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Friday, February 19, 2021

MA Student Caitlin Manuel is nominated for 2020 Favorite Faculty!

The Department of Housing and Residence Life Services sends out a survey to all students living in Residence that gives them the opportunity to submit a nomination for their Favourite... More

The Department of Housing and Residence Life Services sends out a survey to all students living in Residence that gives them the opportunity to submit a nomination for their Favourite Faculty member. This survey simply stated: Who is the faculty member, and why are they so great? Our Masters student, Caitlin Manuel has been... More

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Student Poetry – The 504 Sit-ins: The Wakening

Gagan Dhaliwal is a first-year student majoring in Cognitive Sciences and was taking our DBST1001A course - Intro to Disability Studies. “I took the course on disability studies as an elective and, to be honest, did not think much of it. Many concepts, ideas and definitions were introduced throughout the course, ultimately changing my... More

Friday, January 15, 2021

Former prof Betty-Anne Daviss’s new book – Birthing Models on the Human Rights Frontier: Speaking Truth to Power

Betty-Anne Daviss (midwife, researcher and former WGST prof) has published a new book - Birthing Models on the Human... More

Betty-Anne Daviss (midwife, researcher and former WGST prof) has published a new book - Birthing Models on the Human Rights Frontier: Speaking Truth to Power. Combined as an academic textbook and essential activist reading, it traces the major highlights of the history of Human Rights and how reproductive rights activists have graduated from involvement... More

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