The Mary MacEwan award is named in Honour of Dr. Mary McEwan, a feminist psychiatrist. The annual award of $1000.00 is presented to one PhD dissertation produced each academic year at York University in the area of feminist scholarship. The three-person adjudication committee serves a two year period and is responsible for review and selection, […]
Named in honour of Dr. Mary McEwan, a feminist psychiatrist, this annual award of $1,000.00 will be awarded to one PhD dissertation produced in the 2022-2023 academic year at York University in the area of feminist scholarship. An Awards Committee of faculty affiliated with the Centre will choose the winners. If you have dissertations that […]
CFR OPEN HOUSE | 626 KANEFF TOWER | TUESDAY OCTOBER 24, 2023 | 11AM-12:30PM It's not too late to RSVP here! Stop by for tea, coffee, cookies and fruit, to share ideas and learn how the CFR can support your research and events.We are happy to talk about supporting your events in the arts, sciences, social sciences and humanities […]
The CFR is calling for three faculty representatives on the Executive. The Executive plays an important role in the CFR and this year is an especially important year, since we will be re-chartering (which decides whether the CFR will continue to exist or be closed). There is a search for a new Director for a […]
WELCOME TO THE 2023-2024 YEAR AT THE CENTRE FOR FEMINIST RESEARCH ! Welcome to the CFR: feminists of all genders very welcome with your ideas, grant applications, and arts, sciences and humanities events! Save the date: the CFR open house is on Tuesday October 24th 11h00-12h30—stop by any time in 626 Kaneff to tea, coffee, cookies […]
The Centre for Feminist Research is looking for two Graduate Students to join its Executive Committee for the 2023-24 year. Position Description The Executive Committee is responsible for matters of regular management of the Centre and serves in a consultative and monitoring capacity in relation to the Director (and any Associate Directors). The Executive meets once a month in the Fall and Winter Terms and when necessary […]
The Centre for Feminist Research is looking for two Graduate Students to join its Executive Committee for the 2021-22 year. Position Description The Executive Committee is responsible for matters of regular management of the Centre and serves in a consultative and monitoring capacity in relation to the Director (and any Associate Directors). The Executive meets once a month in the Fall and Winter Terms and when necessary […]
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 2021-22 academic year. We invite applicants who have/will have acquired a doctorate in sexuality studies and/or transgender studies or a related field by […]
Principal Investigator: Dr. Barbara Cameron Funder: SSHRC Partnership Development Grant Partners: The Centre for Feminist Research, the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA). Project Description: Engendering Public Engagement, Democratizing Public Space is a community-university collaboration funded through a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant and […]
Principal Investigator: Dr. Roberta Buiani Funder: SSHRC Insight Development Grant Project Description: Emergent is a research creation project investigating ways in which we can better comprehend and eventually cope with new "categories of the living"- those newly emerging or newly created life forms that won’t fit or will exceed the categories defined by traditional taxonomies. New […]