Position: Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus

Office:
University of Manitoba
Department of Family Social Sciences
220 Human Ecology Building
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

Phone No.: (204) 474-9225

Fax No.: (204) 474-7592

E-mail: ruth.berry@ad.umanitoba.ca

Education:

1981 Ph.D. Purdue University
1967 M.S. The Pennsylvania State University
1965 Certificate in Education - University of British Columbia
1963 B.H.E. University of British Columbia

Areas of Specialization:

• Family economic behaviour
• Financial counselling
• Personal/consumer Bankruptcy
• Value of household and farm work

Selected Publications:

Berry, R. E. (2009). Risky Business: Payday Loans and their Impact on Consumer Bankruptcy in Canada. Proceedings, Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference, Banff AB February 13.
 
Duncan, K.A., Pettigrew, R. and Berry, R.E. (2008). Juggling with One Hand: Managing Work-Family Balance as a Single Parent.  Presented at the 4th Symposium on Population, Work and Family Policy Research, Human Resources and Human Development Canada, Gatineau, QC December 10.
 
Berry, R.E. (2008). Payday Loans in Canadian Consumer Bankruptcy. Presented to the Registrar’s Conference, Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, Ottawa, ON  November 25.
 
Berry, R.E. and Duncan, K.A. (2008). Payday Loans: Easy Credit or Road to Bankruptcy? Presented at the Research Sessions, Congress of the International Federation for Home Economics, Lucerne, Switzerland, July. [Abstract]. IFHE Abstract Book, Research Papers: XXI World Congress (p. 5). Bonn, Germany: International Federation for Home Economics.

Duncan, K.A., Pettigrew, R., & Berry, R.E. (2008). Work-family balance: Do work arrangements matter? [Abstract]. IFHE Abstract Book, Research Papers: XXI World Congress (p. 5). Bonn, Germany: International Federation for Home Economics.

Pettigrew, R., Duncan, K.A. and Berry, R.E. (2008). A Longer Term View of Time Crunch: Thirteen Years of Canadian Family Time Use. Presented at the Research Sessions, Congress of the International Federation for Home Economics, Lucerne, Switzerland, July. [Abstract]. IFHE Abstract Book, Research Papers: XXI World Congress (p. 69). Bonn, Germany: International Federation for Home Economics.

Berry, R.E. & Fraehlich, C. (2003). "Financial Concerns of Women who Gamble: Insight for Financial Counsellors". Proceedings of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education, Savannah, GA pp. 109-116.

Berry, R.E., Fraehlich, C. & Toderian, S. (2002). Northwestern Ontario Women's Experiences of Gambling and Problem Gambling. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba.