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 […]
Interview by Andi Schwartz Katherine Hubbard was the 2024-2025 Visiting Scholar in Sexuality Studies at the Centre for Feminist Research. In April 2025, she gave a talk titled "Me, Margaret Lowenfeld and Margaret Mead: Queer Kinship in the Past and in the Present" about her article "Being Captured by Queer Kinship: Margaret Lowenfeld and Margaret […]
Centre for Feminist Research Statement on the Suspension of Admissions to the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies at York University February 24, 2025 The Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) at York University expresses deep concern over the recent decision by York’s senior administration to suspend first-year admissions to the School of Gender, Sexuality […]
Interview by Sabrina Sam, Jessica Malandrino & Kimberly Duong Sabrina Sam: How did your own experiences spark your interest in critical sociology and social justice? Were there any pivotal moments in your early academic career, such as a particular course or extracurricular project, that inspired you to take this path? Jessica Braimoh: In my early […]