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WGS Research Seminar with Cheryl Suzack

“Trapped in one of the oldest ways:’ Indigenous Women, Literature, and Law” Date: March 28, 2012 Time: 3-5 p.m. Speaker: Cheryl Suzack Location: Wilson Hall, Rm 2053 Cheryl Suzack is […]

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WGSI and Caribbean Studies invite you to ‘Revelations’

M. Jacqui Alexander, Professor at the Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto and Founding Director of the Tobago Center for the Study and Practice of Indigenous Spirituality (www.latierraspirit.org) […]

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Trans Film Screening Series Presents: Tomboy

Date: March 19, 2012 Time: 6-9 p.m. Location: William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street (one block South of Harbord, off Spadina) Snacks will be provided.   SYNOPSIS In “Tomboy,” filmmaker […]

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Varieties of Feminism: German Gender Politics in Global Perspective

Myra Marx Feree, the Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wisconsin talks about her new book: Varieties of […]

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Slutwalk Couture: The Postcolonial Politics of Feminism Lite

The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies presents: Slutwalk Couture: The Postcolonial Politics of Feminism Lite with Ratna Kapur Date: March 15, 2012 Time: 12:30pm-2:00p.m. Location: Croft Chapter […]

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International Women’s Day Slutwalk Toronto: From the Ground Up

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Speakers:  Heather Jarvis and Colleen Westendorf Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Location: Lash Miller Building, 80 St. George Street,  Room 159 This event is sponsored by the […]

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Postracial Europe? Minority Activism and the Queering of Ethnicity

This talk draws from Professor El-Tayeb’s recent book, European Others: Queering Ethnicity in Postnational Europe (Duke University Press, 2011). Date: February 27, 2012 Time: 4:00 p.m. Location: Room 108, North […]

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WGS Research Seminar with Gada Mahrouse

“I come to help” or “I help to become”?: Analyzing race, emotion and pedagogy in “alternative,” educational, and volunteer tourism Date: February 1, 2012 Time: 3-5 p.m. Speaker: Gada Mahrouse […]

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The Politics of Protest

Bridging the Local and Global in Emerging Social Movements Locating Occupy, SlutWalk, and Other Organizing Efforts Date: January 26, 2012 Time: 5:00 p.m. Location: William Doo Auditorium Discussions from the […]

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WGS Research Seminar with Kiran Mirchandani

‘Don’t Take Calls, Make Contact’: Legitimizing Racist Abuse in Transnational Service Work Date: January 25, 2012 Time: 3-5 p.m. Speaker: Kiran Mirchandani Location: Wilson Hall, Rm 2053 Abstract Based on […]