Dr. Roberta Timothy
Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioural Health Science, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Health, Anti-colonial, Anti-oppression, Feminism, Social justice, Access to health, Anti-oppression psychotherapy, Health from intersectional perspective, Health equity
Media
Was Masai Ujiri a victim of racial profiling?
Global News, June 25, 2019Television
URL: https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/1557578307912/?jwsource=cl
Professor Roberta Timothy argues that Masai Ujiri was a victim of racial profiling following Game 6 of the NBA Finals
Living and breathing while Black: Racial profiling and other acts of violence
The Conversation Canada, June 12, 2019Online
Recently, Shelby McPhee, a young Black male graduate student presenting at the largest Canadian academic gathering, the 88th annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, hosted by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and held at the University of British Columbia, was stopped by two white delegates and accused of stealing a laptop. He was photographed and followed. Congress volunteers called the police; both UBC campus police and the RCMP arrived on the scene.
9 ways racism impacts maternal health
The Conversation Canada, May 8, 2019Online
URL: https://theconversation.com/9-ways-racism-impacts-maternal-health-111319
As we celebrate our moms and mommies this Mother’s Day, let us not forget that for some, motherhood is not an enjoyed privilege. For many Black, Indigenous and racialized women in Turtle Island (North America) and globally — motherhood is a fight for life.
What is intersectionality? All of who I am
The Conversation Canada, March 7, 2019Online
URL: https://theconversation.com/what-is-intersectionality-all-of-who-i-am-105639
Last year at the Golden Globes, many Hollywood actors got on stage in an act of unity for #TimesUp and #MeToo. Together they wore black and, in an attempt to bring together a diverse range of women, used the word “intersectionality.”
Biography
Dr. Roberta Timothy has worked utilizing anti-oppression approaches as a researcher, trainer, group facilitator, therapist, community organizer, professor, and clinical supervisor in community and educational settings, and in private practice. Her areas of interest include the practice, research, and knowledge translation of Anti-Oppression Psychotherapy, critical expressive arts therapy, inclusive qualitative research, trauma and transgenerational violence; work culture and organizational change, Anti- Oppression/colonial political economy, Resistance Education, and Creative Resistance. Timothy holds a B.A. in Political Sciences, Sociology, and International Justice and Human Rights; two Masters in Political Sciences and Counselling Psychology, and a Doctorate in Adult Education, Community Development, and Gender Studies. She also did a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship in the Counselling Psychology department at the University of Toronto.
Timothy's research interests include: Anti-Oppression Psychotherapy; critical expressive arts therapy; trauma and transgenerational violence; work culture and organizational change; Anti-Opression/colonial political economy; Resistance Education, and Creative Resistance.