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It’s Not Easy Being a Girl – WGS335H: The Politics of Girlhood

Hannah Dyer, WGSI Sessional Lecturer, was recently featured in The Newspaper about the course she designed, WGS335H:  The Politics of Girlhood, based off her own research, which focuses on popular […]

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Festival of Original Theatre: Queering Performance – Feb. 5-7, 2015

Registration Now Open: FOOT 2015: Queer(ing) Performance! The Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) conference will run February 5-7th 2015 at the University of Toronto. This year’s theme focuses on Queer […]

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Boundless Campaign Video featuring WGSI Professor D. Alissa Trotz

The University of Toronto hosted a celebration this week to announce the progress of the Boundless Campaign (with $1.5B achieved!).

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Tyler Carson, WGSI MA student invited to Global Summit in Dublin, Ireland

Tyler Carson’s undergraduate thesis titled “Toward A Queer Politics of Pride” has been selected as a highly commended paper for this year’s Undergraduate Awards. This distinction of highly commended means […]

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Tara Cookson, WGSI Graduate, Awarded Second Bill Gates Senior Prize

Tara Cookson has been awarded the second Bill Gates Senior Prize in recognition of her outstanding research, her dedication to improving the lives of others and her work to promote […]

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Opinion: Silencing charities isn’t the answer

On August 9, 2014, the Edmonton Journal featured  an article written by WGSI graduate Joanne Cave. The Canada Revenue Agency’s political audit crackdown limits charities’ independence, constrains their ideological stances […]

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WGSI Community Knowledge Alliance Event – No More Silence – May 24 @ 5:30

Please join the WGSI Community Knowledge Alliance event No More Silence, Families of Sisters in Spirit, the Native Youth Sexual Health Networks & Sarah Hunt, Tanya Kappo, Monica Forrester and […]

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WGS 460 Y: Honours Symposium – Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Course Description How do we transform rough ideas into solid, persuasive, and nuanced arguments? What does a critical analysis look like? How do we navigate the seemingly endless sources of […]

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Congratulations to WGSI PhD Student Sonny Dhoot

Sonny was nominated and chosen for the Canadian Sociological Association Outstanding Graduating Sociology Student Award at the MA level. In the spring of 2013, the CSA-SCS launched an initiative to […]

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Sunday, March 30, 2014 – Dina Georgis’ Upcoming Book Launch – The Better Story: Queer Affects From the Middle East

Another Story Bookshop proudly presents the book launch for The Better Story: Queer Affects From the Middle East By Dina Georgis Featuring a panel discussion with Dina Georgis, Trish Salah, […]