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A bestselling author and a former parenting columnist for both CBC Radio and THE TORONTO STAR, Ann has been called "Canada's most trusted parenting writer." And now, with the release of a brand new book, she's turning her attention to midlife.
menopause, menopause transition, menopause at work, menopause in the workplace, menopause and workplace policies, menopause coaching
Professor Hyshka is a health services and policy researcher focused on reducing the health, social, and economic costs of substance misuse.
Comparative Welfare States , Social and Family Policy, Gender and Public Policy, Ideas, Norms, and Policy Development, Federalism, Law, and Public Policy
I've published op-eds in The Globe and Mail, Inside Higher Ed, the Hill Times, the Chronicle Herald, and, as co-author, The Calgary Herald and the Globe and Mail, mostly on higher education and research. I've also published four pieces for The Conversation (one co-authored) as a scholar in Health Humanities.
