Friday, November 1, 2019

Sign up for Communities of Practice Today!

The Joint Chair in Women's Studies will be hosting two Community of Practice sessions on Wednesday, November 13th at Carleton in Dunton 2017.  Please click on the link below for more information and to sign up!... More

Monday, October 28, 2019

You’re invited to join the Carleton/uOttawa Transgender Studies Reading Group!

Carleton/uOttawa Transgender Studies Reading Group! We meet once a month at Carleton (and sometimes uOttawa) to discuss new interdisciplinary scholarship in Transgender Studies. Our first meeting this academic year is on Monday, November 4, 3-5PM, Dunton Tower, Room 1419, Carleton University. We will be discussing the first three chapters of Gayle... More

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Behind the scenes with the Accessible Canada Act C-81

The new Accessible Canada Act C-81 received royal assent on July 21. A film crew followed and interviewed key people on the day, including the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Senator Jim Munson, James van Raalte, Sinead Tuite, Bill Adair and Frank Folino. Two and a half hours of raw footage from the July 21 proceedings... More

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

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Dr. James Deaville wins SSHRC Insight Grant for research project “Sounds of Body: Muteness, Music, and Eugenics in Screen Representation.”

Dr. James Deaville was recently awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant for $100,000 for the research project "Sounds of Body: Muteness, Music, and Eugenics in Screen Representation." As part of the grant, he will be supporting student research, workshops, and a web presence, all in the area of music, disability, and screen... More

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

New Publication from Dr. Kelly Fritsch

A new special issue of Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience was recently published on the topic of “Crip Technoscience”. It was guest edited by Dr. Kelly Fritsch with Dr. Aimi Hamraie, Dr. Mara Mills, and Dr. David Serlin. The issue features the Crip Technoscience Manifesto written by Dr. Kelly Fritsch and Dr. Aimi Hamraie, as... More

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Two New Publications from Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen

Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen has two new publications that were recently released. Her co-authored article Unsettling research vs. activism: How might critical disability studies disrupt traditional research boundaries? was published in a special themed issue of Disability and Society. Her paper Critical Disability Studies at the Edge of Global... 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

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Dr. Nael Bhanji is awarded the Mary McEwan Memorial Award!

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Nael Bhanji, who has been awarded the Mary McEwan Memorial Award at York University.  Nael is a professor at the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies, and is the 2018-19 Visiting scholar in Sexuality Studies at the Centre for Feminist Research at York University.  His work... More

Friday, May 3, 2019

Joint Chair in Women’s Studies is Awarded CFLR Grant!

    The Joint Chair in Women's Studies, Dr. Ummni Khan, has received a $5,000 grant from the Canadian Foundation for Legal Research (CFLR) to pursue a project entitled "The Criminalization of Sex Trade Clients and the Potential for a Constitutional Challenge" Her project was chosen among a large number of very qualified applicants. ... More

Friday, May 3, 2019

Congratulations to WGST M.A. Graduate Bernadeth Betchi Nnomo!!

  On February 19, 2019, Bernadeth Betchi Nnomo joined the communications and planning unit in the Prime Minister's Office as a new special assistant, currently working in Madame Gregoire Trudeau's office.  Our deepest congratulations to... More

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Florence Bird Lecture 2019: Ann Cvetkovich

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

POSTPONED: ‘To Make it Alive in the Minds of People’: Rematriating Sky Woman’s Story

Please note that this event is postponed to Fall 2019   Monday, February 25, 2019 Who gets to write history? The colonizers do. History has a very different meaning for the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk people). The Kanienkeha word for history, tsinitsiwen:a, means ‘to make it alive in the minds of the people’. As we consider... More

Friday, January 4, 2019

A Family Matter: Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy

Monday, January 14, 2019 10:00am - 11:30am Dunton 1811 A Family Matter: Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy offers an interdisciplinary examination of the role family formation plays in both the granting and refusal of Canadian citizenship. In analyzing three different areas of Canada's immigration law and policy,... More

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

November 19th Lecture, Dr. Brian Johnson – Dazzler, Allegory, and Shame: Notes from the Mutant Closet, 1980-1986.

