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Monday, December 6, 2021

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Dec 6, 2021 Dear friends of the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies: On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we continue to to remember and to mourn the women whose lives were cut short at École Polytechnique in Montreal on December 6, 1989.  Although we cannot... More

Friday, December 3, 2021

ENGAGE project launch on The International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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Friday, November 12, 2021

Congratulations to our Graduates!

Dear friends of the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies: As we prepare for yet another Convocation without being able to gather in person, I'd like to extend a note of congratulations to this fall's graduates.   I wish that we could hear your names called out as you cross the stage to... More

Monday, November 1, 2021

New Video for Critical Race Studies!

The Carleton Faculty of Social Sciences has created a new video to promote our new minor in Critical Race Studies.  Check it out... More

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Students as Partners Blog: Catherine Camparmo

This summer, I had the privilege of being asked by Professor Conrad to participate in the Students as Partners program to improve the First Year Seminar course I took last year in the Women’s and Gender Studies program, Intro to LGBTQ Studies. I was incredibly excited at the prospect of this opportunity, as this... More

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Upcoming Event: The Politics of a “Holiday”: An open-house reflection about September 30th

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Monday, September 20, 2021

Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance Finds Strong Support on Carleton Campus

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

We’re Hiring a Website, Social Media and Event Assistant!

We want to hire a work-study student as a Website, Social Media and Event Assistant!  Please apply through CUHire by September 20th, 2021. For more information for students on the Work-Study program, please visit https://carleton.ca/awards/students/   Job Description: Website Social Media and Events Assistant Compensation: $15.00/hr + 4%... More

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Dr. Manjeet Birk writing on Critical Race Theory in “The Conversation”

Assistant Professor and  interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Manjeet Birk, recently published a widely-circulated piece in The Conversation on Critical Race Theory and “Diversity”. In addition to providing a brief overview of what critical race theory actually involves, the article also challenges “diversity” initiatives that fail to address... More

Monday, August 9, 2021

Recordings from “What Happened to Lesbian and Gay Studies?” symposium now available for viewing

In June 2021, The Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICI) Berlin hosted an online symposium titled “What Happened to Lesbian and Gay Studies?”, which featured a number of speakers and panelists, including Dr. Ann Cvetkovich, Director of the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies. The symposium aimed to answer a range of... More

Thursday, August 5, 2021

New publication from Dr. Ann Cvetkovich in Feminist Media Histories’ special issue on Affect

Dr. Ann Cvetkovich has a new piece in the Spring 2021 special issue on Affect published by the journal Feminist Media Histories. The article titled “It Feels Right to Me”: Queer Feminist Art Installations and the Sovereignty of the Senses focuses on how affect theory has been informed by art practice, and develops the... More

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Research Assistant (RA) position available with The Learning with and from the Global South: Opportunities for Engaging Girls and Young Women with Disabilities Across Southern Spaces (ENGAGE) project 

The Learning with and from the Global South: Opportunities for Engaging Girls and Young Women with Disabilities Across Southern Spaces (ENGAGE) project invites applications for 1 Research Assistant at Carleton University in Canada. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2021-24), ENGAGE aims to create decolonial... More

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