The Department of Gender & Women's Studies invites the University community to join us for the public talks presented by the short-listed candidates for the Tenure Track Position in GWS.

Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis

The Transnational Trajectory of Trauma: Gender, Migration and Global Health Governance

June 30, 2023 (Friday)/ 10:00 am (Eastern Standard Time)
/ zoom link: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/96239105055
Meeting ID: 962 3910 5055

Course Description: Sex, Gender, and Species
In this course, we will undertake a critical feminist analysis of the questions “what is a woman?” and “what is an animal?” Drawing on interspecies feminist theory, we will consider the ways that women and animals have been constructed, objectified, and entangled in social and cultural practices – including the discourses and material consequences of Western ethics, science, consumption, and entertainment. Throughout the course, an aim is for you to grapple with interspecies feminist theory to develop responses that move beyond biological determinism, and do not draw a line at the human boundary. 

Delivery Method: Web based
Course Start/ End: 2023-05-01 to 2023-06-12
Instructor: Dr. Jan Oakley
Course code: WOME-2111-SDE
Credit Weight: 0.5 FCE

Exploring the Underrepresentation of Women Coaches in Canadian University Sport

Currently, there are disproportionally few women who hold coaching positions within Canadian university sport. To investigate the gender gap, Dr. Hayley Baker's research explores the institutional practices that inform women coaches' working realities. In her talk, Dr. Baker will describe the taken-for-granted nature of university sport, calling for a more nuanced understanding of women's work in coaching to address gender disparity and diversify leadership in this space.

Zoom link*: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/97979034418?pwd=clVQS0FHVTdQaU1YczdrTFFSaUdCUT09
Meeting ID: 979 7903 4418
Passcode: 203739
*Please note you do not need to create a Zoom account since you would be joining a Zoom event as a participant.

“But do you know what day it is?”:
Dracula, Gendered Empire, and the Breakdown of Patriarchal-Imperial Colonial Discourse

Victorian patriarchal-imperial discourse justified colonization abroad and men's ownership of women at home. In Bram Stoker's Dracula, the frontiers between internal/external, home/elsewhere exist everywhere, and are often associated with women who hold knowledge-power that undermines the Crew of Light's assumptions about the ‘natural’ inferiority of women, feminized men, and land. Muddled marriage, multiple feminized frontiers, and knowledgeable local women all challenge the idea that colonization was a natural offshoot of British patriarchal responsibility. If only the Crew would listen!

The Vagina Monologues

Time: doors open at 6:00 pm and curtain opens at 6:30 pm
Admission: By Donation (suggested price $10)

Open Call for Performers and Volunteers to get involved.
Email: GEC@lusu.ca

Please join us for a free film screening and panel discussion.
This event is sponsored by the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, the Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre, and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.

The Smallest Steps is a new documentary film that charts some of the histories of feminist anti-violence activism in Canada.
Watch the trailer: https://smalleststeps.ca