GRSJ 302: Pedagogies of Social Justice
The intersections of gender, education, and work using sociological and economic frameworks.
GRSJ 301: Gender, Race & Indigeneity in Canada
Gender and indigeneity in the documented histories and narrated lives of Indigenous people in Canada.
GRSJ 300: Intersectional Approaches to Thinking Gender
Interdisciplinary exploration of the multiple intersections between gender and (neo)colonialism, racism, poverty, ableism, and heterosexism in a globalized world; historical and cross-cultural aspects, and the social construction of sex and gender, masculinity and femininity.
GRSJ 235: Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Structures in Modern Asia
Situates “Asia” in a global context and explores the complex relationships between gender, social structures, and social change.
GRSJ 230: Gender, Race, Sexuality & Representation in Modern Asia
The complex relationships between mechanisms of power, gender, and representation in Asia in different spaces examined through an interdisciplinary lens.
GRSJ 226: Human Rights & Artistic Expression: Thinking Beyond the Legal
How human rights are expressed in the Arts. Critical engagement with feminist, race and social justice scholarship, and activism.
GRSJ 505: Directed Readings/Studies
Undertaken with the supervision of a faculty member selected by the student, with the approval of the GRSJ Graduate Chair.
CSIS 500: Queer and Trans of Colour Creativity and World Making
Critical Studies in Sexuality: Multi-disciplinary Approaches. Queer and Trans of Colour Creativity and World Making. What can practices of queer and trans of colour creativity tell us about the present moment and how we have arrived here?
GRSJ 515A: Critical and Creative Social Justice Studies Seminars
The potential of creative work to disrupt ingrained ideas and representations by appealing to the senses. Study and engage with academics, artists, and activists interested in how art contributes to critical and engaged social justice work.
GRSJ 511: Difficult Knowledge: Ethics and Praxis of Research in Challenging Settings
Interdisciplinary seminar considering the ethics and praxis of working with difficult knowledge, such as highly divisive questions of memory and responsibility in the context and aftermaths of oppression and mass violence.