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Vanbasten Noronha De Araújo, WGSI PhD Candidate is one of the recipients of the 2025 TATP TA Teaching Excellence Award
The Women & Gender Studies would like to congratulate PhD Candidate Vanbasten Noronha de Araújo on being one of the
Dr. Wafaa Hasan is the Recipient of ASSU’s 2025 Ranjini (Rini) Ghosh Excellence in Teaching Award
Please join us in congratulating Wafaa Hasan for being selected by the Arts & Science Students’ Union (ASSU) as this year’s recipient
The Technoscience Research Unit Stewards New Frontiers in Research Fund – Transformation Grant
We are happy to share that the Technoscience Research Unit is the steward of a New Frontiers in Research Fund -
A&S News Feature: Reclaiming dodgeball: At ‘Feminist Sports Club’, everyone’s a gold medalist
The WGSI's Feminist Sports Club was recently profiled in A&S News. Read the story here.
WGSI is delighted to announce the creation of an Annual Public Lecture named after M. Jacqui Alexander, WGSI Professor Emerita
This annual WGSI lecture, which will be launched in 2026, will honour the incredibly generative contributions Professor Emerita M. Jacqui Alexander has made to the field of transnational women’s studies, as well as to Black
Two WGSI Faculty Members Awarded CSRI Funding
The CrimSL Research Cluster for The Study of Racism and Inequality (CSRI) recently announced four awards "to support projects that
Letter on the Proposed Suspension of Admission to Undergraduate Programs at York University
‘Every person just needs an opportunity to flourish’: A&S alum Binta Bajaha building resilience with World Food Programme
WGSI alum, Binta Bajaha was recently profiled on A&S news for her remarkable work with the World Food Programme. The
Congratulations Dr. Sam Yoon
Please join the WGSI in congratulating Dr. Sam Yoon on the successful defence of his thesis titled: Cruelty Counts: Anti-Asian
WGSI PhD Student Esra Kazanbas is the Recipient of the 2024 Vida Heydarian Gender Justice Award
The WGSI is delighted to announce the winner of the Vida Heydarian Gender Justice Award, PhD student Esra Kazanbas. The