Forthcoming. Bourgeault, I., Benoit, C. Bouchard, L. (Eds.) Health and Society/Santé et Societé. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.

2011. Benoit, C. & Hallgrimsdottir, H. (Eds.). Valuing care work: Comparative perspectives. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2011. Macionis, J.J., Jansson, S.M & Benoit, C.M. Society, the basics: Fifth Canadian edition. Scarborough, Ontario: Pearson Education Canada.

2009. Bourgeault, I. & Benoit, C. (Eds.). Comparative perspectives on the professions. Special issue. Current Sociology, 57(4).

2008. Benoit, C. & Hallgrimsdottir, H. (Eds.). Finding dignity in health care and health care work. Canadian Journal of Public Health, Supplement 2, 99.

2008. Macionis, J.J., Jansson, S.M. & Benoit, C. Society, the basics: Fourth Canadian edition. Scarborough: Pearson Education Canada

2006. Benoit, C. & Shaver, F.M. (Eds.). Critical perspectives on sex industry work in Canada. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Special issue, 43(3).

2006. Leadbeater, B., Banister, E., Benoit, C., Jansson, M., Marshall, A., & Riecken, T. (Eds.). Ethical issues in community-based research with children and youth. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2005. Macionis, J.J., Jansson, S.M. & Benoit, C. Society, the basics: Third Canadian edition. Scarborough: Pearson Education Canada.

2004. Bourgeault, I., Benoit, C. & Davis-Floyd, R. (Eds.). Reconceiving midwifery. Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press.

2002. Macionis, J.J., Jansson, S.M., & Benoit, C. Society, the basics: Second Canadian edition. Scarborough: Pearson Education Canada.

2001. DeVries, R., Benoit, C., Van Teijlingen, E. & Wrede, S. (Eds.). Birth by design: Pregnancy, maternity care and midwifery in North America and Europe. London: Routledge.

2000. Benoit, C. Women, work and social rights: Canada in historical and comparative perspective. Scarborough: Prentice Hall Canada.

1999. Hellberg, I., Saks, M. & Benoit, C. (Eds.). Professional identities in transition: Cross-cultural dimensions. Stockholm: Almquist & Wiksell International.

1999. Macionis, J.J., Benoit, C. & Jansson, S.M. Society, the basics: First Canadian edition. Scarborough: Prentice Hall Canada.

1991. Benoit, C. Midwives in passage: The modernization of maternity care. St. John’s: Memorial University of Newfoundland ISER Press.

Forthcoming. McCarthy, B., Benoit, C., Jansson, M. Regulating Sex Work: Heterogeneity in National and Sub-National Legal Strategies. Annual Review of Law and Social Science.

Forthcoming. Belle-Isle, L., Benoit, C. & Pauly, B. The role of community organizations in addressing health inequities through participatory processes. Action Research Journal.

Forthcoming. Ngugia, E., Benoit, C., Hallgrimsdottir, H., Jansson, M. & Roth, E. Partners and Clients of Female Sex Workers in an Informal Urban Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. Culture, Health & Sexuality.

In press. Phillips, R., Benoit, C., Vallance, K., & Hallgrimsdottir, H. Courtesy stigma: a hidden health concern among frontline service providers to sex workers. Sociology of Health & Illness.

2010. Bernier, C., Kozyrskyj, A., Benoit, C., Becker, A. & Marchessault, G. Body image and dieting attitudes among pre-adolescents. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 71 (3), E34-40.

2010. Benoit, C., Zadoroznyj, M., Hallgrimsdottir, H., Treloar, A. & Taylor, K. Medical Dominance and Neoliberalisation in Maternal Care Provision: The Evidence from Canada and Australia. 71, 475-481.

2010. Benoit, C. Historical linkages between reproduction, pronatalism and professional institutions in North America. Journal of Women’s History. 22: 224-34.

2010. Rhodes, R.E., Benoit, C., Blanchard, C.M., Symons Downs, D., Levy Milne, R., Naylor, P.J., Warburton, D.E.R., Riecken, K., Pfaeffli, L.A. & Mark, R. (2010). Comparison of physical activity motivation and behaviour between age-matched parent and nonparent couples. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 32, S212.

2010. Benoit, C. Writing midwives into the historical record. Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice. 9: 7-9.

