WSSA members are active representatives of Concordia University's Women's Studies and Sexuality Studies programs.

WSSA supports interdisciplinary scholarship, local activism and creative endeavours that highlight social injustices pertinent to gender, sexuality, location, class, race and ability. Its mandate includes maintaining an equality model in its academic environment, engaging its constituency in campus life, and working with local groups (both student and otherwise).

WSSA publishes a literary journal entitled Subversions, which is fuelled by the minds and talents of its student body. This yearly publication includes critical texts, essays, creative writing, photography, artwork and illustrations.