Nominations for the inaugural National Medal for Excellence in Feminist Scholarship in Canada are due December 1, 2024. About the Award The National Medal for Excellence in Feminist Scholarship in Canada is awarded annually by the Centre for Feminist Research and honours the outstanding contributions of York University faculty Ena Dua, Bonita Lawrence, and Meg […]
Nominations for the 2023-24 Mary McEwan Memorial Dissertation Award are due November 30, 2024. CRITERIA OF ELIGIBILITY PROCEDURE FOR NOMINATION Each nomination must include: PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION Please complete the nomination checklist and submit your nomination package to Andi Schwartz, Coordinator of the Centre for Feminist Research, no later than November 30, 2024. Submissions and questions can be […]
Dr. Shaunasea Brown has won the CFR's 2022-2023 Mary McEwan Memorial Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled Art Routes: Locating Second-Generation Black Caribbean Canadian Women’s Perspectives. Dr. Shaunasea Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Studies program at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON. Her research collaborates with Black women artists of Caribbean descent and […]
The Centre for Feminist Research at York University is hosting scholars, researchers, activists, and artists for the fourth annual Critical Femininities Conference on the theme of ‘Generation.’ This year’s conference will also include a collage workshop by artist stylo starr and Keynote address by Dr. Gina Starblanket! Registration is free for all attendees and […]
The CFR community warmly welcomes the new Centre for Feminist Research Director, Professor Christo El Morr, beginning July 1, 2024, for a five year term. A message from Dr. El Morr: I am humbled by the support I have received from colleagues throughout the application process for the CFR director position. As the incoming director […]
The Centre for Feminist Research is pleased to announce a second call for a Visiting Scholar position, in person or virtually, at York University for the 2024-2025 academic year. We invite applicants who have/will have acquired a doctorate in feminist scholarship, broadly conceived, as being concerned with issues of women, gender, class, race, sexuality, ability, and feminism. Junior and senior scholars […]
The Sexuality Studies Program in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies is pleased to announce a Visiting Scholar position in partnership with the Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) at York University for the 2024-2025 academic year. We invite applicants who have/will have acquired a doctorate in sexuality studies and/or transgender studies or a related field by […]
The CFR will not hold any events during a CUPE3903 strike (unless we are asked by the striking union to host an event about the strike). This ensures that the CFR respects CUPE 3903 associates at our ORU and their right to strike; ensures that no one has to cross real or virtual picket lines, which can […]
Service Opportunity -Calling for Editors: Feminism in Focus We are looking for York University faculty with strong public writing skills or journalism experience to become the Editors of the CFR's Feminisms in Focus series. The series features interviews with CFR faculty, students and associates, for instance, visiting scholars. Besides interviews, there are also "Dispatches" which are […]
Applications are being accepted for three adjudicators. The Medal for Excellence in Feminist Scholarship in Canada will be evaluated by an adjudication committee of three full time, faculty members. The three-person adjudication committee is responsible for review and selection of the inaugural Medal for Excellence in Feminist Scholarship awardee. The adjudication process will commence on […]