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In this section you can read about my education, professional interests and accomplishments and some personal data, among other things.
B.A (1970) and M.A. in English Literature (1971) M.A in Psychology (1975) and Ph.D in Psychology (1983)
Novelist, columnist, screenwriter: clinical psychologist
Worked at Lakeshore Psychiatric, Clarke Research Institute, taught at University of Toronto and York University, private practice 1985-2001
IMPACT a full-length feature film script featuring two women cell mates who are temporarily paroled through a government program termed I.M.P.A.C.T. (optioned)
Too Close to the Falls optioned for movie in 2000, director Eli Cohen, Producer Jon Slan. (under development)
Monthly columnist for Chatelaine Magazine
Psychological advice column entitled, "For the asking...Dr. Gildiner" 1995-present.
Humorous essays published in The Globe and Mail
• "One Of A Kind", August 7, 2004.
• "Tramping through Midlife", July, 2004
• "Unreal Estate", January 30, 1991, horror of house hunt
• "Father Knows Best Say My Three Sons", May 1, 1991, children describe their mother (me) in an experiment • "Annex Nervosa", August 3, 1991, hell of renovation
• "The Terror of Living With Teens", November 6, 1992, Why does no one prepare you for life with teenagers? • "The Book of Common Fare", June 7, 1994, Woman lands from Mars to learn the language and its meaning at earthling family dinner.
• "How I Survived 18 Festivals and Lived to Tell the Tale," September 10, 1994, filmgoers view of Toronto Film festival's organization, and the film critics
• "Heads Up, Good Samaritans", April 9, 1997, Look at God in an Ikea parking lot
• Spectator piece, "Selling a Memoir", December 14, 1999, Book tour in a Buffalo Ghetto
• "Publish and Perish", in press, what can go wrong at a book launch
• "Book Tours", December 14, 1999
Humorous articles in Reader's Digest
• "Facing a Midlife Crisis", April, 2000, my visit to a plastic surgeon "Horns a Plenty" The elk in Banff, April, 2001
Social commentary in The Globe and Mail
• "Banning books at the Library" May 6, 1993, censorship and political correctness
• "We've Lost our Homing Instincts" January 5, 2000, an expose on the loss of domestic space, particularly family dinner
• "My favourite Book" October 7, 2000
Book reviews in The Globe and Mail
• Charles Darwin's Letters, June 1996
• Seeing through Places: Reflections on Geography and Identity by Mary Gordon, February 2000
• Black, White and Jewish, by Rebecca Walker, Feb 2001
• The Girl Without Anyone by Kelli Deeth, July 2001
• Beyond Crazy: Journeys Through Mental Illness by Julia Nunes and Scott Simmie, Nov. 2002
Sports and Geography
• "To Be oar not to be", a humorous article about my women's master's rowing team, October, Aviron Magazine.
• "A chilly 50", in press, a humorous look at trying to keep up in the windsurfing world. CBC reading May 30, 2000
• "Niagara Falls" Canadian Geographic, April 2000
I have written 21 scripts for Ideas, a C.B.C. radio show. I list only highlights.
• "Twins" 2 hour presentation
• "Intelligence" 2 hour presentation
• "Speciation: how we've evolved"
• "Freud: The mind of a man"
• "Biology vs. Destiny"
• Western New York high jump champion, 1963
• Scholarship to Oxford 1972
• Volunteer for Battered Women's shelter — founding board member and fundraiser — opened 20- room facility
• Over 55 media appearances to promote Masters Rowing team - racing team 1995-present
• Married nearly 30 Years - 3 children (Is that an interest or an accomplishment?)
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