The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is committed to ensuring critical advances in knowledge, democratic communities, and equity in scholarship, research, and teaching.

How hasn’t it been useful? GRSJ kind of helped me understand how I wanted to live in the world, how I wanted to be as a human.

Lau Mehes
GRSJ Alumni

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GRSJ Ph.D. Alumni Dr. Jules Koostachin Featured in The Polygon Podcast

 
  In The Polygon Podcast's episode, Response: Soft Action artists Caleb Ellison-Dysart and Jacqueline Morrisseau-Addison are in conversation with filmmaker and GRSJ Ph.D. alumni Jules Arita Koostachin about how to receive and respect

GRSJ Associate Professor Dr. Minelle Mahtani wins Digital Publishing Award

 
Cogratulations to GRSJ Associate Professor Dr. Minelle Mahtani who has received the Gold Best Personal Essay Digital Publishing Award for Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers.  The Digital Publishing Awards recognize and promote excellence

Announcing Issue #5 of decomp journal

 
We are delighted to announce the publication of Issue #5 of decomp journal, the in-house literary + art journal at The Social Justice Institute. This issue represents five months of work by eighteen student editors from all over UBC, and it would not have been possible without their energy and dedication. decomp journal is also now open to submissions for Issue #6 until the end of July!
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