Tea and Talk: Dr. Karen Stote (Women's and Gender Studies, Laurier), "Colonialism and the Sterilization of Indigenous Women in Canada"
This talk is the first in a new "Tea and Talk" series we are beginning!
Current undergraduate students
Women's Studies Student Society Welcome Back Party!
Friday, April 21, 2023
2023 GSJ field trip to Stratford
It was so great to see everyone enjoying themselves in Stratford last weekend for the end-of-term GSJ field trip. We had absolutely perfect weather and what a great production of RENT! Thanks to all who joined.
Monday, January 23, 2023
New faculty member: Laura Mae Lindo
The Department of Philosophy is thrilled to announce that Laura Mae Lindo will be joining us as a new faculty member!
You are invited to join us for a showing of Every Little Nookie, a live performance that pushes the boundaries of conventional notions of sex and love. The play is showing at Stratford Festival Theater on Saturday, October 1st at 2 pm. Transportation will be provided.
See the full synopsis of the play here
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Challenging the rise of hate and misinformation
Philosopher Jennifer Saul is pushing the bounds of a classical discipline to combat racism, misogyny and the spread of misinformation
Join the virtual live film screening of "Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation", hosted by the Gender and Social Justice program. This film examines period poverty, menstrual inequity and the need for accessible and affordable menstrual care products. It addresses the lived experience of female prisoners, transgender activists as well as menstrual health experts and advocates. All attendees will be entered in a draw for door prizes. The screening will be held on WebEx, with the link to join below.
GSJ Presents Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation
Dr. Kim Hong Nguyen (Communication Arts) presents Mean Girl Feminism: White Feminist Outrage and Salvation
From the Bitch Manifesto to the movie Mean Girls and the popularity of the mean girl trope, the right to be mean is the new frontier for white feminist discontent. My work explores how feminism points to gender as if it is resistance in and of itself. Feminist discourses have positioned the white heterosexual mean girl/woman as both the primary problem to patriarchy and the antidote without whom patriarchy cannot be remade. I argue that the white mean girl feminist is the idealistic figure of complaint and the white hetero-patriarchal mark of bourgeois feminist maturity. In this presentation, I will share a brief overview of this book project.
Friday, June 19, 2020
Professor Ann Garry to receive the Distinguished Woman Philosopher Award for 2020
The Steering Committee of the Eastern Division of The Society for Women in Philosophy has announced that past Humphrey Chair of Feminist Philosophy at Waterloo, Professor Ann Garry, will be receiving the Distinguished Woman Philosopher Award this year.
We are celebrating the launch of the new Gender and Social Justice (GSJ) undergraduate programs with a virtual event with Toronto Star columnist Shree Paradkar. We hope that you will be able to join us!
Public Lecture: Shree Paradkar, “Rise, disrupt, change - and do it all over again”
March 17, 7-8 p.m. Via WebEx