2010. Hankivsky, O., Reid, C. Varcoe, C., Clark, N., Benoit, C. & Brotman, S. Putting theory into method: The promises of intersectional-type methodologies for advancing women’s health research. International Journal for Equity in Health, 9 (5)

2010. Jansson, M., Benoit, C., Casey, L., Phillips, R. & Burns, D. In for the long haul: Knowledge translation between academic and non-profit organizations. Qualitative Health Research, 20: 131–143.

2010. Rhodes, R.E., Benoit, C., Blanchard, C.M., Symons Downs, D., Levy Milne, R., Naylor, P.J., Warburton, D.E.R., Riecken, K. & Pfaeffli, L.A. Predicting regular physical activity continuation after the onset of first-time parenthood. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 39, S31.

2010. Stockwell, T., Reist, D., Macdonald, S., Benoit, C. & Jansson, M. Addiction research centres and the nurturing of creativity: The Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia, Canada. Addictions, 105: 207 - 215.

2009. Benoit, C., Paterson, J. & Jansson, M. Engendering knowledge about sex workers, drug use and HIV/AIDS. Harm Reduction Journal, 6(5).

2009. Benoit, C., Shumka, L., Phillips, R., Hallgrímsdóttir, H., Hankivsky, O. & Kobayashi, K., Reid, C. & Brief, E. Explaining the health gap between girls and women in Canada. Sociological Research Online, 14 (5).

2009. Bourgeault, I., Benoit, C. & Hirschkorn, K. Comparative perspectives on professional groups: Current issues and critical debates. Current Sociology, 57, 475-485.

2009. Sandall, J., Benoit, C., Van Teijlingen, E., Wrede, S., Westfall, R. & Murray, S. Social service professional or market expert? Maternity care relations under neoliberal healthcare reform. Current Sociology, 57, 529-553.

2009. Van Teijlingen, E., Wrede, S., Benoit, C., Sandall, J. & DeVries, R. Comparative analyses of youth sex education and maternity care in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands: The importance of social and cultural factors. Sociological Research Online, 14(1). Retrieved from:

2008. Benoit, C. & Hallgrímsdóttir, H. Engendering research on care and care work across different social contexts. Finding dignity in health care and health care work. Canadian Journal of Public Health, Supplement 2, 99, S-7-10.

2008. Benoit, C. & Hallgrímsdottir, H. Pour favoriser la recherche sur les soins et le travail des soignants dans divers contextes sociaux. (French translation.) Finding dignity in health care and health care work. Canadian Journal of Public Health, Supplement 2, 99, S-11-15.

2008. Benoit, C., Jansson, M., Hallgrimsdottir, H. & Roth, E. Street youth’s life course transitions. Comparative Social Research, 25, 329-357.

2008. Bourgeault, I., Declercq, E., Sandall, J., Wrede, S., Vanstone, M., Van Teijlingen, E., DeVries, R. & Benoit, C. Too posh to push? Comparative perspectives on maternal request caesarean sections in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Finland. Advances in Medical Sociology, 10, 99-123.

2008. Hallgrimsdottir, H., Phillips, R., Benoit, C., & Walby, K. Sporting girls, streetwalkers, and inmates of houses of ill-repute: Media narratives and the historical mutability of prostitution stigmas. Sociological Perspectives, 51(1), 119-138.

2008. Shumka, L. & Benoit, C. Social suffering and gaps in alternative health care for vulnerable women workers. Sociology of Health Care, 25, 255-278.

2008. Westfall, R. & Benoit, C. Compliance and resistance to medical dominance in women's accounts of their pregnancies. Sociological Research Online, 13(3).

2008. Wrede, S., Benoit, C. & Einarsdottir, T. Equity and dignity in maternity care provision in Canada, Finland and Iceland. Finding dignity in health care and health care work. Canadian Journal of Public Health, Supplement 2, 99, 16-21.

2007. Benoit, C., Westfall, R., Treloar, A., Phillips, R. & Jansson, M. Social factors linked to postpartum depression: A mixed-methods longitudinal study. Journal of Mental Health, 16(6), 719-730.

2007. Hallgrimsdottir, H. & Benoit, C. From wage slaves to wage workers: Cultural opportunity structures and the evolution of the wage demands of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor, 1880-1900. Social Forces, 85(3), 1393-1412.

2007. Liem, J., Kozyrskyj, A., Benoit, C. & Becker, A. Asthma is not enough: Continuation of smoking among parents with an asthmatic child. Canadian Respiratory Journal, 14(6), 349-353.

