Alumni Receives MSHRBC Funds for Knowledge Translation Project
Michael Smith Health Research BC (MSHRBC) has announced the recipients of the 2023 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions to create pathways from research evidence to impact and help ensure that cutting-edge health research can directly improve the health of British Columbians and BC’s health system. GRSJ Alumni A.J. Lowik is a co-lead on […]
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Congratulations! 2023 Sustainability Leadership Award Winner – Kaitlin Wu
Kaitlin spoke to a GRSJ interviewer about her life and educational background, with inspiring message to GRSJ students
Student Stories: Khaldah Salih (MA)
Meet Khaldah Salih, one of the new MA students of the 2016-2017 cohort at The Social Justice Institute. This interview took place on the traditional, ancestral, unseeded and occupied territory of the Musqueam peoples. Ine: “Hi Khaldah, thanks so much for taking the time to meet me here today to talk about some of your […]
Student Stories: Emmanuelle Andrews (MA)
Meet Emmanuelle Andrews, one of the new MA students of the 2016-2017 cohort at The Social Justice Institute. This interview took place on the traditional, ancestral, unseeded and occupied territory of the Musqueam peoples. Ine: “Emmanuelle, thank you for joining me today. Could you tell me a little more about yourself? Why did you decide […]
Alumni Story: Jen Sung
A public speaker and program coordinator of the Out in Schools program, the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) graduate Jen Sung leads a team into high schools throughout British Columbia, using film to open dialogue about LGBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer) issues and other forms of discrimination. “Being able to […]
Alumni Story: Sara Malkin
GRSJ alumna Sara Malkin credits the Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Program (GRSJ) with giving her a critical foundation for her work as an Associate Lawyer. She is still in contact with a number of graduates from the Institute, and the graduates have gone on to fascinating, challenging careers for which GRSJ helped to prepare them. One […]
Alumni Story: Shoko Kitano
At a North Shore Women’s Centre Girls Empowerment Camp, Shoko Kitano overheard a girl say that because of the camp, she was able to say ‘no’ to a boy she was interested in who was pressuring her to do things she didn’t want to do sexually and otherwise. She could communicate about why she wasn’t comfortable […]
Alumni Story: Lau Mehes
Lau Mehes’ work is so related to her Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) studies, that she says she feels that her work now as a QMUNITY youth worker is an extension of the GRSJ major. “How hasn’t it been useful? GRSJ kind of helped me understand how I wanted to live in the […]