Archives: Women’s and Gender Studies

Archives: Women’s and Gender Studies

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Event in honour of the UN International Day of the Girl – Sponsored by the Landon Pearson Centre

An event in honour of the UN International Day of the Girl takes place on Oct. 9, 2013 with displays by 3rd and 4th year Girlhood Studies students and special guest speaker, The Honourable Landon... More

Posted on Monday, September 30th, 2013 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Women's and Gender Studies Feed for all posts filed under Women's and Gender Studies

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Women’s and Gender Studies Students: CU at the Movies!

Pamela Walker, Joint Chair in Women’s Studies, at Carleton University & University of Ottawa, recently invited all Women’s and Gender Studies students to a viewing of the film “A Girl... More

Posted on Monday, September 23rd, 2013 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Women's and Gender Studies Feed for all posts filed under Women's and Gender Studies

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Aayla Ahmad talks to CBC about Carleton’s Monsters and Monstrosities Cluster

What’s a Zombie’s role in society?  Listen to Aayla Ahmed’s (Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies)  interview with CBC to find out! Click  Here... More

Posted on Monday, November 5th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Women's and Gender Studies Feed for all posts filed under Women's and Gender Studies

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Carleton Professor discusses gender and pageantry

Assistant Professor and Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Patrizia Gentile spoke with a number of media outlets about the recent disqualification of a transgendered contestant... More

Posted on Monday, April 2nd, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, IIS Feed for all posts filed under IIS, Women's and Gender Studies Feed for all posts filed under Women's and Gender Studies

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Landon Pearson Resource Centre Celebrates its Newfound Accessibility and National Child Day

By Nick Ward Landon Pearson has devoted much of her adult life to the promotion of the rights and well-being of children and youth in Canada and around the world.   As a Senator, an author and an... More

Posted on Monday, November 21st, 2011 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Women's and Gender Studies Feed for all posts filed under Women's and Gender Studies

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Internal recruitment for Joint Chair in Women’s Studies

The Administrative Committee for the Joint Chair is seeking internal applications from Carleton University and University of Ottawa regular, full-time, tenured faculty at the Associate or Full... More

Posted on Monday, March 28th, 2011 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Women's and Gender Studies Feed for all posts filed under Women's and Gender Studies

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Breaking the law, breaking taboos

by Nicole Findlay When audience members of a recent panel discussion accepted a matchbook containing a nickel they became unwitting accomplices to crime. The money was earned by Valerie Scott, while... More

Posted on Monday, December 6th, 2010 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, History Feed for all posts filed under History, Women's and Gender Studies Feed for all posts filed under Women's and Gender Studies and tagged

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Women’s Studies announces new Joint Chair

The Pauline Jewett Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies has announced that Pamela Walker has been selected as the Joint Chair in women’s studies. The position is shared between Carleton... More

Posted on Friday, October 8th, 2010 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Women's and Gender Studies Feed for all posts filed under Women's and Gender Studies

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Miss Civil Service and the fruit machine

By Nicole Findlay In the 1940s a scandal involving the top echelon of England’s parliament rocked the nation and had a ripple effect on North American national security policies. In Canada, it led... More

Posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, History Feed for all posts filed under History, Twitter Feed for all posts filed under Twitter, Women's and Gender Studies Feed for all posts filed under Women's and Gender Studies