Graduate Program
The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies is pleased to announce their new
MA Graduate Program in Gender and Social Justice Studies.
http://www.wgs.ualberta.ca/en/Graduate%20Program.aspx
The M.A. program in
Gender and Social Justice offers graduate training to students who aim
to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to produce independent
scholarly analysis, research, and action aimed at social justice and the
reduction of social inequalities. Foundational to the program is a
commitment to intersectional analysis, according to which gender is a
central, but not the only, axis along which in/equality is structured,
and interdisciplinary approaches to political, aesthetic, and ethical
questions concerning social injustice, both globally and locally.
Professors in the Department of Women’s and
Gender Studies work on a wide variety of feminist research projects and
hold research expertise in gender and international development,
sexuality and queer studies, critical animal and food studies, feminist
religious studies, feminist cultural production, trauma and cultural
memory, and more. Additionally, the undergraduate and graduate programs
are linked to a vibrant community of disciplinary based scholars with
research interests and expertise in feminist, gender, and sexuality
studies.
The MA Program in Gender and Social Justice
is a 12 month program in which students participate in Praxis and
Research seminars, complete elective courses in WGS, and produce a
portfolio structured around each student’s unique professional and
scholarly goals.
Special note: The MA program in Gender and
Social Justice will admit its first students in 2016. Students
considering application will be considered for limited and competitive
funding, but are strongly urged to seek outside funding. For more
information about applying to graduate school and applying for funding,
follow this link.
Application deadline for September 2016 admission: January 15, 2016.
For more information please contact gsjgrad@ualberta.ca
