Higher Education Access for Precarious Status Ontario Students: Gateways and Obstacles

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RSVP Here SPEAKERS Yvette Munro | Assistant Vice Provost Student Success, York University Lorna Schwartzentruber | Associate Director Access Programs & Community Engagement, York University Melanie Panitch | Executive Director Office of Social Innovation, TMU Chris Coupland | Executive Director, Undergraduate Admission and Recruitment at Queen's University Dwayne Benjamin | Vice Provost, Strategic Enrolment Management, […]

CANCELLED – WGSI Research Seminar: Mel Y Chen | It Misses You: Arts of Indistinction

We regret to inform you that due to circumstances beyond our control, the WGSI Research Seminar with Dr. Mel Y Chen has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience and short notice, but we hope to see you at future research seminars in the Winter term. Please contact wgsi.events@utoronto.ca if you have any questions about […]

50 Years of Women and Gender Studies at UofT: A Panel Discussion

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RSVP uoft.me/wgsi50-uoft Join us for an evening of reflection and storytelling past, present and futures of Women and Gender Studies, with an inter-generational panel of faculty and students. Speakers: Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, Mary Nyquist, Shahrzad Mojab, Rinaldo Walcott, Joan Simalchik, Connie Guberman, Mary Kay Bachour, Nael Bhanji, Casey Mecija, Angie Fazekas This event is a part of […]

50 Years of Feminisms in the City

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RSVP uoft.me/wgsi50-toronto What were the wider conditions of possibility of WGSI’s formation? What are some of the key issues animating struggles and dreams today? This panel brings together a wonderful lineup of fierce activists who will speak to fifty years of feminist organizing in Toronto. Speakers: Judy Rebick, Shree Paradkar, Angela Robertson, Carolyn Egan, Anjula Gogia, Students […]

So Tasty?! Queer and Trans Asian Canadian Performance

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RSVP: tinyurl.com/sotasty2024 Event details: Friday, March 1, 2024 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto ON 6:00pm - 8:00pm: Performance & Artist Roundtable 8:00pm - 9:00pm: Reception with Refreshments Event description: How are Asian, particularly queer and/or trans Asian, bodies consumed in Canada? Featuring three queer and trans Asian Canadian artists […]

50 Years of WGSI Alumni: An International Women’s Day Panel

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RSVP uoft.me/wgsi50-iwd Join us for an inspiring and fun evening hosted by our undergraduate and graduate students, featuring a stellar panel of alumni from our program over the years reflecting on what they learned, where they went, and how they are changing the world! Speakers: Pamela Uppal-Sandhu, Abinaya Balasubramaniam, Azrah Manji, Lesley Tarasoff, Jill Andrew, Sarah Edo, Chelsea […]

Graphic Novel Collection Annual Lecture

D.G. Ivey Library 20 Willcocks Street, New College, Toronto, Canada

New College D.G. Ivey Library Graphic Novel Collection Annual Lecture With Artist and Writer Leila Abdelrazaq author of Baddawi March 28, 2024 | 3:00pm - 5:00pm D.G. Ivey Library, New College 20 Willcocks Street, Toronto Refreshments will be served With Panel discussants: Dr. Dina Georgis, WGSI; Dr. Rania Salem, Sociology, UTSC; Mariam El-Rayes, UTSG undergraduate […]

Transnational Reflections On 50 Years of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RSVP uoft.me/wgsi50-intl Join us for a panel discussion with some of DAWN’s founders and earliest members from Senegal, Barbados, Brazil and Fiji. Visit www.dawnnet.org/about/history to learn more about DAWN's history. 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), feminist scholars, researchers and activists who formed a network that centred women […]

Unfinished Revolutions

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RSVP uoft.me/wgsi50-ur Unfinished Revolutions is international gathering, a public forum and an intellectual and political space to deliberate the unsettled questions of revolutions, revolts, rebellions, and resistance in our contemporary world. Friday, April 12, 2024 | 3pm - 8pm Saturday, April 13, 2024 | 11am - 7pm Sunday, April 14, 2024 | 1pm - 7pm […]

The Strength of Solidarity: South Africa, Palestine and the Politics of the Present

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fri, April 19, 2024 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 2H3 RSVP Here The African Studies Centre and The Caribbean Studies Centre, University of Toronto, invite you to a panel discussion with speakers Rieaz Shaik, High Commissioner, Republic of South Africa; Professor Atif Kubursi, Chair of the Board […]