Awards:
- “Rusty Shteir Award” established by The Linden School, Toronto, 2007: “Awarded to a student who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to the life of the school over many years.”
Service:
- Co-Chair, Board of Trustees, The Linden School, Toronto, 2001-05
- Member, Board of Trustees, The Linden School, Toronto, 1996-2012
- Humanities 2720 Reading Group, 1988-present
Invited Presentations:
- “Flora, the Roman Goddess of Flowers, and Her Legacies,” Lyceum Club, Melbourne, Australia, October 2012
- Toronto Public Library Great Books Lecture Series: “Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland, June 2012; Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, June 2011
- “Flora Anglica: 18th-Century Cultures of Flowers,” Gardiner Ceramic Museum, Toronto, November 2010
- “Women and Science Writing: History/Herstory,” Canadian Association for Women in Science, Toronto 1988
- “Botany Books and Women,” Women’s Worlds Series, Faculty of Arts, York University, 1987
- “Historical Perspectives on Feminism,” Status of Women Group, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, 1983
- “The 1790s: Revolution, Romanticism, and Reaction,” 18th-Century Day, Atkinson College, 1983
- “The History of Women and British Botany – A Feminist Topic,” 21 McGill Street, 1983
- “Feminism – Waves and Stages,” York Region Women Teachers Association, 1982
- “Mary Wollstonecraft: Feminist Hero,” York Region History Conference, York University, 1982
- “Sexual Harassment and Universities,” Canadian Psychological Association, 1981
- “Higher Education for Mature Women,” Women and Education conference, Atkinson College, 1980
- “A Voice of Our Own: Short Stories by Alice Munro,” Insight 80, York University, 1980
- “Women and Universities,” Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity, Toronto, 1977
- “Priscilla Wakefield: Quaker Botanist and Educator,” York Public Lecture Series, 1977
- “Women and Literature” course, S.E.E.D. School, 1977-78
