Demeter Press

{{Short description|Canadian academic publisher}}

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| founded = 2006

| founder = Andrea O'Reilly

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| country = Canada

| headquarters = Ontario

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| publications = Books, journals

| topics = humanities and social sciences

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| url = {{URL|https://demeterpress.org/}}

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Demeter Press is a not-for-profit feminist academic publisher headquartered in Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2006 by Andrea O'Reilly, it focuses on the topic of motherhood and is partnered with the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI), formerly the Association for Research on Mothering at York University. It is named in honour of the goddess Demeter.{{Cite web|url=http://section15.ca/features/reviews/2007/08/16/riding_the_roller_coaster/|title=riding the roller coaster of feminist publishing in Canada :: section15.ca|website=section15.ca|access-date=2020-02-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2010/03/05/mothering_research_centre_to_close.html|title=Mothering research centre to close {{!}} The Star|website=thestar.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-12}}{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/motherhood-association-to-close-1.970912| title = Motherhood association to close {{!}} CBC News}} {{cite web| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/experts-take-questions-on-pre--and-postpartum-depression/article790393/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090705185329/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/experts-take-questions-on-pre--and-postpartum-depression/article790393/| archive-date = 2009-07-05| title = Experts take questions on pre- and postpartum depression - The Globe and Mail}}