The Department of Gender and Women's Studies released their 2025 winter newsletter today! To access the Pdf newsletter, please click this link.

The Department of Gender and Women's Studies released their 2024 fall newsletter today! To access the Pdf newsletter, please click this link.

Please note that WOME 2111 FA (Diversity & Inclusion) being offered in the fall of 2024 is for pre-approved students only: These students participated in an overseas trip in Australia and this course is following up on this trip. If you have not participated in the Australia trip with Dr. Kimani-Dupuis in the summer of 2024, please do not submit a Special Request. (Pdf Poster)

Friendly reminder to register for your fall and winter classes for the upcoming academic year. Below is the list of courses offered by the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies:

• WOME 1100 YA, Madonna to Madonna (in-person) (R. Kimani): An interdisciplinary introduction, the course explores intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, age and other socially/historically shaped dimensions of identity. Discussions will include such topics as media, health, work, poverty, body and sexuality, violence, law and creativity, in local and global contexts.
• WOME 1100 YDE, Madonna to Madonna (Web) (Dr. J. Chisholm): An interdisciplinary introduction, the course explores intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, age and other socially/historically shaped dimensions of identity. Discussions will include such topics as media, health, work, poverty, body and sexuality, violence, law and creativity, in local and global contexts.
• WOME 2113 (fall 2024) Women, Popular Culture, and Counter Culture, (VID) (Dr. J. Roth): An interdisciplinary exploration of women, popular culture and resistance, this course examines the relationship between feminism, femininity and historical and contemporary cultural texts such as films, television, pulp fiction, magazines, advertising, music, blogs and zines. Group work and on-line assignments are integral to the course.
• WOME 2114 WDE, WDF, Ecofeminism, (Zoom) (C. Hughes): Using an interdisciplinary approach and a foundation in feminist theory, students will explore the connections between women and "nature" in North America and transnationally. Opportunities are presented for pursuing more specialized and/or applied topics of interest. Format includes critical analysis of the scholarly literature, class discussion, presentation, and writing assignments, including reflexive work.
• WOME 3030 FDE, FDF, Housewives, Radicals and Gender-Blenders: Theorizing Equality, (Web) (Dr. J.Roth): An introductory examination of the questions, tensions and debates within contemporary feminist theory from the late 20th Century to the present. This course considers multiple feminisms' arguments, strategies and politics to understand how contemporary theoretical positions account for material inequalities and lived experiences of marginalization, and how they work towards social justice in gender.
• WOME 3133 (winter 2025) Women, Technology and Cyberculture, (VID)  (A. Gollat): An interdisciplinary examination of gender and technology, past and present, this course considers cyborgs, posthumanism, cyber-performance, avatars, and the gendering and gendered effects of technology in a gendered world.
• WOME 3214 (winter 2025), Queer Studies, (Zoom) (M.Dudeja): An overview of queer challenges to binary definitions of gender and sexuality. Queer theory will be explored and applied to popular culture.
• WOME 3357 (fall 2024)  Law & Women's Lives, (Zoom)  (Dr. K. Younes): Provides an historical and sociological overview of the development of the law with regard to issues of particular relevance to women and explores the extent to which law has limited women's lives. Course reading include case law, statutes and jurisprudence. Students are not expected to have knowledge of these issues prior to taking this course.
• WOME 4010 (winter 2025), Women, Gender, and Social Justice, (VID) (Dr. J. Chisholm): Advanced colloquium for fourth-year Gender and Women's Studies students. Contemporary issues in the field of gender and women's studies will be explored. The specific thematic focus of the course will be negotiated annually in relation to student interests.
• WOME 4214 (fall 2024) Regulating Reproduction & Families, (VID) (Dr. L. Chambers): Students are provided with an overview of the regulation of reproduction and family formation and dissolution, and of law and public policy impacting women's autonomy in these domains. Resistances will also be discussed. Students are not expected to have a developed knowledge of law prior to taking this course.

   For more information such as delivery times, please consult the Academic Timetable:

•  Lakehead Thunder Bay
• Lakehead Orillia
• Online Delivery

The Department of Gender & Women's Studies teamed up with LUSU's Gender Equity and Pride Centre to host the annual one-day conference, Feminisms at the Lakehead on April 10, 2024. Visiting Keynote artist Ojo Agi shared her experiences centring black feminist art as both an artist, and curator at the AGO. Students and community activists also presented their work for a day of wide-ranging topics, music, and celebration.

Please click here for the Pdf version of the poster.

For affiliated fees, please contact Student Central by phone at (807) 343-8500 or by email, studentcentral@lakeheadu.ca. Thank you!

Please join the Gender and Women’s Studies Department for the second speaker in our Feminist Dialogues Speaker Series, Dr. Sarah Olutola!

Compassion and Courage: Writing in Tough Times

 At this important juncture in history, these are the times when our words matter more than ever. What are the responsibilities of writers in today's world? In this talk, Dr. Sarah Olutola speaks a little bit about writing with compassion and courage.

Event Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - 11:30am to 1:00pm EST

Event Location: Online (Zoom)

Zoom link: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/94353992276?pwd=aUoxUHVBUXg1bmNvL0FLclh1UWV4...

Course starts January 2024
Delivery time: Tuesday & Thursday 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Course code: WOME-2111-WA
Delivery method: In-person (Thunder Bay)
Instructor: Dr. Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis

Event Fee: Please contact Student Central for affiliated fees at studentcentral@lakeheadu.ca

Course title: Housewives, Radicals and Gender-Blenders: Theorizing Equality 
Course code: WOME-3030-WDE 
Delivery: Online (web course) / Jan. 2024 - April 2024
Instructor: Dr. Jen Roth

Course description: An introductory examination of the questions, tensions and debates within contemporary feminist theory from the late 20th Century to the present. This course considers multiple feminisms' arguments, strategies and politics to understand how contemporary theoretical positions account for material inequalities and lived experiences of marginalization, and how they work towards social justice in gender.

Please contact Student Central for any applicable fees at studentcentral@lakeheadu.ca or (807) 343-8500.