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 […]
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 […]
Nadia Hasan, assistant professor at the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies has co-written an article in The Conversation, discussing the recently released Islamophobia Research Hub report, Documenting the “Palestine Exception”: An Overview of Trends in Islamophobia, Anti-Palestinian and Anti-Arab Racism in Canada in the Aftermath of October 7, 2023. In the article the authors discuss […]
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 […]
As part of her work in the Islamophobia Research Hub at York University, School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies assistant professor Nadia Hasan has published a report about the increase in anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racism in Canada. The report makes a total of 15 recommendations including actions that could be taken to prevent Islamophobia […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Assistant professor Nadia Hasan from the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies has cowritten an article for The Conversation about a recent attack on a Muslim woman in Ajax, Ontario. The article looks at the ways in which Muslim women’s bodies have become politicized by white supremacy and other racist ideologies in Canada. Attacks […]
Hortense Valerie Anglin graduated from York University this fall at the age of 85. She made the decision to follow her interest in higher education and complete her degree in Religious Studies (Department of Humanities) after her husband passed away. Her completion of the program was made possible through LA&PS’s Bridging Program for Women. […]