For nearly half a century, the Caribbean Studies and African Studies programs have served as intellectual homes for many of the University’s racialized faculty and students. Our community has always […]
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Nikoli Attai came to the Women & Gender Studies Institute in the Faculty of Arts & Science from Trinidad and Tobago in hopes of giving queer Caribbean people a stronger voice. “I am […]
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GSU BLM Statement of Solidarity
On behalf of the Women and Gender Studies Graduate Students’ Union, we would like to publicly reiterate our solidarity with Black communities in Canada and abroad in the fight against […]
Is there systemic racism in Canada? | Akwasi Owusu-Bempah & Robyn Maynard University of Toronto Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Vanier Scholar and author Robyn Maynard on what systemic racism looks like […]
The hashtag #JusticeForRegis has been trending since Wednesday evening when 29-year old Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a Black woman, fell to her death from a 24th floor apartment near High Park after […]
Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, who helped create the first Women’s Studies course at U of T in 1971, has created a new scholarship in her name. The Ceta Ramkhalawansingh Scholarship will be […]
They have become lawyers, activists, university professors and writers, film directors — all feminists with the same powerful mission to improve the status of women. For 35 years, the City […]
PLEASE SAVE THIS DATE: MARCH 27, 2020; 4:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M.; WILSON HALL, NEW COLLEGE. 2020 marked the 35th anniversary of the City of Toronto Women’s Scholarship award (established in 1985). Join us […]
Come join us on January 27, from 12 noon – 2pm in the WGSI Lounge, for a brown bag lunch with Tatiana who will provide a sneak peek into the […]
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WGS UTM Newsletter – Fall 2019
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