2006. Benoit, C., Carroll, D. & Eni, R. ‘To watch, to care’: Stories of Aboriginal midwifery in Canada. Canadian Journal of Midwifery Research and Practice, 5(1), 11-17.

2006. Benoit, C. & Shaver, F. Critical issues and new directions in sex work research. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Special Issue, 43(3), 243-252.

2006. Hallgrimsdottir, H., Phillips, R. & Benoit, C. Fallen women and rescued girls: Social stigma and media narratives of the sex industry in Victoria, BC, from 1980 to 2005. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Special Issue, 43(3), 265-280.

2006. Protudjer, J., Marchessault, G., Benoit, C., Kozyrskyj, A. & Becker, A. Asthmatic and non-asthmatic children have similar levels of body dissatisfaction. Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, 2(4), 143.

2006. Wrede, S., Benoit, C., Bourgeault, I., Van Teijlingen, E., Sandall, J. & DeVries, R. Decentred comparative research: Context sensitive analysis of maternal health care. Social Science & Medicine, 63(11), 2986-2997.

2005. Benoit, C, Jansson, M., Millar, A. & and Phillips, R. Community-academic research on hard-to-reach populations: Benefits and challenges. Qualitative Health Research, 15(2), 263-282.

2005. Benoit, C., Wrede, S., Bourgeault, I., Sandall, J., Van Teijlingen, E. & DeVries, R. Understanding the social organisation of maternity care systems: Midwifery as a touchstone. Sociology of Health & Illness, 27(6), 722-737. (Reprinted in D. Allen & A. Pilnick [Eds.] [2006], The Social Organisation of Healthcare Work.) London: Blackwell Publishing.

2005. Phillips, R. & Benoit, C. Social determinants of health care access among sex industry workers in Canada. Sociology of Health Care, 23, 79-104.

2004. Blythe, N. & Benoit, C. Who crashes onto dialysis? Health determinants of patients who are late referred to chronic renal care in Canada. Sociology of Health Care, 22, 205-237.

2004. Westfall, R. & Benoit, C. The rhetoric of "natural" in natural childbirth: Childbearing women’s perspectives on prolonged pregnancy and induction of labor. Social Science & Medicine, 59(7), 1397-1408.

2003. Benoit, C. The Politics of health-care policy: The United States in comparative perspective. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 46(4), 592-99.

2003. Benoit, C., Carroll, D. & Chaudhry, M. In search of a healing place: Aboriginal women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Social Science and Medicine, 56, 821-833.

2003. Van Teijlingen, E., Sandall, J., Wrede, S., Benoit, C., DeVries, R. & Bourgeault, I. Comparative studies in maternity care. RCM Midwives Journal, 8,338-340.

2002. Benoit, C., Carroll, D. & Millar, A. But is it good for non-urban women's health? Regionalizing maternity care services in British Columbia. Canadian Review of Anthropology and Sociology, 39(4), 373-395.

1998. Benoit, C. & Heitlinger, A. Women's health care work in comparative perspective: Canada, Sweden and Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic as case examples. Social Science and Medicine, 47(8), 1101-1111.

1996/1997. Benoit, C. Midwifery in Canada and Sweden: A cross-national comparison. Health and Canadian Society/Sante et Societe Canadienne, 4(2), 195-224.

1995. Benoit, C. Medical dominance and its challenges. Health and Canadian Society/ Sante et Societe Canadienne, 3(1-2), 195-210.

1995. Benoit, C. & Carroll, D. Aboriginal midwifery in British Columbia: A narrative untold. Western Geographic Series, 30, 221-46.

1994. Benoit, C. Paradigm conflict in the sociology of service professions: Midwifery as a case study. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 19(3), 303-329.

1992. Benoit, C. Midwives in comparative perspective: Professionalism in small organizations. Current Research on Occupations and Professions, 7, 203-220.

1989. Benoit, C. The professional socialization of midwives: Balancing art and science. Sociology of Health and Illness, 11(2), 160-180.

1989. Benoit, C. Traditional midwifery practice: The limits of occupational autonomy. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 26(4), 633-649.

1987. Benoit, C. Uneasy partners: Midwives and their clients. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 12(3), 275-284.

