Advisory Fellows
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Brian Jenkins, M. Math, Director, International Institute for Family Research in Toronto |
 Jackie Orsetto is Course Instructor and Research Co-ordinator, Department of Sociology, Trent University. Her research falls under the vast realm of masculinity studies and health, with particular interest in the dynamic interplay of the social construction of gender and morphological manipulation. Her work began with an exploration of the psychological ‘disorder’ muscle dysmorphia and has reframed this as a sociological exploration of the connection between masculinity and muscularity. |
 Lionel Tiger, Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University and co-Research Director of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation |
 William Breen is an economic geologist whose work centres on exploration projects in Northern Saskatchewan. His other areas of professional expertise include commercial aviation, and firefighting/EMS. He was a founding member of the Brandon University Men’s Collective, an on-campus advocacy group, focusing on male-related issues. |
 Warren Farrell has been chosen by the Financial Times as one of the world’s top 100 thought leaders. His books are published in 15 languages. They include two award-winning international best-sellers, Why Men Are The Way They Are plus The Myth of Male Power. Dr. Farrell has appeared on more than 1,000 TV shows, from Oprah to Larry King Live and Today show. He has been featured repeatedly in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Warren is currently co-authoring with John Gray a book to be called Boys to Men. He is chair of the Commission to Create a White House Council on Boys and Men. |
 Nicolas Fleet is a veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy (HMCS Calgary) and a graduate from the University of Ottawa (B. Economics and Statistics). He lives in Ottawa and enjoys Pink Floyd, chess, game theory, labour economics, and discussions towards the pursuit of equality and civil liberties. |
 Miles Groth, PhD, is co-founding editor of Thymos: Journal of Boyhood Studies and founding editor of New Male Studies: An International Journal. He is full professor in the Department of Psychology at Wagner College, in New York City, where he has a private practice in psychotherapy. For many years, he has been involved in issues concerned with boys’ and men’s lives. He has spoken on the topic in Australia, Canada and the United States, and is a consultant to numerous organizations working toward the improvement of young men’s lives. Eight years ago he identified college and university centers for men as a crucial element in supporting coming generations of boys and men, sons and fathers. He is the co-editor of Engaging College Males: Discovering What Works and Why. Currently he teaches the only undergraduate course in the United States on the psychology of boys and men, and with colleagues in Canada and Australia is developing curricula for the first graduate programs in male studies. |
 Fred Litwin speaks and writes frequently on boys issues, suicide and education. He is the Founder and President of the Free Thinking Film Society of Ottawa, an organization that provides an outlet for filmmakers and moviegoers alike who are looking for an alternative to the ‘alternative’. The Free Thinking Film Society celebrates the efforts of risk-taking documentarians whose work espouses the values of limited, democratic government, free market economies, equality of opportunity rather than equality of result, and the dignity of the individual, all underscored by a healthy and patriotic respect for Western culture and traditions. To date, the organization has shown over 60 films, brought in several speakers and has organized two film festivals. Mr. Litwin is also the Founder and President of NorthernBlues Music – a cutting edge blues label which has released over 65 CDs since its start in 2001. |
 Heidi Nabert co-hosts the Divorced Dad podcast DADcast, is the co-founder and president of the National Shared Parenting Association and Director of fathers’ Resources International. She has been interviewed by the National Post, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and speaks regularly on families, children and divorce. |
 Danny Guspie is Executive Director of Fathers Resources International. He has worked over the last 20 years as a national divorce-reform activist / educator, counselor, coach and law clerk, helping fathers secure justice for their children. |
 Edward Sullivan is a McMaster University Software Engineering and Management student with additional interests in languages and sociology. Since he can remember he’s taken an interest in social issues, with a focus on gender equity. For the last several years he’s been active in debate and advocacy regarding men’s issues, and today his primary projects are his work with CAFE and his own site dedicated towards raising consciousness of these issues. |
 James Brown, M.A., M.ed, Ed.D., is a parent, an educator, a researcher and a writer. He has five children and nine grandchildren. He has written several books on the history of education. His most recent writings deal with the issue of equality in the education system, including his book “Rescuing our Underachieving Sons: Raising the Aspirations of Underachieving Boys.” He currently serves as an advisor to several school boards in Ontario with the goal of helping underachieving boys to succeed to the maximum of their potential. |
 Janice Fiamengo is an author, editor, and Professor of English at the University of Ottawa. |
 Ruben Avila served in Her Majesty’s Canadian Forces. He was posted to Canadian Forces Bases St. Jean and Gagetown, during which time Ruben has been a key leader in equity employment and Queer visibility by advocating, and organizing Canadian Forces participation in multiple gay Pride parades including Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Moncton. He also specializes in the areas of Canadian Forces equity employment, military law, grievances, and harassment policies. Ruben is a first year Masters in Education student in Humanities, Social Justice and Education with a specialty in Sexual Diversity Studies. Ruben is currently researching sexuality in the Canadian Forces from a male and masculinities perspective. |