Message from the Chair

Welcome! The Department of Women's and Gender Studies is a hub for feminist, inclusive, intersectional, and decolonial learning, that centers Indigenous ways of knowing. Our faculty are world renowned in the field and focus on interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the political, aesthetic, activist, and ethical questions that arise from the study of gender and social justice. Our commitment to social justice centers the well-being of our students and promotes excellence in their academic work. Our minor, B.A. in Women’s and Gender Studies, and B.A. Honours program all provide a variety of different courses and research opportunities. Our Masters program in Gender and Social Justice is unique in the world with faculty and graduate students working on international development, sexuality and queer studies, critical animal and food studies, feminist religious studies, feminist cultural production, trauma and cultural memory, Indigenous health and sexuality, Black feminism and womanism, transnational feminism, feminist methods, anti-gender and anti-trans extremism, trans theory, feminist film studies, and feminist religious studies. Our graduates, both undergraduate and graduate, go on to work in a variety of fields—including—academia, law, social services, non-profit organizations, and the arts. Please explore what we have to offer and reach out with any questions.  

-Talia Welsh

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Gender-Affirming Statement

We, the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Alberta, are a faculty, staff, and student body that is trans-affirming and committed to feminist, inclusive, intersectional, and decolonial learning, that centers Indigenous ways of knowing and is committed to truth and reconciliation.  Read more...