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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.

The Department of Philosophy is thrilled to announce that Laura Mae Lindo will be joining us as a new faculty member!

Philosopher Jennifer Saul is pushing the bounds of a classical discipline to combat racism, misogyny and the spread of misinformation

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.

FEMINIST ART RESIDENCY AT ARTSCAPE GIBRALTAR POINT

For application, details click here

SESSION DATES: July 20 to August 4

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  December 2, 2019.

In 2016, Dr. Anne Innis Dagg joined the Women's Studies program (now Gender and Social Justice) as an adjunct professor. This appointment was made in recognition of Dr. Dagg's long career of feminist research and leadership. Indeed, she was one of the key early figures who helped to create Women's Studies at University of Waterloo. As an adjunct Women's Studies/GSJ professor, Dr.

On January 24, the Women's Studies Program hosted an Alumni Career Panel. Seven alums, with graduation dates between 1995 and 2016, spoke with students and faculty about the value of their Women's Studies degrees for their professional and personal lives. Indeed, while this event was designed to provide students some insight into how to translate and market social justice education for the workplace, many of the alums spoke about how their educations have benefitted their lives holistically--at home, in community work, interpersonally, and professionally. 

Dr. Karen Stote, who teaches in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Laurier University, gave a talk entitled “Colonialism and the Sterilization of Indigenous Women in Canada.” Dr. Stote’s archival research has helped bring to attention the extent to which indigenous women in the North were subjected to forced sterilizations. She situated forced sterilizations within a discourse of systemic settler colonialism, showing how sterilizations functioned as a cost effective means of erasing indigeneity in Canada.