backforward collective presents "After the 9-5 in Audre's Livingroom" (An intimate, collaborative poetry marathon recite & respond multidisciplinary hangout!) ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE ADVERTISE WIDELY.   FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: #audrelordeslegacy2013 YORK UNIVERSITY SPONSORS: Community Arts Practice,Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University; Office of the Dean; ACE and the […]

The Women and Gender Studies Institute, the Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives and the Drama Centre, University of Toronto invites you to a public screening and discussion of  Water Journey: A feature length documentary of Water Walk 2011 Featuring Guest Speakers and Water Walkers: Grandmother Josephine Mandamin Dawnis Kennedy Sylvia Plain  

The goal of the symposium is to bring together community youth and university students to share their research and artistic pieces on youth sexual health and reproductive justice and to engage and network with other students, youth, academics, policy makers, and community members on issues related to youth, sexuality, and reproductive justice.

Anjali Arondekar Speaker Associate Professor of Feminist Studies and Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz Ritu Birla Chair Associate Professor, Department of History and Director, CSAS, University of Toronto » Register Online at: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/ EventDetails.aspx?EventId=12568 Histories of sexuality routinely mediate past(s) through archival forms of marginality, disenfranchisement and loss. In the specific case of South […]

WGS 460Y Honours Seminar Public Symposium Tuesday, April 2, 2013 • 1-5PM • WI 2053 PLEASE JOIN US! 1:00-1:10 Opening remarks 1:10-2:20 Panel 1: Mediating Bodies Rwayda Al-Kamisi, “Apart/tied: Framing the Fear in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict” Nathalie Forde, “Erasing the Roots/Routes of our History: Black Women and Hair” Johanna Lewis, “Unfit to Govern: Leftist Discourse, […]

UPCOMING RESEARCH SEMINAR *note that date and time differs from normal schedule* Please note that we are holding a special WGS Research Seminar from 2:00-3:00 pm on THURSDAY, APRIL 4th in Room 2053, Wilson Hall, New College. Please see the attached paper by Natalie Kouri-Towe, PhD Candidate in the Dept. of Humanities, Social Sciences and […]

This event will be in Persian. The Rediscovery of a Movement: Iranian Women's Uprising in 1979. Book launch presentation and presentation by the authors, Mahnaz Matine and Nasser Mohajer. Sponsors: Women and Gender Studies Institute; Hammed Shahidian Legacy Initiative; Trudeau Foundation; Higher and Adult Education, OISE/UT; and the Centre for Studies in Education, OISE/UT.

Panel presentation by Haideh Moghissi; Nasser Mohajer; Afiya Shehrbano Zia. Keynote address by Zakia Salime. Sponsors: Women and Gender Studies Institute; Hammed Shahidian Legacy Initiative; Trudeau Foundation; Higher and Adult Education, OISE/UT; and the Centre for Studies in Education, OISE/UT

UPCOMING WGS RESEARCH SEMINARS Wednesday, April 10th 3-5 pm in Room 2053 Presentations by PhD Students in the Collaborative Program in Women & Gender Studies.

Andrea Smith, Cherokee scholar-activist Bridget Tolley and Kristen Gilchrist, co-founders of Families of Sisters in Spirit Location: OISE auditorium Time: 7:30 – 9:30 Date: April 29, 2013 Join us for a discussion on decolonizing ways forward to end violence against Indigenous women with Andrea Smith (also co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color against Violence); Bridget […]