Women's Studies Events

2024
Nov
22
GWS November Lunch & Learn 12:00 PM Online (Zoom)
Oct
31
GWS October Lunch & Learn 12:00 PM Zoom
Sep
27
Lunch & Learn 2:30 PM Zoom (Online)
Sep
1
Important notice regarding WOME-2111-FA 1:15 PM Thunder Bay campus
May
1
Upcoming GWS 2024 Spring course (WOME-1100-SDE) 12:00 AM Online (Web)
Apr
10
Feminisms at the Lakehead 8:30 AM Online (Zoom) and in-person (UC 1029G, Faculty Lounge, Thunder Bay Campus)
Mar
26
Legal Story-Telling: Case Files and the Historian 2:30 PM Conron Hall, University College
Feb
27
FDSS: Compassion and Courage 11:30 AM Online: Zoom
Jan
31
Save the Date: GWS Feminist Dialogues Speaker Series (January 2024) 11:30 AM Online & in-person (Thunder Bay campus)
Jan
1
GWS Winter Course (Reproductive Justice) 10:30 AM Thunder Bay campus
Jan
1
GWS course (Housewives, Radicals and Gender-Blenders) 8:00 AM Online (web course)
2023
Dec
6
GWS Feminist Dialogues Speaker Series (December 2023) 11:00 AM Zoom
Nov
17
GWS Feminist Dialogues Speaker Series (November 2023) 1:00 PM AT 3004
Oct
26
GWS Feminist Dialogues Speaker Series 1:00 PM Zoom
Jun
30
Gender and Women's Studies Public Talk (June 30) 10:00 AM Zoom: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/96239105055
Jun
22
Gender and Women's Studies Public Talk (June 22) 10:00 AM Zoom: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/92412842101
Jun
20
Gender and Women's Studies Public Talk (June 20) 10:00 AM Zoom: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/96802938488?pwd=WHRSTEtXQmt1RnNRZCtFdHFuWXNYZz09
May
1
Sex, Gender, and Species (2023 Spring Course) 8:00 AM Online (Web)
Apr
5
Feminisms at the Lakehead 2023 9:00 AM Faculty Lounge
Mar
6
Feminist Dialogues Speaker Series: Exploring the Underrepresentation of Women Coaches in Canadian University Sport 1:00 PM Zoom
Feb
16
Feminist Dialogues Speaker Series: “But do you know what day it is?” 1:00 PM LI 5002 (Top floor of the library)
Feb
15
The Vagina Monologues 6:00 PM The Study Coffee Hourse (LU Thunder Bay campus)
2022
Nov
30
The Smallest Steps 7:30 PM 401 Red River Road (Bora Laskin Faculty of Law)(PACI Building) Room: John N. Paterson Auditorium, 3rd floor
Nov
30
The Smallest Steps - Film Screening and Panel Discussion 7:30 PM Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, John N. Paterson Auditorium, 3rd Floor PACI Building, 401 Red River Rd.
Nov
30
Lip Sync for Your Lakehead 6:00 PM The Study
Nov
18
Trans Day of Remembrance 6:00 PM The Study
Nov
16
GWS Feminist Dialogues Speaker Series 12:00 PM LI 5002 (Chacellor Paterson Library)
Nov
16
Rainbow Connections 12:00 PM Student Health and Wellness Activity Room
Nov
16
GWS Feminist Dialogues Speaker Series 12:00 PM LI 5002 (Chancellor Paterson Library)
Nov
10
Flying Colours 2:00 PM Lakehead International (LI 0018)
Nov
9
Dear Reader: A Queer Retrospective 5:00 PM The Study (Side Room)
Nov
9
Dear Reader (Workshop) 12:00 PM Pride Central
Oct
27
GWS Brown Bag Speaker Series 12:00 PM Ryan Building 1042
Oct
25
Take Back The Night 5:30 PM Agora (Lakehead University, Thunder Bay campus)
May
2
GWS Spring Course: Representing Disability (WOME-3111-SDE) 12:00 AM Online (Web course delivery)
2021
Jul
2
Summer Course: Global LGBTQI2S Rights (WOME-2111-ADE) 1:00 PM Online (Zoom)
May
3
Spring Course: Gender, Bodies & Sexuality (WOME-3111-SDE) 12:00 AM Online (Web-based course)
2020
Dec
8
2SLGBTQ+ Social and Support Groups 6:00 PM Online
Nov
24
2SLGBTQ+ Social and Support Groups 12:00 PM Online
Nov
20
Transgender Day of Remembrance 6:00 PM Zoom
Nov
19
Feminisms at the Lakehead: Continuous Conference (Land Back) 2:00 PM Zoom (Online)
Nov
15
