Monday, March 27, 2023

Patrizia Gentile writes on the Criminalization of Queer Communities in Canada

Patrizia Gentile, Professor and Graduate Advisor with the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation, has published an article in The Conversation titled "Sex workers are left out in the cold by Ottawa’s unjust conviction amendments." This article is co-written with Steven Maynard, Gary Kinsman, and Tom Hooper, and explores the recent intention... More

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Dr. Abu-Zahra: The University as a Co-Working Space

Join tomorrow's session facilitated by the Joint Chair in Women’s Studies at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, Dr. Nadia Abu-Zahra, to learn about the evidence mounting against the “banking” or “transmission” model of learning (the predominant postsecondary education model which entails content, lectures, exams and... More

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

New Essay by Katharine Bausch in ‘The Routledge History of Police Brutality in America’

Dr. Katie Bausch, FIST Instructor and Undergraduate Advisor, has recently published an essay titled 'Police Violence in Film from Blaxploitation to New Black Realism' in the The Routledge History of Police Brutality in America handbook. This collection of essays will be released on April 11th, 2023. Book Description "This handbook offers a... More

Friday, March 10, 2023

Manjeet Birk and Ryan Conrad Receive Research Achievement Awards

The Feminist Institute of Social Transformation is excited to announce and celebrate the 2023 Achievement Award Recipients, particularly FIST's Manjeet Birk and Ryan Conrad. Manjeet Birk, Associate Professor at FIST, was awarded the Teaching Achievement Awards by Carleton University's Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) for her... More

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

International Women’s Day 2023: message and event

International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated globally on March 8 every year to acknowledge the significance and impacts of diverse women's rights movements that bring attention to gender equity, reproductive rights, gender based violence, among others. There is an alarming increase in assaults on the rights of women, girls, Two Spirit, trans,... More

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Dr. Fady Shanouda will be a keynote speaker at the 2023 Jean-Paul Dionne Symposium

Dr. Fady Shanouda, assistant professor at the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation, will be one of two keynote speakers at the 2023 Jean-Paul Dionne Symposium. The Jean-Paul Dionne Symposium is an annual bilingual research conference organized by graduate students from the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. Founded in 1985 by... More

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Ways to Support Communities Impacted by Earthquake in Turkey, Syria and Kurdistan

The devastating earthquake that hit Turkey, Syria, and neighboring regions on February 6, 2023, has struck some of the most vulnerable people in the world. Over 24,000 people have lost their lives, many are injured, thousands are still trapped under the rubble, and efforts continue to reach those trapped under rubble. Of course, many... More

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Event Recap: Sex Work & COVID-19 in Global Perspective

On January 19, 2023, Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore (Associate Professor, Feminist Institute of Social Transformation) shared some of her latest research alongside various academics and researchers, notably Ryan Conrad; Adjunct Research Professor with the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation. This online panel discussion was hosted by Carleton... More

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Call for Papers: Review of Disability Studies Special Issue

CALL FOR PAPERS! Review of Disability Studies (RDS) Special Issue: Conversations with/across the Global South: Towards Decolonial Disability Futurities The Review of Disability Studies (RDS) is an anonymous peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, open-access, academic and international journal published by the Center on Disability Studies at the... More

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Meet Your Professors – Dr. Amrita Hari

"Meet Your Professors" video series showcases passionate Profs from across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Learn more about Dr. Amrita Hari's research and teaching and why you should join the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation (FIST) at Carleton. Professor Amrita Hari from FIST discusses her research on migration and identity,... More

Monday, January 16, 2023

WGST students get creative at the Book Arts Lab

Working on the theme of feminist rage, students from WGST 3001 (taught by Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore) learned the basics of letterpress printing at the Book Arts Lab in Carleton University's MacOdrum Library. Check out the students' creations... More

Friday, January 13, 2023

ENGAGE Newsletter 2022 – Engaging girls & young women with disabilities across Southern spaces

The Decolonial Disability Studies Collective (DDSC), led by Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen from Carleton University, comprises a group of disabled and nondisabled researchers and activists from both the global south and the global north. The DDSC currently has four ongoing projects – including the ENGAGE project - each of which seeks to centre the... More

