Women's and Gender Studies Timetable

Section	Day	Time	Instructor	Exam Date	Delivery
2023 Winter 2023 Spring/Summer
WGST 100 - Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
This course will examine the historical development of feminism and women's studies. Women's representation in academic practice will be analyzed using examples from humanities, the arts, and social sciences. Strategies for change and for the empowerment of women will be considered.
001	W	2:30pm - 5:15pm	Randal Rogers	19-APR-23	BLEND
005	W	11:30am - 2:15pm	Elyn Achtymichuk
991	W	7:00pm - 9:45pm	Bridget Keating	26-APR-23	HYFLX
L01	MWF	12:30pm - 1:20pm	A. Brenda Anderson	26-APR-23	RMTE
S10	M	2:30pm - 5:15pm	Elyn Achtymichuk	17-APR-23	VIDEO
S50	M	2:30pm - 5:15pm	Elyn Achtymichuk	17-APR-23
WGST 201 - Women, the Environment and Change
This course is an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural exploration of issues revolving around women, the environment and change. Some topics explored will be a feminist view of the social, historical and cultural roots of the environmental crisis, environmental rights and ethics, and women's participation in environmental movements to name a few. *Prerequisite: Completion of 15 credit hours or WGST 100, or permission of the Department Head.*
397		-	Patricia Miller-Schroeder	22-APR-23	ONLNE
WGST 220 - The Practice of Feminist Research: Power and Inequality
This course examines the research process through feminist lenses engaging with questions about power, inequality, and positionality inherent in doing research. Considerations of how power relations inform the various steps in the research process are examined from the selection of topics to the presentation of findings. *Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours or WGST 100, or permission of the Department Head.*
001	TR	11:30am - 12:45pm	Claire Carter	25-APR-23	HYBON
002	TR	11:30am - 12:45pm	Claire Carter	25-APR-23	HYBRM
WGST 280AM - Indigenous (First Nations, Metis and Inuit) Masculinities in Canada
This course examines how historical and contemporary constructions of Indigenous masculinity have shaped our understanding of what it means to act and be an ‘Indigenous male’ in Canadian society. It draws on critical gender theory to interrogate how issues associated with maleness interact with questions of race, class, and sexuality. *Prerequisite: WGST 100 or permission of the Department Head.*
991	M	7:00pm - 9:45pm	Danette Starblanket	24-APR-23	RMTE
WGST 280AO - Religion and Gender, Sex and Sexualities in Historical and Contemporary South Asia
Religion contributes to the construction and understanding of gender and sex/ualities. This course examines how this happens in both historical and contemporary South Asia, for example, how Hinduism informs gender and sex/ualities in India, Islam the same in Bangladesh and Pakistan, or Buddhism in Sri Lanka. *Prerequisite: WGST 100 or permission of the Department Head.* Note: Students may receive credit for one of WGST 280AO or RLST 290BA.
L01	MWF	09:30am - 10:20am	Michelle Folk	19-APR-23	HYFLX
WGST 372 - Gender: Theories and Practices
This course begins by examining gender/sex theories (feminist, masculinity, and queer studies) arising from a variety of academic locations. Thereafter, we analyze gender/sex ideologies shaped by and in religio-cultural practices across a spectrum of historical locations (e.g., ancient Greece, early modern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East). *Prerequisite: WGST 100 or RLST 100, or permission of the Department Head.* Note: Students may receive credit for one of WGST 372, RLST 373, RLST 490AY, or RLST 890BI.
001	TR	10:00am - 11:15am	L. Jill Arnott	20-APR-23
WGST 380AC - Queer Theory in Visual Culture
What can visual culture teach us about queer theory? Students in this class will read a diverse range of queer theories through the lens of visual culture examples. How can media, television, and film help us to understand and demystify key ideas in queer studies? *Prerequisite: WGST 100 and permission of the Department Head.*
001	F	2:30pm - 5:15pm	Randal Rogers	14-APR-23	BLEND
WGST 380AY - Gender, Justice & Settler Colonialism
An intersectional lens will be used to analyze how settler colonialism directly impacts justice outcomes in criminal and child welfare proceedings in Canada and other settler states. The class will include case studies and legal theory including the Gladue Principle. Students do not need to have a justice background. *Prerequisite: WGST 100 and permission of the Department Head.* Note: Students may receive credit for one of WGST 380AY or JS 398AE.
001	TR	2:30pm - 3:45pm	Michelle Stewart	18-APR-23	HYFLX
WGST 480AJ - Doing Women's and Gender History
In this senior level course, students learn how to “do” women’s and gender history. Through discussions about interpreting sources and disseminating historical knowledge, they acquire deep familiarity with women’s and gender historiography. As well, by applying advanced historical methods and sharing their findings, they themselves become practising historians. *Prerequisite: WGST 100 and permission of the Department Head.* Note: Students may receive credit for one of WGST 480AJ or HIST 420.
001	T	2:30pm - 5:15pm	Donica Belisle	18-APR-23
WGST 880AO - Racialized Policing
This class explores racialised policing practices by looking at the history of policing, its roots in white supremacy, and settler colonialism. The class is organized through an intersectional lens to analyze movements including Black Lives Matter and Indigenous Lives Matter within broader discussions of justice reform and the abolitionist movement.
001	M	11:30am - 2:15pm	Michelle Stewart	24-APR-23
WGST 901 - Thesis Research
Thesis Research
001		-	Randal Rogers