Future students

2022_Explore UVIC

2022 Explore UVIC

Challenging what's "normal"

We offer a range of cutting-edge courses that explore the role of gender in society, and how it interacts with other forms of difference including Indigenous and racialized identities, class, sexuality, ability, age, etc.

Gender studies broadened my understanding of the systems of power and how society works, and opened my eyes to social injustices of all kinds. It changed how I look at the world!
Survey response from gender studies alum

You'll gain a unique perspective on the world and your place in it, on how power works and how discrimination and inequalities can be resisted and challenged. Working with our diverse students and interdisciplinary faculty, you'll develop skills that will support your future—as an academic, professional, leader and activist.

With a strong focus on Indigenous and transnational perspectives, we are an active and inclusive community of learners. Together, we consider critical topics including:

  • Indigenous women and the politics of resurgence
  • human rights and international development
  • health and medicalization
  • anti-racism, nationalism, globalization and resistance
  • girlhood studies, masculinities, queer and trans theory