In Conversation with Anne Dagg: The Woman Who Loves Giraffes 4:00 PM Online
Nov
10
2SLGBTQ+ Social and Support Groups 6:00 PM Online
Oct
27
2SLGBTQ+ Social and Support Groups 12:00 PM Online
Oct
26
Racism in the Queer Community Panel 4:00 PM Livestreamed on Facebook
Oct
19
Jackbox Online Gaymes Night 6:00 PM Online
Oct
13
2SLGBTQ+ Social and Support Groups 6:00 PM Online
Apr
3
POSTPONED: Feminisms at the Lakehead 2020 9:00 AM Lakehead U
Mar
25
CANCELLED: Department of Women's Studies Brown Bag Speaker Series 1:00 PM RC 1003
Mar
5
Northern Visionaries: Women's Leadership and Activism in Thunder Bay 1960-2000 1:00 PM ATAC 1005
Jan
24
Women's Studies Speaker Series: The Good, The Bad and the Transformational: Feminist Approaches to Interdisciplinary Research 1:00 PM LI 5002
2019
Nov
7
Teaching and Learning after TRC: An Indigenous Feminist Lens 2:30 PM LI 5014 C (Lakehead Thunder Bay) & OA 3041(Lakehead Orillia)
Jan
18
GRADUATE STUDIES INFORMATION SESSION 3:00 PM LI 5014C / OA 2005
2018
Mar
1
Feminisms 2018 - Call for Papers! 9:00 AM RB2011
Feb
26
Vagina Monologues 6:00 PM The Study
Feb
20
Women's Defense Class 12:30 PM Waverley Library Auditorium
Feb
16
Paws to Relax Pet Therapy 8:30 AM GEC SO 0020
Feb
14
10th Annual Valentine's Day Memorial Walk 12:00 PM 500 Donald Street East
Feb
12
Pride in the North 9:00 AM various
Feb
12
Peer-Support Group for Survivors of Sexual Violence 4:30 AM Gender Equity Centre
Feb
9
Women's Studies Trivia Night! 2:30 PM The Study
Feb
8
Campus Safety Audits 9:00 AM Various
Feb
7
Want to improve your cooking skills? 6:00 PM Nanabijou Kitchen
Feb
7
Career & Summer Job Fair 2018! 10:00 AM Agora
Feb
7
Co-op Child Care 9:00 AM GEC
Feb
1
Are you a woman who has been diagnosed with a mental illness? 9:00 AM by appointment
2017
Dec
2
Christmas Baking at the RFDA! 7:00 PM Regional Food Distribution Association
Nov
29
End Violence Against Women Now! 7:15 PM LU Faculty Lounge UC 1029
Nov
25
Humour for Hope: Homeless is No Joke! 7:00 PM The Outpost
Oct
27
Brown Bag Speaker Series: Imperial Anxieties, the Perennial 'Woman Question,' and HIV Criminal Non-disclosure in Canada: An Intersectional, Interdisciplinary, Media Discourse Analysis 12:00 PM ATAC 5036
Oct
25
Persons Day Breakfast 7:30 AM Patterson Auditorium - Bora Laskin Faculty of Law
Oct
5
Leadercast Women 8:00 AM Best Western Plus Nor'Wester Hotel and Conference Centre
Apr
12
Egale Canada Human Rights Trust workshops 9:00 AM Lakehead University Bartley Residence Conference Centre
Mar
10
Feminisms at the Lakehead 2017 - DEADLINE EXTENDED!! 7:00 PM TBA
Mar
8
International Women's Day 7:00 PM The Outpost
Mar
8
Brown Bag Speaker Series: Chick-Lit, Motherhood, Diaspora - Situating the Maternal 12:00 PM ATAC 5035 and OR3007
Mar
8
International Women's Day Research Panel Discussion 9:30 AM Faculty Lounge
Mar
3
The Vagina Monologues 7:00 PM Gender Issues Center
Feb
28
The Carnival Clinic: Medicine and the Freak Show, 1900-1970's 12:00 PM ATAC 6022 (West) and MSE 215 (East)
Feb
24
Poetry of Hope 7:00 PM 106 Cumberland N Elevate NWO common room (Villa St doors)
Feb
14
9th Annual Valentine's Day Memory Walk 12:00 PM City Hall, 500 Donald Street East
Feb
8
Brown Bag Speaker Series: Sexual Violence Response at Lakehead 12:00 PM ATAC 2006
Feb
6
Free Tutoring Sessions 11:00 AM Chancellor Paterson Library LI2004
Jan
20
Did Ghostbusters 2016 Lead to Trump? 12:00 PM ATAC 5036 and OA 3007
Jan
18
Mindfulness for Students 9:00 AM Student Health & Counselling Centre
Jan
16
Free Meditation Sessions 9:00 AM Paterson Library
Jan
12
Art Therapy 4:30 PM Gender Issues Centre
Jan
12
