Sepali Guruge
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Nursing
Professor
Faculty of Community Services
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing
Toronto, Ontario
sguruge@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 554964
Expert In
Aging
Care delivery
Community and mental health
Community-based health research
COVID-19 and relational care/long-term care homes
COVID-19 social distancing challenges for immigrant families
Diversity and equity
Elder abuse prevention
Health and well-being
Health treatments and interventions
Immigrant, urban, and global health
Intimate partner violence
Justice, equity and society
Mental health stigma in immigrant communities
Newcomer settlement and integration
Process innovation
Sir Lankan women in Canada
Social justice
Urban innovation
Bio/Research
Dr. Sepali Guruge obtained her education in Sri Lanka, the former Soviet Union, and Canada. She focused her doctoral dissertation in Nursing at the University of Toronto on the influence of gender, racial, social, and economic inequalities on the production of and responses to intimate male partn...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Sepali Guruge obtained her education in Sri Lanka, the former Soviet Union, and Canada. She focused her doctoral dissertation in Nursing at the University of Toronto on the influence of gender, racial, social, and economic inequalities on the production of and responses to intimate male partner violence in the post-migration context. Her post-doctoral work at the University of Western Ontario examined the effects of intimate partner violence on women’s health. Both her doctoral and post-doctoral studies were supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowships.
Using various approaches, including social determinants of health, ecosystemic frameworks, and feminist theoretical perspectives, Dr. Guruge conducts research on immigrant women’s health. Within this broader program of research, she has investigated a range of key health concerns, including aging, elder abuse, mental health, HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular health, tuberculosis, and interpersonal violence, in the context of the health inequities resulting from socio-economic marginalization, limited access to healthcare, education, employment, and language training, housing insecurity, unsafe neighbourhoods, racism and discrimination In particular, she examines violence against women throughout the migration process (i.e., pre-migration, border-crossing, and post-migration contexts). She also co-leads the Nursing Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Dr. Guruge’s nursing experience includes practice, teaching, research, and consultation at several major hospitals in Toronto. Her teaching interests include women’s health, mental health, diversity and equity issues, global health, and qualitative research methods. She currently teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs and supervises graduate students in Nursing and Immigration and Settlement Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson).
Dr. Guruge has published in nursing and interdisciplinary refereed journals and books and presented papers and posters at national and international conferences. She is also co-editor (along with Dr. Enid Collins) of the book, Working with Immigrant Women: Issues and Strategies for Mental Health Professionals (published by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, 2008).
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Using various approaches, including social determinants of health, ecosystemic frameworks, and feminist theoretical perspectives, Dr. Guruge conducts research on immigrant women’s health. Within this broader program of research, she has investigated a range of key health concerns, including aging, elder abuse, mental health, HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular health, tuberculosis, and interpersonal violence, in the context of the health inequities resulting from socio-economic marginalization, limited access to healthcare, education, employment, and language training, housing insecurity, unsafe neighbourhoods, racism and discrimination In particular, she examines violence against women throughout the migration process (i.e., pre-migration, border-crossing, and post-migration contexts). She also co-leads the Nursing Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Dr. Guruge’s nursing experience includes practice, teaching, research, and consultation at several major hospitals in Toronto. Her teaching interests include women’s health, mental health, diversity and equity issues, global health, and qualitative research methods. She currently teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs and supervises graduate students in Nursing and Immigration and Settlement Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson).
Dr. Guruge has published in nursing and interdisciplinary refereed journals and books and presented papers and posters at national and international conferences. She is also co-editor (along with Dr. Enid Collins) of the book, Working with Immigrant Women: Issues and Strategies for Mental Health Professionals (published by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, 2008).
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