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CWSE Events and Programming

Events and programs at the CWSE can be broken down as follows:

• Brown Bag Lectures: semi-formal discussions that take place on weekday afternoons that may take a variety of formats, including lectures or film screenings. Research presented in this format may be complete or incomplete, and the Brown Bag lecture offers opportunities for scholars/activists/artists to receive critical feedback and support for their work. Students are particularly encouraged to present in Brown Bag lectures.

• PopFem Lectures: formal evening events featuring ground-breaking feminist research by prominent scholars on “hot topic” issues.

• Institutional Ethnography: an annual program offered by the CWSE with Susan Turner, PhD, and Dorothy Smith, PhD, a prominent scholar and former OISE professor who is responsible for developing the methodological system of Institutional Ethnography. This yearly program is intensive and highly popular, particularly among PhD students and young scholars.

• Women’s Human Rights Education Institute (WHRI): Directed by Costa Rican feminist and jurist Alda Facio and taught by international scholars, activists, and educators, the annual WHRI brings together international participants for an in-depth training on human rights from a feminist perspective.

• Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Visitorship (DNB), an annual program that invites a feminist social justice leader from the majority world to direct a course at OISE and give a signature lecture on on a critical global feminist issue at the University of Toronto.

• Art Exhibit Series, featuring feminist artwork by community members and students.

• Wellness Series, a new annual workshop series dedicated to encouraging wellness among feminists. Each workshop is designed to give participants skills to look after our personal health.

• And many other activities, including workshops, our semi-annual women’s history conference; monthly reading groups for students; weekly Yoga for women; plays; fundraising activities for women's charities

• The CWSE also co-sponsors many local events. Recent partnerships include the 2010 ALPHA conference and events with LEAF.