Sepali Guruge, RN, BScN, M.Sc., PhD is an Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Ryerson University. Sepali’s nursing experience includes practice, teaching, research and consultation; her teaching and research interests are in the areas of women’s health, immigrants’ health, mental health and violence against women throughout the migration process. She obtained her education in Sri Lanka, in the former Soviet Union and in Canada.

Enid Collins, RN, MS, M.Ed., EdD., Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, Ryerson University, completed her registered nurse diploma at the Kingston Public Hospital School of Nursing in Jamaica and her doctoral work in sociology and equity studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Her work in nursing leadership, practice and education includes maternal child health nursing, community health nursing, women’s health and transcultural health.