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International Women’s Day Talk – Embodyment in Motion: From Theory to Praxis

Bahen Centre for Information Technology 40 St. George Street - Room 1160, Toronto

Jill Andrew MA, WGSI, University of Toronto.  A columnist, public speaker, educator, and media consultant on female body image.  She is also the founder of BITE ME! Toronto Int'l Body Image Film & Arts Festival and co-founder of FatinTheCity.com a plus size fatshion blog. Co-sponsored by:  Women & Gender Studies Institute and Women & Gender […]

Dina Georgis’ Upcoming Book Launch – The Better Story: Queer Affects From the Middle East

District Oven 842 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

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, Nayrouz Abu Hatoum and Gamal Abdel-Shehid With a focus on aesthetic texts that narrate stories about or from the Middle East, The Better Story offers […]

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WGSI Research Seminar – Ph.D students in the Collaborative Program in Women and Gender Studies present their research.

Wilson Hall Room 2053 40 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Berkshire Conference on the History of Women – Histories on the Edge

U of T 229 Kings College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Sixteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women to be held in Toronto on May 22 – 25, 2014.  The University of Toronto is hosting the first Canadian “Big Berks” in collaboration with co-sponsoring units and universities in Toronto and across Canada. WGSI is a co-sponsor

No More Silence – CKA Event

The Native Canadian Center of Toronto 16 Spadina Road (north of Bloor), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 Maryanne Pearce on Community-Based Responses to Violence. The event will take place on May 24 at 5:30 pm at The Native Canadian Center of Toronto, […]

WGS Research Seminar – Vasuki Nesiah

JHB 100A, Jackman Humanities Building 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada

International Conflict Feminism: The Hazards of Dating the Security Council Over the last two decades, there has been huge momentum in efforts to recognize women’s experience of war, and strengthen the international law and policy responses that are triggered. These responses include a decade of Security Council resolutions related to women and armed conflict, feminist […]

WGS Research Seminar – Professor Trimble

JHB 100A, Jackman Humanities Building 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada

Regarding Ruins: State-phobic Speculations and Neoliberal Legends Contemporary apocalypse films conduct a neoliberal pedagogy. By privileging a survivalist’s perspective on ruined landscapes, they teach ways of speculating on undone spaces as risky but potentially profitable sites of economic and affective investment. These visions of social collapse channel both “weak state” and “strong state” fantasies, simultaneously […]

WGSSU Event – Wednesday Series

UTM - Women and Gender Studies Program 3359 Mississauga Road North, North Building Room 143, Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada

WGSSU is proud to present part 1 of our WGSSU Wednesday series: “Teen Mom I.R.L: The Social Determinants of Health & Lifting The Veil of Stigma Surrounding Teen Sexual Health, Pregnancy and Parenting in Toronto.” Come out, engage and participate in our lively discussion on teenage pregnancy, young families, health issues, stigmas, and myths. This […]

Memoirs, Imaginations, and Sounds of Prison

OISE 252 Bloor St. W., Toronto

Thursday, October 23, 5:30-8:30, OISE/UT, Nexus Lounge, 12th Floor OPENING DIALOGUE: Imagining Possibilities Shahrzad Arshadi Farnoosh Moshiri Friday, October 24, 7:00-9:00pm, Beit Zatoun It is Only Sound that Remains A Play by Shahrzad Arshadi Saturday, October 25, 6:00-8:30, OISE/UT, Room 5-240 Reading from Fiction on Prison Farnoosh Moshiri There is a Garden A Film by […]