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Slutwalk Couture: The Postcolonial Politics of Feminism Lite

The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies presents: Slutwalk Couture: The Postcolonial Politics of Feminism Lite with Ratna Kapur Date: March 15, 2012 Time: 12:30pm-2:00p.m. Location: Croft Chapter […]

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International Women’s Day Slutwalk Toronto: From the Ground Up

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Speakers:  Heather Jarvis and Colleen Westendorf Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Location: Lash Miller Building, 80 St. George Street,  Room 159 This event is sponsored by the […]

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Postracial Europe? Minority Activism and the Queering of Ethnicity

This talk draws from Professor El-Tayeb’s recent book, European Others: Queering Ethnicity in Postnational Europe (Duke University Press, 2011). Date: February 27, 2012 Time: 4:00 p.m. Location: Room 108, North […]

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WGS Research Seminar with Gada Mahrouse

“I come to help” or “I help to become”?: Analyzing race, emotion and pedagogy in “alternative,” educational, and volunteer tourism Date: February 1, 2012 Time: 3-5 p.m. Speaker: Gada Mahrouse […]

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The Politics of Protest

Bridging the Local and Global in Emerging Social Movements Locating Occupy, SlutWalk, and Other Organizing Efforts Date: January 26, 2012 Time: 5:00 p.m. Location: William Doo Auditorium Discussions from the […]

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WGS Research Seminar with Kiran Mirchandani

‘Don’t Take Calls, Make Contact’: Legitimizing Racist Abuse in Transnational Service Work Date: January 25, 2012 Time: 3-5 p.m. Speaker: Kiran Mirchandani Location: Wilson Hall, Rm 2053 Abstract Based on […]

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Gender, Sexuality and Islam under the Shadow of Empire

The Centre for South Asian Studies and the Women and Gender Studies Institute present Saadia Toor, Associate Professor of Sociology College of Staten Island, City University of New York Date: […]

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Political Prisoners: Beyond the Wall, the Word, the Art

Date: December 10, 2011 Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m. Location: Innis Town Hall Innis College, University of Toronto 2 Sussex Avenue Toronto, ON M5S 1J5 www.utoronto.ca/townhall This event will feature the work […]

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WGS Research Seminar with Margot Francis

Creative Subversions: Whiteness and Indigeneity in the National Imaginary Date: November 30, 2011 Time: 3-5 p.m. Speaker: Margot Francis Location: Wilson Hall, Rm 2053 Abstract This paper will highlight selected […]

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WGS Research Seminar with Jasmine Rault

Affect and its Effects: Queer Feminist Creative Resistance in the Americas Date: November 2, 2011 Time: 3-5 p.m. Speaker: Jasmine Rault Location: Wilson Hall, Rm 2053 Abstract This talk will […]