Treena Orchard, PhD

Books

• Orchard, T. (2024). Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture & the Darker Side of Dating Apps, University of Toronto Press.
• Dewey, S., Zhang, T. & Orchard, T. (2016). Sex workers and Criminalization in North America and China: Ethical and Legal Issues in Exclusionary Regimes, NYC: Springer Press.
• Orchard, T. (2017). Remembering the Body: Ethical Issues in Body Mapping Research. NYC: Springer Press (Springer Briefs in Anthropology- Anthropology and Ethics).

Chapters and Reports

• Martin, W., Orchard, T. (2023). Age-Hypogamy Qualitative Research - Primary Sources.
• Orchard, T. (2022). Virtual Sexual Identities: Embodied Aspirations, Tensions, and Lessons from the Bumble Dating App, (Invited) in The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sexuality and Culture, Ed, E. Rees, 65-75.
• Orchard, T. (2022). Neither Crone nor Cougar: Navigating Intimacy & Ageism on Dating Apps, In Gender, Sex and Tech!: An Intersectional Feminist Guide, Jill Fellows & Lisa Smith, Eds. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, 86-100.
• Dewey, S. & Orchard, T. (2022). Reconfiguring Sexuality and Stigma: Perspectives of North American Women in Street-Based Sex Work, IN Reconfiguring Stigma in Studies of Sex for Sale, J. Bjønness, M. Skilbrei and L. Nencel, Eds. NYC: Routledge, 139-153.
• Boydell, K. & Orchard, T. (2020). Concluding Remarks - Remembering the Body. In Boydell K.M. (ed). Applying Body Mapping in Research . London: Taylor and Francis, 123-129.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Orchard, T., Yates, J., Davidson, C., Burke, S, & Mantler, T (2025). “You’re pouring from an empty bucket”: Exploring how mothers navigated self-care, caregiving, and uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic, Submitted to Critical Public Health.
• Naji, M., Mehrabi, A., Aghababaei, E. & Orchard, T. (2025). Using Body Maps to Explore Gender, Subjectivity, and Resilience Among Afghan Immigrant Women in Iran, Art & Health, accepted (revisions underway).
• Orchard, T. (2025). Northern Star Barbie: The Arctic, Anthropology, and Autoethnography, Feminist Theory. https://feministtheoryjournal.com/the-cultural-politics-of-greta-gerwigs-barbie-blog-posts/
• Mantler, T., Burke, S. M., Davidson, C. A., Yates, J., & Orchard, T. (2024). “Being able to get through without too many scars”: Joy, adaptation, and agency in the resilience narratives of primary caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discover Public Health, 21(183) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12982-024-00303-w
• Yates, J.; Burke; S., Orchard, T. & Mantler, T. (2024). The Resilience and Socioeconomic Status of Caregivers and School-Aged Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Family Journal, 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807241232480
• Orchard, T. (2023). “It can be very easy to feel uncomfortable”: Socio-spatial constructions of campus safety among university students and administrators. Emotion, Space & Society, Vol. 49,
  https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1heUc6F9IFf4z1
• Shepherd, R. & Orchard, T. (2022). ”We cause a ruckus”: Exploring How Indigenous Youth Navigate the Challenges of Community Engagement and Leadership. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 19, 9542.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159542
• Orchard. T. & Sangaraganesan, D.M. (2022). “This Isn’t Just a Research Project”: Exploring the Links Between Slang and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Among University Students in a Canadian City, Sex Education, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681811.2022.2108780
• Orchard, T., Salter, K., Bunch, M. & Benoit, C. (2021). Money, Agency, and Self- Care Among Cisgender and Trans Sex Workers in a Canadian City, Social Sciences, 10(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10010006
• Orchard, T.  (2020). Body Mapping: Visual Research & Transformative Human Experience, Revista Mundau-Religion, Health and Corporealities, 7:161-168.
• Orchard, T., Murie, A., Salter, K., Elash, H., Middleton, C., Bunch, M., & Benoit, C. (2019). Balance, Capacity, and The Contingencies of Everyday Life: Narrative Etiologies of Health Among Women in Street-Based Sex Work, Qualitative Health Research, 30(4): 518-529. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319855967

Visit Google Scholar for a comprehensive list of publications.

• Orchard, T. (PI), Mantler, T. and Burke, S (Co-Investigators). Surviving or Thriving?: Exploring how Children & Caregivers in Ontario Cultivate Resilience in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Science & Humanities Council of Canada- Insight Development Grant. 2022-2024 ($56, 314)
• McKinley, G.  (PI), Orchard, T. and six other applicants from Western University & Whitefish River First Nation (Co-Investigators). It Takes a Village: Social Inclusion, Support and Purpose as a means of Supporting Individuals engaged in Substance Misuse in a Rural First Nation in Ontario, Canada.  Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse, Ontario. 2019-20202 ($34,620).
• Orchard, T. “Beauty”, “Chill Broad”, and “Wifey”: Exploring Sexual Terminologies at Western. Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada Explore Grant-UWO. 2019-2020 ($6990).
• Matheson, K. (Carleton University), Orchard, T. and twenty other collaborators from Indigenous Studies, Nursing, Neuroscience, Psychology, Sociology, Digital Media, Art & Design, Medicine. Youth Futures: Bringing Together Indigenous and Western Approaches to Promote Youth Resilience and Prosperity in First Nations Communities. Social Science and Humanities Council of Canada. 2017-2024 (2,500,000).

