Women and Gender Studies Institute
These groundbreaking events bring together academics, artists, activists, and community members as they discuss the contributions of queer Filipinos/as to Canadian culture & society. (see poster for more details) Co-sponsored by WGSI
Four Theses on Posthuman Feminism This paper outlines the main tenets of feminism after the posthuman turn. The four theses are: that feminism is not (only) a humanism; that anthropocentrism has been displaced and Anthropos is now off-centre; that non-human life or Zoe is the ruling principle and that sexuality is a force beyond gender. […]
The Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) conference will run February 5-7th 2015 at the University of Toronto. This year's theme focuses on Queer Performance on stage and in everyday life. Join us for a weekend of panels, performances and film screenings! All of our events and programming are FREE, accessible and open to the public. […]
A Conversation between Zun Lee and Rinaldo Walcott Zun Lee is an award-winning photographer from Toronto, Canada. He was born and raised in Germany, and has also lived in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Chicago. His work has been featured in The New York Times, TIME Lightbox, BURN Magazine, Hyperallergic, Slate, and other publications. Widely hailed as […]
The Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Database (CPD): Feminist Approaches to Studying Labour Market Insecurity This panel will introduce researchers to a new cross-national database designed to facilitate research and teaching investigating gender and precarious in a comparative industrialized context. Launched in late 2014, the Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Database (CPD) is an online […]