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Jodi Beniuk and Michelle Moreno, National Essay Winners
Update: Jodi Beniuk was also awarded the Tsi'tsu'wu'tul Award at UVic's Indigenous Recognition Ceremony in June. Double congratulations, Jodi!
Congratulations to women's studies students Jodi Beniuk and Michelle Moreno, first and second place winners of the 2014 national Undergraduate Essay Prize awarded by the Women's and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes (WGSRF) association. The awards ceremony was held at Brock University in St. Catherine's, Ontario during the 2014 Congress.
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Blaise Bazuik featured in The Ring
Faculty Fellowship for Laura Parisi
WS grad #3 of Vancouver's Top 30 Under 30
UVic WS graduate Melanie Matining is #3 in Xtra Vancouver's Top 30 Under 30!
On September 10th, Xtra Vancouver posted, "For the next 30 days we will unveil BC’s best and brightest young queer leaders. Meet the activists, artists, organizers and educators who are building our community on a daily basis. The next generation begins now."
Congratulations, Mel!
Sept. 23 Grad School Workshop
Open House Sept. 30th
Jodi Beniuk wins first Dax Gibson Memorial Award
Congratulations to Jodi Beniuk, first winner of the Dax Gibson Memorial Award for the most exceptional WS 400B project of 2012-13!
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WS student Tara Paterson wins Rhodes Scholarship
Tara Paterson, honours Women's Studies student, is BC's 2013 winner of the illustrious Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University!
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Christine Welsh wins Humanities teaching award
Christine Welsh of women's studies is the co-winner of the Faculty of Humanities Annual Award for Teaching Excellence for 2013. Congratulations, Christine!
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Annalee Lepp wins Hickman Award for excellence in teaching
Annalee Lepp has won UVic's most prestigious teaching award, the Harry Hickman Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching. Only one is given each year. Big congratulations, Annalee!
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WS 338 new anti-racist feminist website
Students in WS 338 created a (web)site of praxis: anti-racist feminist resources.
New student award in gender studies
Transnational Feminist Praxis blog created by WS 338 students
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WS Major Jodi Beniuk published in Arbutus Review
Women's studies major Jodi Beniuk's paper "Indigenous Women as the Other: An Analysis of the Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry" has just been published in the latest issue of The Arbutus Review, Vol 3, No 2 (2012): Special Focus on Indigenous Governance. Read Jodi's work here.
Congratulations, Jodi!
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1979: Women pave the way for women's studies
From The Ring, March 23, 1979, p.2
Women in Victoria will soon be able to study contributions in Canada made by others of their sex, thanks in part to the efforts of four women on campus. As members of the women’s studies committee, they are hoping that enough women from the campus and community will register in UVic’s first women’s studies course to make it a success. Men are also welcome.
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Laura Parisi awarded $200,000 SSHRC grant
Loren Husband wins MA scholarships
Rachel Paish, Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist
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Sikata Banerjee's book Muscular Nationalism
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Jasmine Nielsen, Co-op Student of the Year
Tales and tweets on the ongoing need for feminism
On International Women's Day 2012, Guardian writer Linda Grant tweeted her thoughts about why feminism still matters. Thousands of shocking responses – from women and men – proved her point. Grant responded with an article, "Twitter's tales of sexism."
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CFUV podcast - Dr. Cynthia Enloe
A podcast of Dr. Cynthia Enloe's Lansdowne lecture is available on CFUV:
"How Can you Tell if We Are Living in a ‘Post-war’ Era? Some Feminist Warnings"