 8th is International Women’s Day, which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women while acknowledging that progress needs to continue on the existing issues facing women around the world. 

SFU experts are available to speak to the various issues and the ongoing work to create a more fair and just society for all.  

AVAILABLE SFU EXPERTS

NATALYA ALONSO, assistant professor, Beedie School of Business                      
natalya_alonso@sfu.ca                     

• Creating more inclusive workplaces, fighting gender bias, key barriers to women's advancement, new directions in research on women at work

JEN MARCHBANK, professor, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies                 
jmarchba@sfu.ca

• Violence against women and queer folx, LGBTQ2SIA+ activism, the gender pay gap continuing in Canada and reproductive rights
  

AMANDA WATSON, senior lecturer, sociology & anthropology 
adwatson@sfu.ca

• Motherhood, unpaid labour, emotional labour, mental load, parent stress including topics covered in her book The Juggling Mother: Coming Undone in the Age of Anxiety

CONTACT 

MELISSA SHAW, SFU  Communications & Marketing 
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca 

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