The Forced Sterilization and Coerced Contraception of Indigenous and Migrant Women from Canada, Indonesia, and Peru: Research for Healing and Action

Dr. Denise Spitzer

A critical feminist anthropologist, Denise L. Spitzer PhD is a Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta and an Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa, where, from 2005-2015, she was the Canada Research Chair in Gender, Migration and Health and a Principal Scientist in the Institute of Population Health. Engaging in participatory research with migrant communities around the world, Dr. Spitzer is interested in examining how global processes, mediated through intersectionality, are implicated in health and wellbeing.