Women and Gender Studies Institute

WGSI would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to June Larkin for receiving the 2021 Carol Crealock Memorial Award from the Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education (CASWE).  This award […]

With a global pandemic upon us, who needs scary movies? Lots of us, as it turns out. During the first weeks of lockdown, the 2011 movie Contagion soared in popularity on streaming TV, […]

The Women & Gender Studies Institute and the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, invite you to a community roundtable on “Anti-Asian Racism and Intersectional Violence”. Friday March 26 at […]

Professor Jordache A. Ellapen has published an article and photo-essay titled “The Brown Photo Album: An Archive of Feminist Futurity” in Kronos: Southern African Histories, special issue titled: Other Lives […]

On IWD 2021, delighted that Nicole Charles is being featured on this podcast, speaking about her work which is so deeply relevant for this current pandemic moment. This edition of […]

Congratulations, Rinaldo!   Another Story Book Launch: On Property with Rinaldo Walcott Thursday February 25 | 7:00PM – 8:00PM Join the virtual book launch for Rinaldo Walcott’s ON PROPERTY on […]

Elisha Lim explains the collision between algorithms and marginalized issues. Ad metrics rank social justice in terms of publicity and promotional opportunity. This is good for politicians, advertisers and influencers, […]

By Rinaldo Walcott – Excerpt from On Property The Toronto Star – Sat., Feb. 6, 2021 In On Property, Rinaldo Walcott traces the history of abolition — and the present-day cry […]

On January 17, prison abolition activists from across the country released Choosing Real Safety: A Historic Declaration to Divest from Policing and Prisons and Build Safer Communities for All.  We […]