Winter Clothing Drive for International Students 9:00 AM LUSU Office or Student Success Centre
2016
Dec
14
Book Launch for Dr. Lori Chambers 6:00 PM The Study on the LU Campus
Dec
7
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women 12:00 PM Lakehead University Agora
Dec
6
Social Justice and Activism in Northwestern Ontario Conference 10:00 AM Bora Laksin Auditorium
Nov
25
Poetry Night: UN International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women 5:00 PM ONWA, 380 Ray Blvd., Thunder Bay
Nov
25
Feminist Fridays Fiesta! 2:00 PM Gender Issues Centre
Nov
25
Brown Bag Speaker Series: Lived Experiences of Sexual Violence 12:00 PM ATAC 3004
Nov
18
Brown Bag Speaker Series - Urban Captivity Narratives: Emerging Genres in Women's Writing 12:00 PM ATAC 3004
Nov
11
Brown Bag Speaker Series - Asserting Citizenship: Muslim Women in Canada 12:00 PM ATAC 5036
Nov
4
Take Back the Night 6:00 PM Urban Abbey (308 Red River Road)
Nov
4
Brown Bag Speaker Series: The gendered biopolitics of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination: What we can learn from parents' decision-making narratives 12:00 PM ATAC 5036
Oct
27
Free Prior and Informed Consent 7:30 PM ATAC 2001
Sep
27
Let's Talk Good Sex: Consent Culture 7:00 PM The Study Coffeehouse
Sep
21
Chalk for Peace 1:00 PM Lake Tamblyn
Sep
19
Clothing Swap and Zine Making 1:00 PM Agora
Sep
16
Full Moon Memory Walk 4:00 PM City Hall, 500 Donald Street
May
16
A Two-Spirit Journey - The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder 1:00 PM University Centre Agora
Apr
8
Feminist Food Studies: A Look Back and Towards the Future 10:00 AM ATAC 2005
Apr
6
Feminisms at the Lakehead 2016 10:00 AM Faculty Lounge, Lakehead University
Mar
30
Constructing Moral Culpability in the Media Reportage of Criminal HIV Exposure and Transmission in Canada 11:30 AM AT 5035
Mar
23
The Clothes Swap 11:00 AM Agora
Mar
22
Let's Talk About Good Sex: Queer Sexualities 7:00 PM The Study Coffeehouse
Mar
16
The Hunting Ground 5:00 PM UC 1017
Mar
15
Self-Care Workshop Series 1:00 PM Gender Issues Centre
Mar
14
Tea & Talk 12:00 PM The Study Coffeehouse
Mar
8
Two-Spirit Tea & Bannock 6:00 PM Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre
Mar
4
Speaker - Dennis Edney "The Rule of Law in an Age of Fear" 6:30 PM UC 1017
Mar
4
Guantanamo's Child - The Untold Story of Omar Khadr 11:30 AM Peterson Auditorium - PACI (Law School)
Mar
1
Zero Discrimination Day 9:00 AM Pride Central Lounge - UC 0019
Feb
25
"(Like) Putting a Condom Over Blood Cells": The Pharmaceuticalization of HIV Public Health Prevention 1:00 PM AT 5035
2015
Dec
15
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Dec
8
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Dec
1
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Nov
25
Study Night 5:00 PM GIC
Nov
24
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Nov
17
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Nov
10
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Nov
9
Brown Bag Speaker Series: Transnational Adoption in Diasporic Indian Women's Writing: Re-figuring Maternity, Belonging and Nation 12:30 PM ATAC 3004
Nov
3
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Oct
27
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Oct
27
Guest Speaker Seminar: Dr. Angeline Letendre 2:00 PM ATAC 5036
Oct
22
Take back the Night 6:00 PM St. Paul's United Church on Waverly Street
Oct
21
Study Nights 5:00 PM GIC
Oct
20
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Oct
13
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Oct
7
Gay-mes Night Returns 6:00 PM Pride Lounge
Oct
6
Self Care Colouring & Journaling 3:00 PM GIC
