Diane Benoit is Professor Emerita at the University of Toronto.  Her research, educational and clinical activities have focused on:

• child-caregiver attachment relationship;
• impact of violence / abuse / neglect on children;
• trauma-focused and attachment-focused assessments and interventions;
• caregivers' perceptions and subjective experience of their children and relationship with them.

Benoit has published in peer-reviewed, scientific publications and other publications, and has made numerous presentations related to these various topics across North America.