Summer Courses
WSDB 398 GA: Perspectives féministes décoloniales (du 26 au 30 mai)
*Veuillez noter que ce cours sera enseigné en français.
Ce cours examine les perspectives féministes décoloniales, notamment dans les espaces francophones. Abordant à la fois des enjeux théoriques, politiques, et pratiques, l’analyse considère les racines intellectuelles et politiques des féminismes décoloniaux dans les contextes francophones. Les textes choisis, provenant des Antilles, du Québec, de l’Afrique, et d'autres espaces francophones dans le monde, exposent les modèles et les concepts de mobilisation communautaire, de militantisme, et de production intellectuelle de ces endroits.
*Please note that this course will be taught in French.
This course examines decolonial feminist perspectives, particularly in French-speaking spaces. Addressing theoretical, political, and practical issues, the analysis considers the intellectual and political roots of decolonial feminisms in French-speaking contexts. The selected texts, from the Caribbean, Quebec, Africa, and other French-speaking spaces around the world, expose the models and concepts of community mobilization, activism, and intellectual production from these places.
WSDB 498 GA: Feminist Leadership Seminar (May 12th to 16th)
The Feminist Leadership Seminar is an intensive week-long experiential 3-credit intensive course that will provide students with core skills and training in feminist leadership. This short course will bridge theoretical frameworks of intersectional and anti-racist feminism to skills needed to realize healthier and more equitable workplace and organizational environments. What is feminist leadership? What does feminist leadership mean in the context of coalitionbuilding, advocacy, and allyship work? What is the relationship between feminist leadership and achieving the organizational goals of equity, diversity, and inclusion?
Students will be presented with opportunities to develop/refine skills in consultative processes, collaborative visioning and goal setting, active listening and feedback, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills.
Past Summer Institute special topics and themes
- 2023 Community-driven Feminist Research on Refugees/Migrants (G. Mahrouse)
- 2022 Critical Feminist Methodologies on Travel, Migration, and Mobility Justice (G. Mahrouse)
- 2021 Departures, Arrivals, Encounters: Feminist Approaches to Migration and Mobility Justice (G. Mahrouse)
- 2019 Feminist Activism and the Health Industries (G. Rail)
- 2018 Unsettling Feminisms: Mobilisation, Resistance, Creation (G. Rail)
- 2017 Mobilizing (IN)Visible Bodies (G. Rail)
