Hedda Hakvag

Hedda Hakvag

Contact Information

hakvag@alumni.ubc.ca

Bio

Hedda Hakvag graduated with an MA at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. She holds a BA with distinction in Women’s Studies and Creative Writing from the University of Alberta. Her research interests are diverse and include social discourses of the body/embodiment, consumerism, children’s toys and teen culture, gender violence activism, and terrorism and Islamophobia.

BA with Distinction: Women’s Studies (Major), Creative Writing (Minor), University of Alberta, 2006-10.

Awards

Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, UBC
Helga Dalman Memorial Scholarship, University of Alberta
James Patrick Folinsbee Prize in English, University of Alberta
Registrar’s International Student Scholarship, University of Alberta