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Women and Gender Studies

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Faculty Affiliation

Arts and Science

Degree Programs Offered

Women and Gender Studies - MA

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 and gender. This perspective explores the global processes in which women’s and men’s lives, gender relations, gendered subjectivities and sexualities are situated; it illuminates 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 gender, race, class and sexuality. The program welcomes applications from international students.

Collaborative Programs Offered

The WGSI's MA degree program participates in the following collaborative programs:
  1. Addiction Studies
    • Women and Gender Studies, MA
  2. Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care Across the Life Course, see p.
    • Women and Gender Studies, MA
  3. Asia-Pacific Studies
    • Women and Gender Studies, MA
  4. Bioethics
    • Women and Gender Studies, MA
  5. Environment and Health
    • Women and Gender Studies, MA
  6. Environmental Studies
    • Women and Gender Studies, MA
  7. International Relations
    • Women and Gender Studies, MA
  8. Sexual Diversity Studies
    • Women and Gender Studies, MA
  9. South Asian Studies
    • Women and Gender Studies, MA
  10. Women’s Health,
    • Women and Gender Studies, MA 

Contact and Address

Web: www.utoronto.ca/wgsi
E-mail: grad.womenstudies@utoronto.ca
Telephone: 416-978-3668
Fax: 416-946-5561

Women and Gender Studies Institute
Room 2036, Wilson Hall, New College
University of Toronto
40 Willcocks Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1C6
Canada

Degree Programs

Master of Arts

Minimum Admission Requirements

  • Four-year University of Toronto bachelor's degree, or its equivalent, 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, three letters of recommendation, transcripts from all post-secondary institutions, a curriculum vitae, and a writing sample.

Program Requirements

  • The student's program of study must be approved by the institute. Total of 4.0 full-course equivalents (FCE) as follows:
  • 1.5 core full-course equivalents (FCE) 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 WGS1004H], a practicum [WGS1006H], or an independent research/reading course [WGS1007H])
  • 1.0 FCE Master’s Research Paper (WGS 1005Y)
  • 1.0 FCE (1 year-long or two half-year courses) offered by other departments and chosen in consultation with your faculty advisor
  • The MA degree program is a full-time, twelve-month program and is not offered on a part-time basis.

Courses

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 1006H - Practicum
WGS 1007H - Directed Research/Reading

Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Mary (Jacqui) - Alexander - BSW, MA, PhD
Kay Armatage - BA, MA, PhD
Bonnie McElhinny - BA, MA, PhD (Director)
Kathryn Morgan - BA, MA, MEd, PhD
Michelle Murphy - BA, PhD (Coordinator of Graduate Studies)
Mary Nyquist - BA, MA, PhD
Kerry Rittich - MusBac, LLB, SJD
Ashwini Tambe - BA, MS, PhD
Judith Taylor - BA, PhD
Alissa Trotz - BA, MPhil, PhD

Associate Members

June Larkin - BA, MEd, PhD