Women and Gender Studies InstituteJoin the WGSI for a reception of Otherworld: An immersive exhibition of works by Camille Turner on Wednesday February 5, 2025 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. More information about the exhibition can be found at: www.artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/otherworld/ RSVP Here
Join the WGSI in celebrating the launch of Shana Ye's book: Queer Chimerica: A Speculative Auto/Ethnography of the Cool Child Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street RSVP Here Blending archival work, ethnography, and cultural analysis with memoir, graphic arts, and science fiction, Queer Chimerica unpacks the ways […]
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Join the WGSI for the launch of Jordache Ellapen's book, Indenture Aesthetics: Afro-Indian Femininities and the Queer Limits of South African Blackness Friday, March 28, 2025 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm | William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street Panelists: Rinaldo Walcott, Professor and Chair of Africana and American Studies, University at Buffalo (UB) Department of Africana […]
Join the WGSI for a book talk with Dr. Gulzar R. Charania in conversation with Dr. R. Cassandra Lord and Dr. Sheila Batacharya discussing Dr. Charania's book Fighting Feelings: Lessons in Gendered Racism and Queer Life Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm WI2007D, Wilson Hall New College, 40 Willcocks Street RSVP Here Racialized women and […]
RSVP HERE Join the Women & Gender Studies Institute's doctoral students as they present their research. April 17, 2025 | 10:00am - 1:00pm Room 2053, Wilson Hall New College, 40 Willcocks Street With Presentations by: Kayla Webber, Ran Deng, Valley Weadick, Rachael Kalaba, Roberta S. Pamplona, Sidrah Ahmad, Darlyne Bautista, Esra Kazanbas, Eesra Bengizi and […]
RSVP HERE When She Arrives: On friendship, singular encounters, and being a researcher like a friend with Marie Rask Bjerre Odgaard May 7, 2025 | 12:30pm - 2:30pm WGSI Lounge, Above D.G. Ivey Library, 20 Willcocks Street, Toronto ON ______________________ The Beautiful friend shows up unexpectedly and a worlding can begin. In this talk, we […]
Women and Gender Studies at University of Toronto, Another Story Bookshop and Simon and Schuster Canada present An evening with Arundhati Roy to celebrate her new memoir Mother Mary Comes To Me Friday, September 12th at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto Doors open at 5:30pm/ Event begins at 7pm Featuring Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, audience Q […]
This event is organized by the Department of Anthropology and co-sponsored by the Women & Gender Studies Institute. Description How has trauma has come to operate as a claim in the making of oneself? How is this element of one’s familial past been operationalized by now exposed “ethnic frauds” or so-called “pretendians”? What is the […]
Join the WGSI for a fun evening of mixing, mingling and bingo to kick off the 2025-2026 academic year. Come for the snacks, drinks and bingo, stay for the good vibes and prizes! RSVP at wgsi-mix-bingo.eventbrite.com Note, RSVP is not required, but appreciated!