Education

PhD, McMaster University, Sociology

MSc, University of Toronto, Public Health Sciences

BA, McMaster University, Gerontology and Sociology

                  


Dr. Ellie Berger is a Professor, Gerontologist, and Consultant. Her expertise is in aging, gender, the labour market, ageism, sexism, retirement, workplace transitions, and work-family balance. She is the author of Ageism at Work: Deconstructing Age and Gender in the Discriminating Labour Market.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission, legal professionals, and older workers have retained Dr. Berger as an expert witness in ageism. She has also used her expertise to advise Statistics Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, the Forum of Labour Market Ministers, the National Seniors Council, and the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Dr. Berger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Nipissing University and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Aging & Society at McMaster University. She is also an Associate Member of the Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging at McMaster University. She is the former Chair of the Social Policy and Practice Division of the Canadian Association on Gerontology and the former Leader of the Aging and Paid Work Thematic Committee, part of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster.

Further, Dr. Berger is a member of numerous organizations including the Canadian Association on Gerontology, the Gerontological Society of America, the Canadian Sociological Association, Ontario Interdisciplinary Council for Aging and Health, Council of Ontario Universities, the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly, and the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health.