Equality
Expert on positive father involvement
Killam Prize to Benoit
The Ring
Researcher awarded for reducing inequity
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Jessica Ball is available to media in advance of Father’s Day (June 20) to discuss her new study about fathers’ involvement in childcare and housework during the
pandemic.
Cecilia Benoit, a scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) and professor emerita with the Department of Sociology, has been awarded the 2020 Killam
Prize in Social Sciences from the Canada Council for the Arts
From advocating for the recognition of Indigenous and non-Indigenous midwives, to working with street-involved youth, to empowering sex workers to become their own health
advocates, sociologist Cecilia Benoit has made vital contributions to the advancement of class, race and gender equality in Canada. CISUR scientist and sociology professor emerita at UVic has
been awarded the 2020 Killam Prize in Social Sciences.