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Two WGSI Faculty Members Awarded CSRI Funding

The CrimSL Research Cluster for The Study of Racism and Inequality (CSRI) recently announced four awards “to support projects that are concerned with how systemic racism, colonialism, gendered and sexual […]

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Letter on the Proposed Suspension of Admission to Undergraduate Programs at York University

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‘Every person just needs an opportunity to flourish’: A&S alum Binta Bajaha building resilience with World Food Programme

WGSI alum, Binta Bajaha was recently profiled on A&S news for her remarkable work with the World Food Programme. The article, written by A&S News’ David Goldberg, touches on the […]

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Congratulations Dr. Sam Yoon

Please join the WGSI in congratulating Dr. Sam Yoon on the successful defence of his thesis titled: Cruelty Counts: Anti-Asian Violence and its Queer Afterlives Abstract: This dissertation examines the […]

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WGSI PhD Student Esra Kazanbas is the Recipient of the 2024 Vida Heydarian Gender Justice Award

The WGSI is delighted to announce the winner of the Vida Heydarian Gender Justice Award, PhD student Esra Kazanbas. The Vida Heydarian is awarded in the Fall to a graduate […]

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WGSI PhD Student Haleh Mir Miri is the Recipient of the 2024 Brianna O’Connor Hersey Scholarship

The WGSI is pleased to announce that PhD student Haleh Mir Miri is the recipient of this year’s Brianna O’Connor Hersey Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to a WGSI […]

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Film: Natalie Zemon Davis in Conversation with Shauna Sweeney

In November 2019, Dr. Natalie Zemon Davis and her husband Dr. Chandler Davis welcomed a small crew from the Women & Gender Studies Institute in their home for an interview […]

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Alumni Profile: Aarzoo Singh

Aarzoo Singh Ph.D. (2021)  How has your journey / experiences / learnings at WGSI, inside and/or outside the classroom, guided or influenced your career path / decisions.    Having worked and […]

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Alumni Profile: Chelsea Fung

Chelsea Fung BA, WGSI Major (2012)  What is your current position?  I’m Co-founder of an events and marketing company in my home country Guyana, RED Entertainment and RED Marketing, however […]

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Robert Diaz is Featured in CBC Documentary ‘Harder Better Faster Stronger’

Catch WGSI professor Robert Diaz in the documentary “Harder Better Faster Stronger” on CBC Gem. In it, misinformation expert Timothy Caulfield investigates the purported ‘crisis in masculinity,’ debunks toxic men’s […]