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SDG 5: Gender Equality

SDG 5: Gender Equality

Pictured here: York University science and engineering students in the lab.   Systemic change sound approach to STEM access for women, underrepresented youth By Elaine Smith Jane Goodyer, Dean of the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University, is eager to bring about systemic change through equal educational opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for […]

Collaboration in isolation: Women filmmakers around the world team up

Collaboration in isolation: Women filmmakers around the world team up

Pictured here: Ingrid Veninger In recent years, there has been a welcome increase in the number of women driving film projects, in Canada and around the world, and York University has played a leading role. One York professor’s unique collaboration was inspired by the isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Ingrid Veninger is a filmmaker, founder […]

SDG 5: Gender Equality

SDG 5: Gender Equality

Pictured here: Jacinthe Michaud and Gertrude Mianda New books offer insight into women’s experiences New books by Glendon College professors Gertrude Mianda and Jacinthe Michaud discuss women’s experiences in two very different ways.  Mianda’s book V.Y. Mudimbe: African women, gender and social order (Editions du Cygne, 2022) is an examination of the novels of renowned Congolese philosopher, V.Y Mudimbe […]