2010. Benoit, C. Willms, D., Shlonsky, A., Milligan, K., Charles, G., Fuchs, D., MacLaurin, B., Greenwood, M. Research experts. Growing Up in B.C. Victoria, BC: Representative for Children and Youth and Office of the Provincial Health Officer.

2010. Benoit, C., Shumka, L. & Barlee, D. HerWay Home. Research Brief. MSFHR. Women’s Health Research Network.

2010. Benoit, C., Shumka, L. & Barlee, D. Stigma and the health of vulnerable women. Research Brief #2. MSFHR: Women’s Health Research Network.

2010. Benoit, C., Shumka, L. & Vallance, K. Violence as a determinant of girls and women’s health. Research Brief #1. MSFHR: Women’s Health Research Network.

2009. Benoit, C. & Shumka, L. Gendering the health determinants framework: Why girls’ and women’s health matters. A primer on women’s health. MSFHR: Women’s Health Research Network.

2006. Benoit, C. & Nuernberger, K. Social determinants of women’s health. Discussion paper. MSFHR: Women’s Health Research Network.

2004. Benoit, C. & Carroll, D. Historical Trajectories in Canadian midwifery: Blending traditional and modern practices. Report prepared for the Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, ON.

2003. Benoit, C. & Shaver, F. Health and safety in the sex trade. Report prepared for National Network on Environments and Women’s Health, Health Canada.

2002. Jansson, M., Benoit, C., Hackler, J. & McCarthy, B. Outcome evaluation: Interim report 2002. Report prepared for the National Crime Prevention Centre, Justice Canada.

2002. Jansson, M., Benoit, C., Hackler, J. & McCarthy, B. Process evaluation interim report 2002: Prevention and early intervention of sexually exploited children and youth project. Report prepared for The National Crime Prevention Centre, Justice Canada.

2002. Shaver, F., Benoit, C., Lewis, J. & Maticka Tyndale, E. (translation to French, P., Drolet, J., Brosseau, M., LaRose & Doré, C.). Sex trade advocacy and research (STAR) workbook: Materials for a two day training workshop with community partners. Report for Health Canada. York University: National Network on Environments and Women’s Health/Health Canada.

2001. Benoit, C. & Carroll, D. Marginalized voices from the Downtown Eastside: Aboriginal women speak about their health experiences. Report prepared for Health Canada. York University: National Network on Environments and Women's Health.

2001. Benoit, C., Kaufert, P. & Carroll, D. Moving in the right direction: regionalizing maternal health services in British Columbia. Report prepared for Health Canada. York University: National Network on Environments and Women's Health.

2001. Benoit, C. & Millar, A. Dispelling myths and understanding realities: Working conditions, health status, and exiting experiences of sex workers. Sponsored by Prostitutes Empowerment, Education and Resource Society (PEERS). Funded by BC Health Research Foundation, Capital Health District, and BC Centre of Excellence on Women's Health.

2001. Jansson, M., Benoit, C., Hackler, J. & McCarthy, B. Process evaluation interim report: Prevention and early intervention of sexually exploited children and youth project. Report prepared for the National Crime Prevention Centre, Justice Canada.

2011. Interview with Nanaimo News Bulletin. Conference highlights youth addiction issues. Nanaimo, BC.

2010. Interview with C-Fax Radio about 2010 BC Community Achievement Award.

2010. Interview with CHEK TV, Decriminalization of prostitution in New Zealand, Victoria, BC.

2009. UVic representative at A taste of bingo plus. A community fundraising event to support the Youth Empowerment Society's Youth Hospitality Training Program and United Way's Family and Community Well Being Impact Council, Victoria, BC.

2009. Interviews with reporters from the Times Colonist, Monday Magazine, Nexus, CBC radio and local radio and TV stations about the main themes of the international conference, Challenging Myths and Misperceptions: Working with the Media to Reduce Stigma and Enhance Public Understanding of People Working in the Sex Industry, Victoria, BC.

2009. Co-organizer of the international conference, Challenging Myths and Misperceptions: Working with the Media to Reduce Stigma and Enhance Public Understanding of People Working in the Sex Industry, Victoria, BC.

2008. Participation in CIHR Science with Impact® workshop. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC.

2008. Helped the Victoria Youth Clinic organize the Street Youth Health Interventions Workshop, Victoria, BC.

2007-2008 Participant of the sub-committee, Reframing Health Equity Theme, Canadian Institute of Population and Public Health, CIHR.

