Women and Gender Studies
WGS250H5F
Bickford
Women in Families
This course studies how the notion of family is conceptualized and organized transnationally and historically and examines the multiple familiar roles of women in diverse contexts.
T R 10 - 12
WGS337H5F
MacArthur & Noel
Special Topics in Women and Gender Studies: Sex and Gender in la Cite. Note: Auxilliary Fees associated with this course.
A special topic by guest instructor. Topics vary from year to year. Check the web site for current offerings.
M W F 10 - 12
WGS355H5F
Tahmasebi-Birgani
Wired Women: Gender, Cyberspace and New Information Technology
The course examines how computer technologies facilitate women’s participation in cyberspace and how women define and construct their involvement. It studies the simultaneous generation of new modalities of empowerment and disempowerment including language, role-playing, communication, gaming, and networking and conduits for sex trafficking, harassment and other forums of exploitation.
T R 6 - 8
WGS365H5S
Ruiz Austria
Gender, Justice and the Law
This course discusses the construction and representation of women in Canadian and International law. It analyzes specific contexts and historical issues including employment, sexuality, reproduction, deviance and a variety of justice theories relating to gender.
M W 6 - 8