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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Disappearing Disability Call for Papers

This is a Call for chapters for a collection of essays, between 2000 and 5000 words, as well as creative works that show how disability appears and disappears in our midst. This collection will serve to introduce readers to disability studies. For full details, click here: (attached PDF). Editors: Dr. Tanya Titchkosky, Elaine Cagulada... More

Thursday, October 24, 2019

“A Completely Customized World Where Everything Is Just How I Like and Need It.”

Carleton University Art Gallery invites you to a talk by Brooklyn-based artist and activist Shannon Finnegan: “A Completely Customized World Where Everything Is Just How I Like and Need It.” The talk will take place at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, located at 355 Cooper Street in downtown Ottawa on October 29, 2019 from 7-8:30pm. This... More

Friday, October 18, 2019

The Joint Chair in Women’s Studies on Social Media!

The Joint Chair in Women's Studies is now on Social Media! Please click on the links below to follow us on Twitter and... More

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

New book review from Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen

Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen recently published Governing difference: Reflecting on the bio-politics of cure, a review of the book “Curative violence: Rehabilitating disability, gender, and sexuality in modern Korea” by Eunjung Kim. The review is available at: ... More

Monday, October 7, 2019

Latest volume of Critical Disability Discourses/Discours critiques dans le champ du handicap is now available !

The latest volume of Critical Disability Discourses/Discours critiques dans le champ du handicap is now available here: https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/issue/view/2268. Disability Studies course instructor Dr. Natalie Spagnuolo served as Managing Editor for this volume, which is dedicated to the memory of... More

Friday, October 4, 2019

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Dan Irving awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant

Dan Irving has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for his project entitled Untouchable? Eminem, Whiteness and the Emotional Landscapes of Young Men in Ontario. Congratulations Dan on winning this award, and we look forward to developments about this... More

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore’s Book “Gringo Gulch” Translated into Spanish

Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore returns to the Institute after a very busy year on sabbatical in Costa Rica, which included her book "Gringo Gulch: Sex, Tourism and Social Mobility in Costa Rica" being published by the University of Costa Rica press in Spanish this past June! Her book launch in Costa Rica included discussions by... More

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Ann Cvetkovich – New Director of the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ann Cvetkovich as the new Director of the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies. Cvetkovich arrives at Carleton after a long career at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was Ellen Clayton Garwood Centennial Professor of English, Professor of Women’s and Gender... More

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Dr. Nadia Abu-Zahra appointed to the Joint Chair in Women’s Studies at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Carleton University are pleased to announce that Dr. Nadia Abu-Zahra has been named to the Joint Chair in Women’s Studies at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. Dr. Abu-Zahra is an Associate Professor in... More

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Noah Rodomar awarded Senate Medal!

Noah Rodomar will be receiving an Undergraduate Senate Medal at Convocation this week for completing a Combined Honours Bachelor's of Arts, Film and Women's and Gender Studies. Congratulations Noah on all your hard work! We look forward to you joining the Women's and Gender Studies Master's program in the... More

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

WGST M.A. Graduate Elizabeth Owusu-Peprah is now a Women’s Advocate

Please join us in congratulating Elizabeth Owusu-Peprah (M.A. 2018), who has recently gotten a job as a Women's Advocate at the Naomi's Family Resource Centre in Winchester, ON. This centre assists women who are fleeing domestic violence. "My job is both challenging and rewarding. But the best part of my job is seeing women... More