The WGSI would like to congratulate PhD Student, Hazal Halavut for being selected as the recipient of the Vida Heydarian Gender Justice Award. Established by Keyvan Mahjoor, in memory of his late […]
WGSI Statement on Palestine
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The Women & Gender Studies Institute has adopted the statement made by the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at UTSC. We are resolute in our support for all faculty who speak […]
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The Women & Gender Studies Institute is deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague, friend, and mentor Dr. Natalie Zemon Davis. We at the WGSI consider ourselves extremely fortunate […]
Shalom Brown, one of the Women & Gender Studies Institute’s incoming PhD students is the recipient of the Faculty of Arts & Science’s Recognition of Excellence Award. Shalom completed her […]
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We are grateful to our colleagues in the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at UTSC, which houses Women’s and Gender Studies, for issuing this principled statement of support for faculty […]
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On Wednesday September 20, 2023, a nationally organized “Million Person March for our Children” is scheduled to take place. One of the locations is Queens Park – in other words […]
Congratulations Dimitri!
The WGSI community would like to congratulate our Graduate and Undergraduate Administrator Dimitri Thompson as he transitions to a new role at University College. Dimitri has accepted the position of […]
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UofT Alum and former WGSSU President Azrah Manji-Savin recently presented a winning pitch at Collision 2023. The culinary production platform start-up that she co-founded, Syzl has its roots in her […]
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Congratulations to Jordache A. Ellapen, Assistant Professor of Feminist Studies in Culture and Media has been awarded the Claire G. Moses Award for the Most Theoretically Innovative Article for “Siyakaka Feminism: Intersectionality, African […]
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WGSI PhD student, Julie-Ann McCausland, was profiles in A&S News for her work on women in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). Read the full profile here.