Dr. Pam Wakewich will be presenting on the Anishinaabek Cervical Cancer Screening Study at the Cervical Cancer Prevention in Northern Indigenous Communities workshop in Winnipeg, MB, April 20 and 21. The national workshop will bring together interdisciplinary health researchers, local experts and knowledge users to discuss gaps in current knowledge and ways of enhancing community engagement and collaboration in HPV and cervical cancer research in the north.

Congratulations to Kelsey Meagher, former Women's Studies student, who has been accepted to the competitive M.Sc Audiology at the University of British Columbia! Kelsey has wanted to be an audiologist since she began University, and the Department wishes her all the best as she pursues her great opportunity!

On March 6th Lori gave a talk at the Future History of Welfare Conference at the University of Trent. Her presentation focused on Indigenous children and child welfare law. On March 27th, Lori attended the Community Knowledge Alliance meeting in Toronto, whose theme this year was "Sexual Assault on Campus: Activism and Accountability at U of T and Beyond", to speak about sexual assault policy on campus!

Jordan Lehto's play based on his graduate research will be performed in Thunder Bay at the 10x10 showcase. His research was on gay men's experiences in high schools in Thunder Bay in the post World War II period. The play is called "People Like You." More information can be found at - http://www.10x10tbay.ca/showcase.html

Dr. Jane Nicholas's book called The Modern Girl: Feminine Modernities, The Body and Commodities was recently published by the Universtiy of Toronoto Press. More about the book can be found at - http://www.utppublishing.com/The-Modern-Girl-Feminine-Modernities-the-Bo...

Dr. Jane Nicholas will be giving a talk on child freak show performers at the University of Lethbridge on March 11. Please see the link for more details - http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/event/72819

Dr. Wakewich and the team of the Anishinaabek Cervical Cancer Screening Study (ACCSS), have been published in Health Care for Women International. Thier article, "Strategies for Increasing Cervical Cancer Amongst First Nations Communities in Norwest Ontario, Canada" is now available via the DOI 10.1080/07399332.2014.959168. More information about the research project can be found at the team's webpage http://www.accssfn.com/

Dr. Lori Chambers has been invited to speak at Laurentian University this week to share information about the Sexual Assault Task Force that she Chairs, and the implementation of Lakehead's Sexual Assault Policy. Laurentian students hope that they will be able to use the information she brings to put pressure on their University to adopt a similar Policy.

Congratulations to former Women's Studies student, Karen Hagman, who just recieved news that she has been accepted to Law School! Karen notes that her background in Women's Studies is the reason she became interested in law in the first place, and she's excited to start this new phase of her career. Congratulations Karen!