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Faculty Affiliation
Arts and Science
Degree Programs Offered
Overview
The Women and Gender Studies Institute (WGSI) offers a program leading to the Master of Arts degree in Women and Gender Studies. The Master's Program in Women and Gender Studies (MWGS) focuses on transnationality, gender, sex and feminism. This perspective explores the temporal and geographic processes through which women's and men's lives, sexed relations, gendered subjectivities and sexualities are situated. Our offerings bring feminist scholarship to the tasks of challenging and investigating colonial, postcolonial, and transnational contexts. Central themes of the program include global capitalism, nation and state formation, empire, citizenship, diaspora and cultural flows, all of which are examined through the lenses of diverse feminist scholarship. The program welcomes applications from international students.
Collaborative Programs
The following collaborative programs are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:
1. Addiction Studies
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
2. Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care Across the Life Course
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
3. Asia-Pacific Studies
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
4. Bioethics
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
5. Diaspora and Transnational Studies
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
6. Environment and Health
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
7. Environmental Studies
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
8. Ethnic and Pluralism Studies
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
9. Jewish Studies
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
10. Sexual Diversity Studies
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
11. South Asian Studies
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
12. Women's Health
- Women and Gender Studies, MA
Contact and Address
Web: www.wgsi.utoronto.ca/graduate/ma-program
Email: grad.womenstudies@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-3668
Fax: (416) 946-5561
Women and Gender Studies Institute
University of Toronto
Room 2036, Wilson Hall, New College
40 Willcocks Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1C6
Canada
Degree Programs
Women and Gender Studies
Master of Arts
Minimum Admission Requirements
- An appropriate bachelor's degree in women's studies and gender studies or a related area at an approved university. Applicants must have obtained an average equivalent to a University of Toronto B+ or better in their final year of undergraduate study.
- Letter of intent outlining the academic goals the applicant wishes to pursue in the program, two letters of recommendation, transcripts from all post-secondary institutions.
Program Requirements
- The student's program of study must be approved by the institute. Total of 4.0 full-course equivalents (FCE) as follows:
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- 1.5 core full-course equivalents (FCEs) in Women and Gender Studies (WGS 1000H, WGS 1001H, and WGS 1002H)
- 0.5 elective FCE in Women and Gender Studies; either a special topics seminar (WGS 1003H or WGS 1004H), an independent research/reading course (WGS 1007H), or a practicum extending over both the fall and winter sessions (WGS 1006H0).
- 1.0 FCE Master's Research Paper (WGS 1005Y)
- 1.0 FCE (one year-long or two half-year courses) offered by other departments and chosen in consultation with your faculty advisor
- The MA degree program is not offered on a part-time basis.
Normal Program Length: 3 sessions full-time
Time Limit: 3 years full-time
Course List
WGS 1000H Theories, Histories, Feminisms
WGS 1001H Feminism, Transnationalism and Postcolonialism
WGS 1002H Feminist Methodologies and Epistemologies
WGS 1003H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
WGS 1004H Special Topics in Feminist Theory
WGS 1005Y MA Research Paper
WGS 1006H0 Practicum in Women and Gender Studies
WGS 1007H Directed Research/Reading
WGS 1008Y Independent Research and Reading in Women and Gender Studies
WGS 1009H Special Topics in Feminist Studies 1
WGS 1010H Special Topics in Feminist Studies 2
WGS 1011H Special Topics in Feminist Studies 3
WGS 1012Y Special Topics in Feminist Studies 4
WGS 1013H Special Topics in Feminist Theory 1
WGS 1014H Special Topics in Feminist Theory 2
WGS 1015Y Special Topics in Feminist Theory 3
WGS 1016H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
WGS 1017H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
WGS 1018H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
WGS 1019H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
WGS 1020H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
WGS 1021H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
WGS 1022H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
WGS 1023H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
WGS 1024H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
WGS 1025H Special Topics in Feminist Studies
Graduate Faculty
Full Members
Alexander, Mary (Jacqui) - BSW, MA, PhD
Bamford, Sandra - BA, MA, MPA, ScD
Boddy, Janice - BA, MA, PhD
Brown, Elspeth - MA, PhD
Cobb, Michael - BA, MA, AM, PhD
Coloma, Roland Sintos - TD, BA, MA, MA, PhD
Columpar, Corinn - BA, PhD
Cook, Rebecca - BA, LLM, MA, MPA, JD, SJD
Cossman, Brenda - LLB, LLM
Cowen, Deborah - BA, MCP, PhD
Dehli, Kari - BA, MA, PhD
Fox, Bonnie - AB, PhD
Keith, Alison - BA, MA, PhD
Klassen, Pamela - BA, MA, PhD
Larson, Katherine - BMus, AB, MPH, PhD
Lo, Marieme - DPhil
Magnusson, Jamie-Lynn - BA, MA, PhD
McElhinny, Bonnie - PhD (Director)
Miles, Angela - BA, MA, PhD
Mirchandani, Kiran - BA, MPH, PhD
Mojab, Shahrzad - BA, MEd, EdD
Morgan, Kathryn - BA, MA, MEd, PhD
Morgenstern, Naomi - BA, MA, PhD
Murphy, Michelle - BA, PhD (Acting Director and Coordinator of Graduate Studies)
Murray, Heather - BA, MA, PhD
Newton, Melanie - BA, PhD
Ng, Roxana - BA, MA, PhD
Nyquist, Mary - BA, MA, PhD
Park, Jin-Kyung - PhD
Rankin, Katharine - BA, MA, PhD
Razack, Sherene - BA, MA, PhD
Rittich, Kerry - BMus, LLB, SJD
Ruddick, Susan - PhD
Salih, Sara - BA, DPhil
Song, Je Sook - BA, PhD
Sykes, Heather - BSc, PhD
Tambe, Ashwini - BA, MA, PhD
Taylor, Judith - BA, PhD
Titchkosky, Tanya - BA, MA, PhD
Trotz, Alissa - AB, MPH, PhD
Valverde, Mariana - BA, MA, PhD, Fell Royal Society Canada
Walcott, Rinaldo - BA, MA, PhD
Wane, Njoki - BE, MSc, MEd, PhD
Members Emeriti
Armatage, Kay - BA, MA, PhD
Associate Members
Bhuyan, Rupaleem - BA, MA, PhD
Larkin, June - PhD
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