Women’s Sexuality After Spinal Cord Injury

• Merna, Selma (2020-  ). PhD Rehabilitation Sciences.

Gender, Work, and Social Inequalities for Filipino Women Caregivers in Ontario

• Bobadilla, Andrea (2013- ). PhD Rehabilitation Sciences.

Sexuality, Identity, and Governance Among Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

• Cox, Vanessa (2013- ).  PhD Rehabilitation Sciences.

The Impact of Covid-19 on Intimate Relationships

• Mishele Kaplan, Mishele (2021-  ). MSc Health & Rehabilitation Studies

Male Survivors of Female Perpetrated Violence

• Borsato, Xavier (2019-2021). MSc Health & Rehabilitation Studies

Mental Health Experiences Among African, Caribbean & Black Youth in London, Ontario

• Yosieph, Lily (2017-2021). MSc Health & Rehabilitation Studies

Visit Scholarship@Western for a list of completed student theses and dissertations in the repository.

• Department of Women's Studies
• Women's Studies and Feminist Research

Contributed Content

• Orchard, T. & Martin, W.  Age gap relationships between Millennial women and Gen Z men are on the rise, invited article in The Conversation. (July. 31, 2024). (The most read article published on The Conversation Canada in 2024)
• Orchard, T. (July 23, 2024). Online Dating is Out. Real-Life Romance is In. Apps have gamified meeting and mating. Canadians should log off to find love, Macleans Magazine.
• Orchard, T. (May 15, 2024). Swipe right or left? How dating apps are impacting modern masculinity, Invited article in The Conversation.
• Martin, W. & Orchard, T. (Nov. 16, 2023). America's Relationship Revolution Women in midlife and beyond are a thing. Here’s why, Psychology Today.
• Orchard, T. & Chamberlain, E. (Oct. 4, 2023). Are We Dating The Same Guy? Online groups toe the line between protecting women and defaming men, The Conversation.
• Orchard, T. & Thompson, R. (Oct. 17, 2022). Powerful
  women heading up dating apps are framed as young and sexy, The Conversation.
• Orchard, T. Walking in each other’s shoes, Be Yourself (June 27, 2022)
• Orchard, T. More groan than groove: The Sex & the City reboot doesn’t work & why it matters, The Conversation (Dec. 22, 2021)
• Orchard, T.  Western University and other schools should cancel frosh week to stop rape culture, The Conversation (September 19, 2021)
• Orchard, T.  From Hot Girl To Gone Girl: Five Dating Takeaways From Summer 2021, Your Tango (Sept. 2, 2021)
• Orchard, T. & Burke, S. On Zoom, men like custom backgrounds but don't like feeling watched-and judged - which women are used to, The Conversation (Dec. 1, 2020)

• The Social TV Show (August 2024)
• The Current - Mark Kelley host, co-guest with Dr. Kathryn Cudoto (Boston University) (July 2024)
• Global TV Morning Show with Jennifer Palma (May 2024)
• Breakfast Television
• Sex, Love & Science Podcast (Australian) with Lauren Muratore
• Interviewed by Allison Devereaux of CBC London about the Facebook group “Are
  We Dating the Same Guy, London, Ontario”, where we talked about dating apps,
  safety, and my forthcoming book  (August 17,2023).
• Interviewed by Cara Nickerson of CBC London about my testimony in the case of 7-
  11 applying for a licence to serve alcohol at a location near Western University (Apr. 26, 2023)
• Featured in The Today Show online story by Perri Ormont Blumberg, The 21 best
  second date ideas, according to relationship experts  (March 23,2023).
• Feature guest talking about sexual wellness on Canada’s Top Lifestyle Television
  show The Social, aired on CTV (Feb. 3, 2023).
• Feature interview with Lynn Enright  for a story in the UK magazine Stylist about "body counts" on TikTok among young men
• Feature interview with Dr. Lesley Ogden for a story in University Affairs about rape culture at Western University
• Cheating on Fear Podcast (March 26, 2021)
• TVO The Agenda (February 3, 2021)
• CBC London's Afternoon Drive (February 11, 2020)

Visit professor Orchard's Online Portfolio for an online publication and features listing.

• Faculty Scholar Award: 2022
• Faculty of Health Sciences Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
• Faculty of Health Sciences Top 10% Instructor Award: 2016

Editorial Positions on Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Sexuality and Culture
• Sex Roles

Peer Review Activities

• Invited by Jenn Clement, National Coordinator, Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform, to contribute expert testimony/statement related to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights review of sex work laws, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act.
• Invited to review and provide expert insights about discriminatory policies within the  Canadian Armed Forces that impact women and LGBTQ+ members
• Expert Consultation to the Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Committee at the University of Saskatchewan. 
• Expert Program Assessor for the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities