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Friday, November 25, 2022

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

As a content warning, please note that this webpage includes information about gender-based violence and sexual violence. We understand that this can trigger strong reactions and we encourage the community to connect with Carleton University’s  Sexual Assault Support Centre  and/or Health and Counselling Services  for support. Additional... More

Monday, November 7, 2022

Call for Submissions: 2023 FIST Grad Conference

The graduate students of the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation are excited to announce a call for submissions for our 2023 conference titled, “Transforming Our Social World: Radical Practices of World Building & Destruction”. The conference will be held as an in person/online hybrid from March 23-24, 2023. We are inviting... More

Monday, October 24, 2022

New collaborative publication in Anti-Trafficking Review

A 2022 graduate of our MA in WGST, Romeo Joe Quintero, and Dr. Amrita Hari have co-authored a compelling article in Anti-Trafficking Review titled, "Queering Protracted Displacement: Lessons from Internally Displaced Persons in the Philippines." The original article showcases Romeo's impressive fieldwork and makes a novel argument for challenging... More

Monday, October 24, 2022

Launch of National Study Addressing Two Spirit, Trans, and Nonbinary Employment and Un(der)employment

Working for Change – A Two Spirit, Trans, and Nonbinary Employment and Un(der)employment Study launched on September 28th, 2022. The first of its kind in Canada, Working for Change...is a national study using mixed methods (an online survey and interviews) that explore Two-Spirit, trans and non-binary identified people's various... More

Monday, October 3, 2022

What cool events are coming up?

Psychology Mental Health Day 2022 October 6, 2022 at 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM EST The Department of Psychology in partnership with MeWeRTH, will co-host Psychology Mental Health Day on Thurs. Oct. 6th from 1:30-4:00pm. MeWeRTH has established the ‘Courage to Speak Award’ to recognize the bravery and inspiration of our speakers to share their... More

Friday, September 30, 2022

Orange Shirt Day 2022

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. FIST encourages all members of its community to reflect meaningfully on truth and conciliation and to wear an orange shirt to help raise awareness of the history of human rights abuses and ongoing injustices facing Indigenous peoples today. The... More

Monday, September 26, 2022

Three Recent Publications from Amrita Hari

Amrita Hari, current Director and Associate Professor within FIST, has recently shared three new publications! 1) NEW Book: "Making Sense of Immigrant Work Integration: An Organizing Perspective" ~~ Luciara Nardon and Amrita Hari created this open access book which explores the wicked problem of immigrant work integration, with specific examples... More

Friday, September 9, 2022

Romeo Quintero and Taylor Maudlin complete their MA requirements

Congratulations to Romeo Quintero and Taylor Maudlin who have recently completed all the requirements for their MA degrees! Romeo's thesis is titled “Longing for Homes Where Mangroves Used to Grow: Narratives of Internally Displaced Person in Southern Philippines.” Taylor's thesis is titled “Serving Consumer Expectations: Women Servers’... More

Friday, September 9, 2022

Students as Partners Blog: Pascale LaRiviere

"While we see a pandemic rage throughout the world, and another epidemic on the rise, I’ve been fortunate to get the opportunity to spend time learning more about an older one. Over the past summer, I’ve been at work on the digital archive of the AIDS Activist History Project. My work there was for... More

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Khadija El Hilali’s latest mutual aid initiative of distributing grocery items to 200 families

Khadija El Hilali, recent Carleton University graduate, has recently launched Support Sistem in hopes of continuing her community-building efforts and the activism work she has engaged in for many years. In July of 2022, Support Sistem offered essential grocery items to 200 families in two of Ottawa’s low-income neighbourhoods: Overbrook and... More

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Congratulations to all 2020-2022 Graduates!

Congratulations to all of the graduating classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 who finally had the opportunity to participate in convocation ceremonies this year.   The students listed below have been awarded degrees by the Senate of Carleton University. Riwa Abdel Khalek - Bachelor of Arts with Honours, Film Studies and Women's and Gender... More

Thursday, June 23, 2022

New Courses for 2022-23

As part of our ongoing efforts to provide intersectional curriculum that will be relevant for students in all of our Majors and Minors, we will be offering the following new courses in 2022-23: WGST 2812 Trans Feminisms (Dan Irving) WGST 3812 Fat Studies (Fady Shanouda) CRST 3812 Feminist Intersections of Anti-Racism and Indigeneity (Manjeet... More

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