2007. Expert witness for constitutional challenge to the prostitution laws led by Katrina Pacey, Pivot Legal Society, Vancouver, BC.

2007. Interviewed for article on Bad date sheets, by Bakshana Bascaramurty. Story featured in the Globe and Mail.

2007. Feedback on Sex Workers in Transition Project, by Alvaro Moreno Project Manager, Labour Market Dialogues ~ Phase II, Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria.

2007. Participant on Advisory meeting and Focus Group to the University on Housing, Homelessness and Poverty in the Greater Victoria area, University of Victoria.

2007. Participant at Forum on Housing: A space for BC Government policy-makers and UVic researchers to share interest, experiences and ideas, University of Victoria.

2007. Member of panel discussion, Meth: Iron Fist, A Forum Theatre Project by Youth Promoting Dialogue about Cristal Meth in our Communities (proceedings published on DVD).

2006-2007. Research advisor, Street Survival Packs youth project, AIDS Vancouver Island.

2006. Research advisor, Homeless Needs Survey, Victoria Cool Aid Society.

2006. Participant in the Justice Subcommittee on Solicitation Laws led by MP Libby Davis, Vancouver East.

2006. Print interview on street-involved youth, by Maureen Licata, Boulevard Magazine.

2006. Print interview with CIHR, Why some young people end up on the street. Story of the month series.

2006. Interview on the topic of Sexually-exploited youth, by Rosie Westwood, Martlet.

2006. Interviewed for the article, Voices on the street: A UVic study leads to a better understanding of why some young people end up on the street. UVic’s Knowledge Edge Series. Times Colonist.

2006. Interview for the article, Study dispels myths about street youth, by Rudy Haugeneder, Victoria News.

2006. Panel participant, Crystal Meth Awareness: Voices of Street Youth. Sponsored by the Salvation Army, Victoria, BC.

2003. Participation in Workshop, Ethical Issues in Community-Academic Research, University of Victoria.

2003. Media interviews with C-Fax News, CBC Radio, Broadcast News, and Island Parent regarding wave one of the Healthy Your Survey.

2003. Co-organizer of Sex Trade Workshop, Health and safety in the sex trade: Stage II planning for a national community-academic research project.

2002. Media interview with National Post, Vancouver Sun, Times Colonist, Sannich News, and the Oak Bay News on Service Worker project.

2002. Participant in Workshop sponsored by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Knowledge translation strategies does health research.

2002. Co-organizer of Sex Trade Workshop, Health and safety in the sex trade: Moving toward a proposal for an academic-community partnered multi-site research project”

2002. Participant in Forum on Midwifery: Building our contribution to Maternity Care, Vancouver, BC.

2002. Participation in Knowledge Translation Meeting. Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Vancouver, BC.

2000. Waging Debate on Women’s Work, featured in the Times Colonist.

2000. Interview on new book, Women, Work and Social Rights, featured in Victoria News.

1999. CBC Northern BC Radio Interview on new book, Women, Work and Social Rights.

1999. CBC Vancouver Radio debate with Michael Walker of the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute on the federal government announcement to extend paid maternity and parental leave in Canada.

1999. Press conference at the Downtown University of Victoria site about research project on the working conditions and health situation of sex trade workers.

1999. Phone and in-person interviews concerning the sex trade workers’ research project with the following media: The Ring, Q Radio, CKNW, Times Colonist, Monday Magazine, AM900 (CJVI), Shaw TV, Co-op Radio Vancouver, MacLean’s, and the Martlet.

1998. Interviewed for the article, Nordic and Canadian Welfare States Can Give Each Other Useful Tips. Featured in the Meddelanden, 17: 8-9.

1998. Interviewed for the article, Babies and BC.'s Health Care Budget. Featured in Saanich News, January 21.

1997. Interviewed for the article, Society remains intolerant, traditional. Featured in the Weekend Edition, Victoria News.

1997. Interviewed for the article, Smart Cities: A Bright or Dumb Idea? Featured in the Victoria News, February 19.

1996. Interviewed for the article, Father's Day, Everyday in Sweden. Featured in the Weekend Edition, Victoria News, June 14.

1996. Guest Speaker, Aspiring Midwives' Association, Victoria, BC.

1992. Participant in Women's Ways to Health. Workshop of the Women's Health Promotion Network, University of Victoria.

1988. Participant in the Northern Childbirth Workshop, Churchill Health Conference, Churchill.