Research
Gender studies faculty do research in the following areas, among others:
- Indigenous women in Canada
- Indigenous cinema
- Documentary film production
- Queer theory/Queer materialism
- Feminist theory
- Cultural studies
- Gender, human rights, international development
- Globalization and international political economy
- Global governance and gender mainstreaming
- Canadian gender, family, and legal history
- Human rights and trafficking in persons
- Transnational migration
- Racialized and Indigenous girls and young women
- Feminist Participatory Action Research
- Asian North American feminisms
- Sexual 'function' and 'dysfunction', sexual pain
- Medicalization
- Heteronormativity
- Indian politics
- Masculinities
- Nationalism
Meet our researchers
Faces of UVic Research is a series of "elevator pitch" style videos showcasing the passion and commitment of UVic researchers. It's a great way to discover what some of our faculty are researching.
Faces of UVic Research: Sikata Banerjee
Dr. Sikata Banerjee is a professor in the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Victoria Faculty of Humanities. She studies gender and nationalism, particularly in India. Specifically she traces the manner in which cultural ideas of manhood shape the political representation of nation. In this video, she discusses her theory of muscular nationalism and why India today needs to be known as a muscular nation. She also explains the importance of understanding nationalism in today's society, where so many of the world's political conflicts are based on ideas of nationalism. Learn more at http://www.uvic.ca/research University of Victoria: http://www.uvic.ca/ University of Victoria's Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/UVic
Faces of UVic Research: Jo-Anne Lee
Dr. Jo-Anne Lee is a professor in the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Victoria Faculty of Humanities. In this video she discusses her work with minority women and girls who are growing up in small urban centres. She also explains a project in which she trains young women and girls in the use of video cameras and cameras, so they can create documentaries and use their own voices to speak to policy makers and researchers. Learn more at http://www.uvic.ca/research University of Victoria: http://www.uvic.ca/ University of Victoria's Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/UVic
Faces of UVic Research: Laura Parisi
Dr. Laura Parisi is a Professor with the Department of Women's Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria. In this video, Laura talks about her research on how reductions in international development funding are affecting women's human rights organizations in Southern Africa. Learn more at: Faces of UVic research: https://www.youtube.com/facesofuvicresearch UVic's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/Uvic UVic research: https://www.uvic.ca/research/learnabout/home/researchers/experts/details.php?go=1&id=820 UVic: http://www.uvic.ca/See more videos from the Gender Studies playlist on YouTube.