Using an intersectional framework to bring together wide-ranging initiatives to advance knowledge and inspire engaged citizenship.
Message from the Interim Director, Kim Q. Hall
Welcome to the website for the Institute for Intersectionality Studies (IIS) at the University of Alberta! IIS is a new, interdisciplinary hub dedicated to advancing and mobilizing intersectional approaches to research, teaching, policy, and practice.
Intersectionality is a theory, politics, and methodology that emerged from black feminist scholarship and activism in the United States. It is a vital framework for research focused on understanding the perspectives of people who are multiply marginalized. Intersectionality focuses on how structures of oppression work together to shape experience, knowledge, identity, institutions, practices, and relationships. [Read more...]
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Events of Interest
Join Reading at the Intersection Book Club on November 22 (Friday!), 10.00 – 11.00 AM, via Google Meet.
The reading group is conducted monthly by the Institute of Intersectionality Studies’ (IIS). Students, alumni, and early career scholars from all disciplines are welcome!
Get in Touch!
Have a question? Want to share a story? Tell us how we’re doing? Contact us at intersectionality@ualberta.ca.