Oct
6
Volunteer with Pride Central! 12:00 AM Pride Central Student Lounge UC0019
Oct
2
Pride Decompression Tea Party! 1:00 PM Pride Central Lounge
Sep
29
inVisible Ink! 6:00 PM Definitely Superior Art Gallery, 250 Park Ave
Jul
2
Research Presentation by Amanda Watson, PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa. 9:30 AM ATAC 5035
Jun
30
Research Presentation by Dr. Jennifer Chisholm, University of Western. 9:30 AM ATAC 5035
Jun
29
Research Presentation by Dr. Peter Balogh, Carleton University 9:30 AM ATAC 5035
Jun
18
The Northern Woman's Bookstore Presents the Book Launch of: The Modern Girl: Feminine Modernities, the Body, and Commodities in the 1920s by Jane Nicholas 7:00 PM Northern Woman's Bookstore
May
13
Healing the Whole Self 8:30 AM Lakehead University
Apr
10
feminisms at the Lakehead 2015 - call for participants 9:00 AM TBD
Mar
25
Brown Bag Speaker Series Winter 2015: Women and Law presents The Criminal Legal System's response to violence against women in Thunder Bay with Gwen O'Reilly and Debbie Zweep 12:00 PM ATAC 2006
Mar
24
Lunch and Learn 12:00 PM The Study
Mar
20
Brown Bag Speaker Series Winter 2015: Women and Law presents Sexual Violence in Amateur Canadian Sport 12:00 PM AT2006
Mar
19
Diversity Thunder Bay presents the united nations international day for the elimination of racial discrimination 7:00 PM Victoria Inn
Mar
2
Women's Hand Drum Making & Teachings 7:00 PM Aboriginal Student Lounge - SC0004
Feb
26
The Vagina Monologues 8:00 PM Lower Level of Eatons - 250 Park Avenue
Feb
26
Women's Hand Drum Making & Teachings 7:00 PM Aboriginal Student Lounge - SC0004
Feb
25
Vday 7:00 PM The Study Coffeehouse
Feb
25
VDay 10:00 AM Agora
Feb
14
7th Annual Valentines Day Memorial Walk 12:00 PM City Hall - 500 Donald St. E
Feb
12
Woman's Hand Drum Making & Teachings 7:00 PM Aboriginal Student Lounge - SC0004
Feb
6
Child Freak Show Performers in the 20th Century 12:00 PM AT 2006
Jan
30
'Open' speech: Finding anti-Islamophobic discourse in the wake of R. v. N.S. 12:00 PM ATAC 2006
2014
Nov
20
Transgender Day of Remembrance 7:00 PM Lakehead Unitarian Fellowship 129 S. Algoma Street
Nov
14
Brown Bag Speaker Series Third Talk 1:00 PM AT 2019
Nov
7
Afternoon Scholarly Presentations: A Tribute to Dr. Stone 1:00 PM AT 5036
Nov
7
Dr. Sharon-Dale Stone Morning Book Launch 10:00 AM UC 2035 - The Study
Oct
30
Technology & Harassment 9:00 AM to be given upon registration
Oct
29
let's talk about good sex! 7:00 PM The Study Coffeehouse
Oct
28
Take Back the Night 7:00 PM Agora
Oct
24
Teach-In - Anishinaabeg Presence: Moving Forward 7:00 PM UC1017
Oct
17
Brown Bag Speaker Series: HOW NOT TO HIRE A HITMAN: "The Failure of the Supreme Court of Canada to Protect Battered Women in R. v. Ryan" 2:00 PM AT 2019
Oct
16
Pride Central Hosting Ga(y)mes Night 7:00 PM Thunder Games and Gifts - 843 Red River Road
Oct
9
Feminist Yarns 3:00 PM Gender Issues Center
Oct
8
Pride Central Hosting Ga(y)mes Night! 7:00 PM In the Centre on Campus
Oct
8
Walk-A-Mile Film Project Lunch and Learn Series 12:00 PM Faculty Lounge
Oct
8
Bead-In at the Agora 9:00 AM Agora
Oct
7
Aboriginal Awareness Centre & Gender Issues Centre 2:00 PM Agora
Oct
6
Shaun Hedican, Community Painting in the Agora 10:00 AM Agora
Oct
3
Teach-In - Art & Decolonization 7:00 PM UC1017
Oct
3
Sharing Circle & Zine-Making 1:00 PM Aboriginal Awareness Centre & Gender Issues Centre
Sep
19
Brown Bag Speakers Series - Fall 2014 - Women and Law 10:00 AM Little Dining Room - UC 1029F
Feb
27
Who is at Risk Anyways: Racialised Youth and the Discourse of 'At-riskness' in Canada. 4:00 PM Ryan Building 2047