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2013-14 Community Knowledge Event on Cyber-Misogyny Forum

WGS at UTM enabled a very successful 2013-14 Community Knowledge Event on Cyber-Misogyny Forum. Noted Canadian feminists Anne Thériault and Steph Guthrie recently visited U of T Mississauga to talk […]

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Women and Gender Studies Student Union (WGSSU) Launches Website

Student Union Women and Gender Studies Student Union (WGSSU) The Women and Gender Studies Student Union (WGSSU) acts as a source of information and support for students. A major goal […]

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Rinaldo Walcott featured on CBC’s The Current

Last week, Prof. Rinaldo Walcott discussed the Michael Brown shooting and aftermath in Ferguson, Missouri on CBC’s The Current. Listen to the radio clip, here.

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It’s Not Easy Being a Girl – WGS335H: The Politics of Girlhood

Hannah Dyer, WGSI Sessional Lecturer, was recently featured in The Newspaper about the course she designed, WGS335H:  The Politics of Girlhood, based off her own research, which focuses on popular […]

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Festival of Original Theatre: Queering Performance – Feb. 5-7, 2015

Registration Now Open: FOOT 2015: Queer(ing) Performance! The Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) conference will run February 5-7th 2015 at the University of Toronto. This year’s theme focuses on Queer […]

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Boundless Campaign Video featuring WGSI Professor D. Alissa Trotz

The University of Toronto hosted a celebration this week to announce the progress of the Boundless Campaign (with $1.5B achieved!).

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Tyler Carson, WGSI MA student invited to Global Summit in Dublin, Ireland

Tyler Carson’s undergraduate thesis titled “Toward A Queer Politics of Pride” has been selected as a highly commended paper for this year’s Undergraduate Awards. This distinction of highly commended means […]

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Tara Cookson, WGSI Graduate, Awarded Second Bill Gates Senior Prize

Tara Cookson has been awarded the second Bill Gates Senior Prize in recognition of her outstanding research, her dedication to improving the lives of others and her work to promote […]

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Opinion: Silencing charities isn’t the answer

On August 9, 2014, the Edmonton Journal featured  an article written by WGSI graduate Joanne Cave. The Canada Revenue Agency’s political audit crackdown limits charities’ independence, constrains their ideological stances […]

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WGSI Community Knowledge Alliance Event – No More Silence – May 24 @ 5:30

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 […]