Department news

See https://www.uvic.ca/opportunities/faculty-librarian/current/gndr_250_071.php for details. The Gender Studies Department at the University of Victoria invites applications for a tenure-track position in gender studies at the Assistant Professor level, commencing July 1, 2020. We are especially interested in a specialization in the theory and practice of de-colonial, intersectional, transnational, anti-racist feminisms (possible areas could include: global diasporic studies, girlhood studies, feminist geographies, and environmental studies).

Congratulations to Bronwyn McMillin, Gender Studies alumna (Honours 2013), winner of the 2019 Takao Tanabe Painting Prize. You can enjoy some of Bronwyn's work at https://www.bronwynmcmillin.com/.

Congratulations to Rachael Crook, Lauren Frost, and Kästle Van Der Meer, Gender Studies winners of Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA). Rachael will explore "Queering fat sex: Exploring the queerness of non-normative sexual (and non-sexual) bodies." Lauren's project is titled "Casting Call: White Neutrality and Gender Binary in Theatre and Film." Kästle's research will focus on “Food Trends and Fad Diets in Popular Culture: How they Affect the Body Image of Young Adults.”

Congratulations to this year's recipients of Gender Studies scholarships: Simone Blais, Rachael Crook, Lauren Frost, Sage Lacerte, Alexandra Haupt, Amara MacFarlane, Hannah Sasaki, Kästle Van Der Meer, Steven Watt and Emily Wiesenthal.

Jacqueline Kittel's “Women in the Cannabis Industry in British Columbia: Is There a Green Ceiling?” has won the 2018 Undergraduate Essay Prize. The award comes from Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes (WGSRF), the national professional association for the academic discipline of Women's and Gender Studies in Canada.

... Emily Wiesenthal, graduating with a Gender studies Honours degree! Congratulations on your stellar achievement, Emily!

Since April 2017, portraits of BC Legislature personnel, quickly sketched on sticky notes, have appeared on the Twitter account @bcpoliportraits. The amusing sketches have been noticed and commented on by BC politicians, but no one knew who drew them. The mystery deepened when people realized that the artist had to be an insider, since some of the likenesses are of people who work in non-public areas. When the Vancouver Sun asked who was creating the Twitter sketches, the artist replied with a drawing of a ghost. Zoé Ducharme, who graduated with a degree in gender studies and just completed a legislative internship, finally revealed herself as the artist.

The Faculty of Humanities is proud to bestow its 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award on Tamara Napoleon, BA (Gender Studies) 2004.

Dr. Thea Cacchioni is looking for people who have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) to participate in a research study.

Dr. Georgia Sitara is the 2017 recipient of the Faculty of Humanities Award for Teaching Excellence. This is the first time that a Sessional Lecturer has been honoured with this award since it was established in 1999. Georgia teaches courses in Gender Studies, History and Social Justice Studies. In her GNDR courses, she starts each class by writing "Love not Fear" on the board and drawing a heart around the words to set the tone for the lesson. No wonder Georgia's students find her teaching so inspiring!

Rachel Paish (BA Women’s Studies 2012) was recently named the Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2017 Greater Victoria Business Awards for her dance studio, Passion and Performance.

Courtenay Nielsen was awarded the 2017 Women's and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes Undergraduate Essay Prize. Courtenay's essay is titled “Women, Trans, and Non-Binary Bike Mechanics: Wielding Wrenches, Defying Expectations, and Fixing Your Bike.”

Gender Studies department members gave former colleague Dr. Jyoti Sangera a warm welcome when she came to UVic as a Lansdowne Lecturer in May.

Annalee Lepp talks about how anti-trafficking campaigns often harm the people they're trying to help. http://www.uvic.ca/knowledge/assets/issues/2017/v17n05-may2017.pdf

Iliana Turner's piece "Silence" won second place in the Spoken Word category of UVic's Diversity Writing Contest! Iliana is in her 4th year of a Gender Studies/Political Science double major. In "Silence" she addresses her 16-year old self.

President Jamie Cassels stated in his Campus Conversations that, “… our university’s core strength truly rests on the special combination of talented and dedicated people working in a collaborative and collegial environment.” The President’s Extraordinary Service Awards celebrate the outstanding contributions of our people, whether teams or individuals, from all across campus. Dr. Annalee Lepp of Gender Studies will receive The Collaborator award for her work as Chair of UVic's Working Group on Sexualized Violence Programs and Policy. After 11 months of work and over 100 interviews with stakeholders, UVic's Sexualized Violence and Response Policy was approved by the Board of Governors on March 28, 2017.