2025–26 Feminist Lunch Series

2025-2026

Sept. 17, 4-6pm, MN 3230 (CDRS) - Book Talk: Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation

Nov. 17, 12-1pm, MN 4207 (hybrid) - Going to Law School

Jan. 28, 12-1:30pm on Zoom - Whose Family Law? Intersectionality in the Canadian Context

Feb. 2, 5:30-6:30pm, MN 3230 (CDRS, UTM) - Remembering those killed in Iran’s recent protests: A space for mourning and solidarity

Feb. 11, 12-1pm, Zoom - How Law, Policing, and Public Institutions Shape the Lives of Racialized Youth

Remembering event

Feb. 2, 5:30-6:30pm, MN 3230 (CDRS, UTM) - Remembering those killed in Iran’s recent protests: A space for mourning and solidarity

Whose Family Law event

Jan. 28, 12-1:30pm on Zoom - Whose Family Law? Intersectionality in the Canadian Context

WGSS FLS Nov. 2025

Nov. 17, 12-1pm, MN4207 (hybrid via Zoom) - Going to Law School with Anjali Kupchand and Hiba Ahmed, UTM alumni

Got Blood to Give - Sept. 17

Sept. 17, 4-6pm, MN3230 (CDRS) - Book Talk: Got Blood to Give - Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden in Conversation with Dr. Beverly Bain

 


Past Events

2024-2025

Nov. 28, 12-2pm, CDRS (MN3230) and Zoom - Panel Discussion - Critical Approaches to Gender, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: Insights from Art, Activism, and Scholarship. Register on Zoom  

Oct. 25, 4-6pm - Book Launch - Drinking, Fasting, and Tattoos: Syrian Women’s Lived Islam by Ozlem Ezer - Wilson Hall 2053, New College, 40 Willcocks Street. Register on Eventbrite

Oct. 3, 11am-1pm, CDRS (MN3230) - Panel Discussion - Critical Approaches to Gender Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: Gender and Housing Rights. Register on Eventbrite

Feb. 27, 12-1:30pm (online via Zoom) - Panel Discussion - Critical Approaches to Gender Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: Community-Led Research, Training & Solutions

March 8, 12-1:30pm (online via Zoom) - International Women's Day Conversation on the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Justice in the Legal System, "Racial Injustice in Criminal Legal System," with Sonia Knowlton

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2023-24

Oct. 3, 12-1:30pm, MN 4207 - WGSS Open House and Welcome with Beverly Bain, Victoria Tahmesebi-Birgani, and Gary Pelleteir

Oct. 19, 12-1:30pm, MN 4207- Co-sponsored with the Centre for South Asian Critical Humanities - Shireen Hassim, Carlton University Professor and Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender & African Studies: "Reclaiming hope as radical lexicon: Some experiments from African feminist political campaigns"

Nov. 16, 12-1:30pm, MN 4207 - Asim Hussain (@studentAsim): Canadian author and creative producer

Feb. 15, 12-1:30pm, MN 4207 - Meghan Watson: Feminist Conversations in Mental Health, Wellness, and Care

Feb. 29, 12-1:30pm, MN 4207 - Dr. Nicole Spiegelaar: Feminist Environmental Care

Mar. 7, 12-1:30pm, MN 4207 - Linda Silver Dranoff: Feminist Law & Policy

Mar. 21, 12-1:30pm, MN 4207 - Azul Baez: The Arts of Feminist Care Workshop (*interactive workshop!)