Women and Gender Studies InstituteWomen and Gender Studies InstituteAnother 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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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
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, […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Time: Wednesday, OCTOBER 29th from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Location: WGSI Lounge, Wilson Hall, New College, 2nd Floor above the New College Library, 40 Willcocks Street. If you are graduating next year and planning on applying to graduate school, please come out and learn what scholarships are available to you, the criteria for applying, and how to […]
