Laine Halpern Zisman is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria and a lecturer at the University of Toronto. Her work moves through the intersections of 2SLGBTQ+ equity, culture and reproductive care. She received a PhD from the University of Toronto and an MFA in documentary media at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Laine is a certified fertility support practitioner and family building educator, helping people navigate all stages of their perinatal journeys. She has published two collected volumes, Women and Popular Culture in Canada and the second edition of Queerly Canadian, co-edited with Scott Rayter.