Date: Monday, November 19 2018 Time: 10:00am - 11:30am Venue: Dunton 1811 Queer comics readers have always known that the euphoric freedom of the superbody and the suggestive homosociality of superhero friendships furnish abundant raw materials for queer worldbuilding and the pleasures of self-recognition. We just have to squint at them properly.... More

Friday, October 12, 2018

#Feminism: Popular Culture and the Representation of a Movement

Over the 20th and 21st centuries feminism has been represented in multiple ways in popular culture. Somewhat surprisingly, the movements around feminism have been at times celebrated in film, television, and music. However, a very specific version of the movements prevail; ones that focus on white, middle-class, neo-liberal narratives, ultimately... More

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Florence Bird Lecture 2018: Policing Black Lives – Sept. 21st

On state violence and Black feminist resistance Robyn Maynard is a Black feminist author, community organizer and public intellectual based in Montréal. She has been a part of movements against racial profiling, police violence, detention and deportation for over a decade and has an extensive background in community work. Robyn will be discussing... More

Monday, July 30, 2018

Sept. 24-25, 2018: New Event by the Joint Chair in Women’s Studies: Academic Freedom and Anti-Oppression

Always a Zero-Sum Game? Exploring the Tensions Between Academic Freedom and Anti-Oppression Organized by Dr. Ummni Khan, the Joint Chair in Women’s Studies (Carleton University and University of Ottawa), this one and a half day symposium aims to create open and respectful dialogue about the tensions — real or perceived — between academic... More

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Contract instructor opportunity for Winter 2019

The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies is currently seeking applicants for a contract instructor position for the Winter 2019 semester. WGST 4812 / 5901 Sexual Violence on Campus Please see the ad at employment... More

Friday, June 15, 2018

New: Sexuality Studies Minor and Disability Studies Minor

As of July 2018, the Sexuality Studies Minor and the Disability Studies Minor are moving from the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies and will be administered through the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies. Please refer to our website for program requirements and stay tuned for further... More

Thursday, May 17, 2018

New Publication by Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore in Signs

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore on this insightful and impressive contribution to Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society! "We Fight with God’s Weapons: Sex Work and Pragmatic Penance in Neoliberal Costa Rica"       Volume 43, Number 4 | Summer 2018   Abstract: Based on ethnographic research in... More

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Congratulations to our MA student, Bernadette Betchi Nnomo, on a new job opportunity

  Congratulations to Bernadette Betchi Nnomo who has recently received a new job opportunity. Bernadette will soon start working as a Gender and LGBTQ2+ Program Analyst at the Revenue Canada Agency. In addition to this experience, Bernadette will be teaching Communications in the School of Advanced Technology at Algonquin College. Bernadette... More

Friday, March 2, 2018

PJIWGS is hiring an associate professor

FOR FULL JOB AD CLICK HERE The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies invites applications for a preliminary (tenure-track)/tenured position in the Institute at the rank of Associate Professor, to commence July 1, 2018. We seek applicants with strong and broad backgrounds in critical theory and analysis whose scholarship bridges... More

Thursday, February 22, 2018

CU in the City: Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore talks about sex tourism

IN THE CITY LECTURE SERIES Sun, Sand, and Sex: A Conversation about Sex Tourism Speakers: Dr. Megan Rivers-Moore (Assistant Professor, Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s & Gender Studies) and Dr. Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology) What is “sex tourism”? Why do tourists and locals... More

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Florence Bird Lecture 2018: Robyn Maynard

  We are delighted to announce that the 2018 Florence Bird Lecture will be delivered by Robyn Maynard, a Black feminist author, community organizer and public intellectual based in Montréal. She has been a part of movements against racial profiling, police violence, detention and deportation for over a decade and has an extensive... More

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

New publication by Dr. Amrita Hari

Dr. Amrita Hari, professor at the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies, recently published an article in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society entitled "'Someone Kept Sacrificing': Disentangling Gender Ideology in Immigrant Narratives of Social Reproduction". Dr. Hari's work engages with the notion of "doing gender"... More

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