Tracy Moniz

Tracy Moniz

Degrees & Institutions

PhD, Communication and Culture, York University and Ryerson University

MA, Journalism, University of Western Ontario

BA (Hons), English Literature, Professional Writing & Communication, French Studies, University of Toronto

Recent Courses:

WRI203H5 Expressive Writing

WRI320H5 History and Writing

WRI390H5 Independent Studies

WRI430H5 Journalistic Investigation

Selected Publications and Presentations:

Moniz, Tracy, et al., eds. Writing History: A Collection by New Writers. 3rd ed. Toronto: Life Rattle Press. [Forthcoming 2013] 

Moniz, Tracy. Women in the Margins: Media Representations of Women’s Labour in the Canadian Press, 1939-1945. Diss. York University and Ryerson University, 2012.

Moniz, Tracy, and Patricia Mazepa. “Comparative Media Representations of Women’s Labour in the Toronto Press, 1939-1945.” Presentation. Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Congress, 2011.  

Byerly, Carolyn M. “Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media.” International Women's Media Foundation. Washington, D.C., 2011. [Cited as a local researcher in this Report]

Moniz, Tracy. “Chapter Five: Selections from the ‘Cloning Project.’” Communicating Science: A Collection by New Writers. 2nd ed. Ed. Guy Allen. Toronto: Life Rattle Press, 2004.

Research Interests:

I am interested in stories and storytellers, and I pursue this interest in different contexts. I engage with questions of how gender ideology imprints itself on news discourse—past, present and particularly in times of armed conflict, how a sense of story enables us to make meaning of our experiences and those of others, and how cultivating narrative competence leads to more respectful and empathic medical care.  

Research Areas:

  • Gender and Media
  • Journalism History and Practice
  • Writing Practice and Pedagogy
  • Narrative Medicine
  • Creative non-fiction prose
  • Professional Communication
  • Writing about History