The CFR is now accepting nominations for the 2024-25 Mary McEwan Memorial Dissertation Award. 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 2024-2025 academic year at York University in the area of feminist scholarship. A committee of faculty […]
The Centre for Feminist Research has an open call for two Graduate Students to join its Executive Committee for the 2025-26 year. Applications are due Tuesday, September 30, 2025. 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). For 2025-26, meetings will take place […]
The Centre for Feminist Research at York University invites abstracts from scholars, researchers, activists, and artists for the fifth annual Critical Femininities Conference on the theme of ‘Connection.’ The conference will take place virtually on August 15-17, 2025. See the full call at the following link: https://www.yorku.ca/cfr/wp-content/uploads/sites/255/2025/02/CFP-Connection-Final-Draft.pdf Check out the Critical Femininities Research Cluster page […]
The CFR & CIFAL are organizing a one-day professional development workshop called "AI and Feminism: Foundations of a Critical Dialogue on Gender, Power, and Technology. This interdisciplinary course bridges foundational concepts in artificial intelligence (AI) with feminist theories, offering a critical framework to examine how AI technologies reinforce or challenge societal power dynamics. Participants will […]
Erobotic Futures: Exploring the Impacts of Global SexTech on Human Sex Industries is seeking research participants for confidential interviews. About the Project: Erobotic Futures is a unique study which will examine the socio-economic impacts of AI erobotics, virtual reality (VR), and global sextech, on human sex industries in Canada. This study will lay the groundwork to open […]
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 […]
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, […]