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Welcome to the Department of Women's Studies
CJSF Radio Interview with Catherine Murray, Chair
Women's Studies makes news in the Georgia Straight
Welcome to the Department of Women's Studies
The Department of Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University welcomes students
interested in the study of women, gender, sexuality, and feminism. The department’s
interdisciplinary degree programs and faculty offer courses in a wide range of subject
areas in the social sciences, humanities, natural/applied sciences,
and contemporary arts.
Click here for information on applying to the Master's or PhD program.
Students may earn an undergraduate major or minor in Women’s Studies, or a minor
in Gender Studies. Both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Women’s Studies are offered
to graduate students.
The department’s courses focus on expanding traditional scholarship by studying the
ways gender has structured intellectual and social traditions and by exploring how
knowledge can be reshaped when women are included. The programs also examine
ways that issues of gender intersect with other structures of power, such as class, race,
ethnicity, species and disabilities to shape social structures and ways of thinking.
Situating women’s studies in the wider community is a very important feature of the Department. This is facilitated through the endowed Ruth Wynn Woodward Chair, a program that brings community activists and scholars to SFU to teach and to deal with issues of academic and social activism. Public seminars, conferences and lectures foster links outside the university, as do the collaborative research projects of the faculty and students.
Please come visit us at AQ 5102A!
CJSF Radio Interview with Catherine Murray, Chair
We are pleased to share with you CJSF Radio's Interview with our new Chair, Dr. Catherine Murray.
Part I - 30 Minutes
Part II - 30 Minutes
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THINKING SEXUALITY, GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES
Our Mission StatementOur mission is to place women at the centre of inter-disciplinary teaching and research about power relations, and to foster knowledge to transform these relations to the benefit of women. |
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Women's Studies in the Georgia Straight onlineThe original article titled, " Mary Lynn Stewart: Why women's studies, still?" is online at: |
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Recent Faculty Publications
Click here to read more about recent faculty publications Current Department NewsletterRead our current newsletter |
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THINKING GENDER, SEXUALITY AND WOMEN'S STUDIES
Please notify webmaster of any errors or omissions. Page updated October 8, 2009 |
