{"id":18529,"date":"2025-11-13T14:18:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/?page_id=18529"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:33:42","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2025\/11\/FASS-Convocation-1024x683.jpg); background-position: 100% 11%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Careers\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-can-i-do-with-a-womens-and-gender-studies-degree\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can I do with a Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies degree? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Women\u2019s and Gender Studies degree opens doors to a wide range of meaningful and impactful careers.<br>Below you\u2019ll find examples of job titles, employment sectors, and employers where our recent graduates have built their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"common-career-opportunities-and-job-titles\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Common Career Opportunities and Job Titles <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Author<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Child and Family Protection Worker (Collaborative Practice Team)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Child Care Policy Analyst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communications Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Counselling \/ Counselor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Counselor Lobbyist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crime Victim Services Worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director of Shelters, Girls, and Family Programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economic Policy Analyst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Educator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Educational Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equity Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Events Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Executive Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Executive Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foreign Service Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front Line Worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health and Social Services Worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health Care Aide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human Resources Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human Rights Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Institute Administrator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instructional Designer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intelligence Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intercultural Programs Coordinator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>International Development Worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journalist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Junior Policy Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawyer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legislative Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LGBT Service Worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Management \u2013 Women\u2019s Advocacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manager \u2013 Resources Centre and IT Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marketing Coordinator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midwifery Provider<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Network Engagement Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parliamentary Affairs Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planned Parenthood Worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Policy Analyst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Policy and Programs Analyst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Policy Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postdoctoral Research Associate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Primary Prevention Educator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Program Coordinator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Servant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rape Crisis Services Worker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Researcher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sexual Assault Prevention Educator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Policy Analyst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Policy Equity Consultant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Policy Researcher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teacher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1248\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2025\/11\/FIST-scaled.png\" alt=\"Employment sectors of WGST graduates\" class=\"wp-image-18694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2025\/11\/FIST-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2025\/11\/FIST-512x250.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2025\/11\/FIST-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2025\/11\/FIST-320x156.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2025\/11\/FIST-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2025\/11\/FIST-1536x749.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/2025\/11\/FIST-2048x998.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Employment sectors of WGST Alumni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"did-you-know-that\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Did you know that&nbsp;\u2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>FIST offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/courses\/WGST\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">practicum course<\/a> (WGST 4903, WGST 4904) for Women\u2019s and Gender Studies students who choose to pursue a specific area of research?&nbsp; Opportunities are provided to students to apply their women\u2019s and gender studies knowledge to a specific project or problem.&nbsp; Students may have the choice of identifying a specific research project or area that they wish to pursue in conjunction with an institutional placement.&nbsp; Each placement will be negotiated individually as a contract between the student, instructor and institutional partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"employment-sectors\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employment Sectors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Administration and Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arts, Multimedia, Communications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Studies\/Graduate Student<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human Resources and Finance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Medical Profession<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Policy, Law and Public Safety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post-Secondary Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sales, Marketing and Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skilled Trades<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technology and Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"employers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Akwesasne Mohawk Board of Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Berlin Metropolitan School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canada Border Services Agency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canadian Centre for Gender &amp; Sexual Diversity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carefor Health &amp; Community Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carleton University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carleton University \u2013 Interdisciplinary Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carleton University \u2013 ISSO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carleton University \u2013 Transgender Media Lab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Correctional Service Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>County Casa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Department of Transport<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employment and Social Development Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environment and Climate Change Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Family and Children&#8217;s Services of Renfrew County<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Affairs Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hybrid Brand Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>King\u2019s-Edgehill School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legislative Assembly of Ontario<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loblaw Companies Limited<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lycee Francais International de Hong Kong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Metro Community Living<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nelligan Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Omni Health Care \u2013 Frost Manor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ontario Nonprofit Network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ottawa Carleton District School Board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parks Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planned Parenthood Ottawa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qventures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Queen\u2019s University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sagen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seneca College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shared Services Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shepherds of Good Hope<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sagen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seneca College<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shepherds of Good Hope<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shared Services Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St. Jude\u2019s Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stanley Mutual<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SterlingIM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switch Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TallGrass Natural Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ottawa Hospital<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TimePlan Education Group Limited<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toronto Transit Commission<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Treasury Board of Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Ottawa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Toronto<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Victoria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Western Ontario \/ Western University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whitehaven Childcare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women and Gender Equality Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>YWCA Banff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>YWCA Toronto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can I do with a Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies degree? 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