Service
Adjudication Committees
2019
Judge, Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History, PEN America (appointed)
2003-2006
Member, John Porter Book Prize Committee, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (renamed Canadian Sociological Association) (appointed)
2015
Member, Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme Committee (appointed)
2004-2007
Member, Status of Women Canada External Committee to the Policy Research Fund, Ministry of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada (appointed)
2003, 2001, 2000
Chair & Member, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Selection Panel, Sociology (appointed)
2001-present
Member, Canada Research Chair, College of Reviewers, Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada (appointed)
2013, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2000, 1998
Assessor, Grant Application, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Insight Grant Competition and Standard Research Grant Competition
Book Manuscript/Prospectus Referee
Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme
Canadian Scholar’s Press
Harcourt Brace
Oxford University Press
McGraw Hill Ryerson
Pearson Educational
Thomson/Nelson Canada
University of British Columbia Press
University of Toronto Press
Journal Referee
ACME: International Journal for Critical Geographies
Atlantis
B.C. Studies
Canadian Ethnic Studies
Canadian Historical Review
Canadian Journal of History
Canadian Journal on Aging
Canadian Public Policy
Canadian Review of Sociology, formerly Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
Histoire Sociale/Social History
Journal of Academic Ethics
Journal of Canadian Studies
Journal of Political and Military Sociology
Journal of Women’s History
Journal of Religious Studies
Journal of Sociology & Anthropology
Labour/Le Travail
Mosaic Journal
Oral History Forum
Rethinking History
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Sociological Forum
Leadership
Dean, Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University
Chair, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University
President, Canadian Sociological Association
Undergraduate Chair, Department of Sociology, McMaster University
CSA President, 2007-08 (Past-President, 2008-09 and President-Elect, 2006-07)
Executive Lead, Congress/Annual Meeting of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Professional Development
2021
Oxford’s Women’s Leadership Development Programme, University of Oxford, England, UK, Said Business School
2018
Women in Education Leadership | Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
2017
Advancement for Academics | The Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE), Toronto, ON
2017
National Women's Leadership Forum | American Council on Leadership (ACE) Dulles, Washington, USA
2017
Development for Deans and Academic Leaders Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Fort Myers, FL
2016
Centre for Higher Education Research and Development (CHERD) Senior University Administrators’ Course University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
2015-2016
Provost's Leadership Program | Inaugural program Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Board Memerships
2018-Present
Member, Board of Directors, Atkinson Foundation.
Member, Nominations Committee, Atkinson Foundation (Since 2019).
2017-Present
Member, Board of Directors, Pathways to Education Canada.
Member, Human Resources and Compensation Committee, Pathways to Education Canada (2017-18).
Member, Innovation and Impact Committee, Pathways to Education Canada (2017-Present).
2015
Individual Member, National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC).
2014-Present
Member, Editorial Board, Oral History Forum
2007-2011
Director, National Executive Board, National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) (appointed in 2007, elected in 2008, 2010).