School of Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies Archives

Professor Enakshi Dua Receives Prestigious 2026 OCUFA Equity and Social Justice Award

Posted on 2 July 2026

Enakshi Dua, a professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, has been awarded the prestigious 2026 Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Equity and Social Justice Award. This award celebrates her outstanding contributions to advancing the position of professors, academic librarians and other academic staff from historically marginalized communities. Reflecting on […]

GSWS student Tera Gosse wins the prestigious 2026 Melissa J. Knauer Essay Prize

Posted on 17 June 2026

The School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies is proud to announce that Tera Gosse has been named the recipient of the 2026 Melissa J. Knauer Essay Prize. This prestigious honour is awarded for the best essay submitted in the social sciences on a topic relating to women. Gosse’s winning submission, titled On the Language of the Historical Colonial Contract: Language, Performative […]

Assistant professor Bianca Beauchemin featured on the Black Studies podcast

Posted on 1 April 2026

The Black Studies podcast, hosted by John Drabinksi, engages with activists and scholars in the field of Black Studies. In the March 9 episode, Bianca Beauchemin, an assistant professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, discusses Black Studies in a Canadian context, the role of gender and sexuality within the field, what […]

LA&PS professors receive SSHRC Connection Grants for vital projects

Posted on 13 March 2026

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced the recipients of the November 2025 SSHRC Connection Grants. Ten York University research projects received funding. Congratulations to the researchers from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) whose innovative projects were selected. These projects span a wide range of disciplines […]

GWST student writes about race and healthcare in Canada

Posted on 16 December 2025

Suliana Beraki, who is completing a minor in Gender & Women’s Studies (GWST), recently published a blog post in The Trauma & Mental Health Report. Her piece examines the barriers faced by Black and Indigenous people of colour (BIPOC) within Canada’s health care system. The article also features insights from Assistant Professor Bianca Beauchemin. Beraki […]

LA&PS outstanding staff members celebrated at President’s Staff Recognition Awards

Posted on 12 November 2025

On Monday, Nov. 3, individuals and teams were recognized for their contributions to the York Community at the President’s Staff Recognition Awards. The annual awards celebrate meaningful contributions across the institution in several key areas, including community building, leadership and service excellence. The following staff members from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies were […]

New LA&PS postdoctoral fellow researching Armenian diasporic archives in Canada

Posted on 25 September 2025

Hazal Halavut is a postdoctoral fellow for the 2025-26 year, working under the supervision of Alison Crosby, professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies. Halavut’s work traces the afterlives of colonial violence and genocide across memory, history and culture, attending to how they are held, denied and reimagined within the psychic, political […]

School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies professor co-edits new book about memorializing loss

Posted on 14 July 2025

Alison Crosby, associate professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, and Heather Evans, doctoral scholar in the graduate program in Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies, have co-edited a new book entitled, Memorializing Violence: Transnational Feminist Reflections. The book is a collection of feminist and queer reflections on the ways societies memorialize loss […]

School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies professor and her daughter collaborate on new book about women’s roles

Posted on 29 May 2025

Andrea O’Reilly, professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, along with her daughter Casey O’Reilly-Conlin, who holds a master’s degree from York University’s Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, have collaborated on a new book published by Demeter Press. Gone Feral: Unruly Women and the Undoing of Normative Femininity, features 16 international contributions from […]

Want to Learn How to do Research Rather than Just Reading About It?

Posted on 2 May 2025

Photo: Professor Crosby conducting fieldwork (© Remembering and Memorializing Violence: Transnational Feminist Dialogues) Enroll in GWST 4555 Feminist Methodologies, taught by Professor Alison Crosby, Wednesdays, 11:30-2:30 p.m. In this course you will: Design your own research project. Learn how to conduct interviews, engage in ethnographic observation, and use creative methods such as PhotoVoice, image theatre, […]