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Welcome to WGSI

For the past 50 years, WGSI has trained students to think about the entanglements of gender, race and sexuality. Our teaching and research is distinctive for its transnational feminist approach, critically addressing how national borders, colonialisms, labour, and migration shape life, knowledge, and politics.

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.


Open Statement of Solidarity with Professor and Students Targeted in Violent Attack at the University of Waterloo, Women’s and Gender Studies Recherches Féministes (WGSRF)

Women’s and Gender Studies Recherches Féministes (WGSRF) Open Statement of Solidarity with Professor and Students Targeted in Violent Attack at the University of Waterloo.

View the letter here

For staff, students and faculty, here is a link to resources, and please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you want to check in. 

WGSI stands with our colleagues – students, staff, faculty – at Waterloo. This is a reminder of the urgency and absolute necessity of the work that we do, the work we will never stop doing.

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Undergraduate

Our graduates go on to do innovative work in the public service, creative, and corporate sectors, becoming everything from documentary film-makers to grassroots activists to policy analysts in economic development agencies.

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Graduate

The WGSI graduate program offers its own M.A. degree, Collaborative M.A. and Ph.D. Specialization with many other departments, and a Ph.D. degree.

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