Welcome to Gender and Social Justice

What is a degree in Gender and Social Justice? Gender and Social Justice (GSJ) focuses on intersectionality, activism, and systemic inequality. This diverse discipline can teach you about intersectional feminist theory and praxis, queer theory and trans studies, reproductive rights and social justice, decolonial and anti-racism, diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and feminist epistemology of economic models. With a degree in GSJ, you can develop the tools to work towards building a better future.

With this broad range of study, career possibilities for students with a degree in GSJ include (but are not limited to) politics, education, counselling, law, women’s health, social work, and government. With the University of Waterloo’s Co-Op program, you can make meaningful work placement connections that can lead to job prospects.

We feel that the Gender and Social Justice program at the University of Waterloo is one of the best places to study because it is uniquely positioned to explore vast interdisciplinary options within Science, Health, Legal Studies, Math, and Engineering. GSJ at Waterloo offers some exciting courses, such as sexuality and the law, global health, gender issues, queer and trans studies, women’s writing, research as resistance, the ethics of care, politics and anthropologies of the body and racism in education.

Find out more about our Undergraduate programs and plans, Learn how to apply to the Gender and Social Justice Undergraduate degree program.

The Gender and Social Justice program is closely associated with the Department of Philosophy, in particular those who work in Feminist Philosophy. Our staff administers both programs, and many of our faculty teach in both areas. For more information on the Philosophy Department, visit the Philosophy website.