Monday, December 12, 2022

New Publication & Digitization Project from Dr. Conrad on World AIDS Day

For the last year and a half, FIST Adjunct Research Professor Dr. Ryan Conrad has been working with Artexte to digitize and preserve the long out of print book A Leap in the Dark: AIDS, Art and Contemporary Cultures which was edited by Allan Klusaček and Ken Morrison back in 1992. The book came... More

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Dr. Shanouda featured as a panelist at Mad People’s Movement: Reclaiming Collective Activist Histories webinar series

Dr. Fady Shanouda will be joined by various other panelists to discuss mad activism, movements of persons with psychosocial disabilities and disability rights across time. This webinar will be held on December 9, 2022, 8:30 AM (Eastern time) and brings activists from the Global South and Global North together in an intergenerational discussion.... More

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

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, December 5, 2022

Have coffee with a FIST prof!

Two FIST professors will be participating in the 'Coffee with a Prof' initiative' which is organized by Carleton's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dr. Manjeet Birk is available by appointment and Dr. Katie Bausch is available on campus and/or on Zoom, Tuesdays & Thursdays between 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., by appointment. To set up... More

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

SUBMISSIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING RECEIVED. PLEASE CONTACT FISTGradCon2023@gmail.com IF YOU HAVE ANY INQUIRIES.   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 &... 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

Friday, October 21, 2022

New Book Chapter by Dr. Shanouda!

FIST Assistant Professor and Critical Disability Studies scholar, Dr. Fady Shanouda, has a new book chapter titled "Black-abundance, Fat-revolt, and Crip-desire: Intersectionality as Interference in the Life and Death of Rohan Garfield Salmon" in the Handbook of Disability. Check it out! Abstract: "This chapter is an examination of the life and... More

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Final TDKRA Report Released!

Associate Professor in FIST, Xuan Thuy Nguyen, has completed her collaborative research project : Transforming Disability Knowledge, Research, and Activism (TDKRA). Thuy is the Principal Investigator of this SSHRC funded project, co-investigators include: Marnina Gonick, Claudia Mitchell, and Deborah Stienstra. Today, on the International Day of... 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

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Amrita Hari, Incoming Director of PJIWGS/FIST

PJIWGS/FIST welcomes Amrita Hari as our new Director on July 1, 2022. Professor Hari is an Associate Professor who joined Carleton in 2013. She has a BA Hons and MA in Geography from University of Toronto and a DPhil in Geography from University of Oxford, and she was appointed as a Postdoctoral Fellow at... More

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Recent Publications from Ann Cvetkovich

Ann Cvetkovich, Director of the PJIWGS, has published the following essays recently:  “Billy-Ray Belcourt’s Loneliness as the Affective Condition of Settler Colonialism” in a special issue of Feminist Theory on Feminist Loneliness Studies edited by Shoshana Magnet and Celeste Orr; and “Covid Silver Linings” for a Symposium on 2020... More

Thursday, May 26, 2022

2022 WGST MA Theses

The following students in the WGST MA program recently defended their theses and will graduate in June 2022.  Brenna Egan, “Dragging Out Settler-Colonial Society: Exploring Gay and Queer Drag Scenes in Vancouver as (De)Colonial Spaces” Caitlin Manuel, “Cultivating Death-worlds: Intellectual/Developmental Disability, Sex, and Intimacy in... More

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Patrizia Gentile promoted to Full Professor

Congratulations to Patrizia Gentile, who holds a joint appointment in Women’s and Gender Studies and Human Rights and Social Justice, and has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor, effective July 1, 2022.  Gentile will continue her appointment as Graduate Advisor for the Women’s and Gender Studies MA program next year. ... More

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

PJIWGS at Sexuality Studies Association’s Annual Conference

PJIWGS will have a strong presence at this year’s Sexuality Studies Association annual conference, May 20-22. Current Institute Director Ann Cvetkovich will be presenting a keynote address titled, “Grappling with Care” on May 20, and graduate students Caitlin Manuel and Brenna Egan will be presenting papers. Ryan Conrad, contract instructor... More

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