"The Women & Gender Studies Institute (WGSI) at the University of Toronto is dedicated to exploring the entangled work of gender, race and sexuality in identities, relations, practices, theories and institutions. WGSI has developed a distinct strength in transnational feminist studies, which joins questions concerning nation-states, citizenship, colonialisms, diasporas and global capitalism with concerns about how to understand the gendered, queered and raced politics of subjectivity, activism and knowledge making."

"In our classrooms and our research, we put feminism into critical question as much as we develop feminist questions. Our dual emphasis on interdisciplinarity and transnational feminist studies aims to respond to the diverse feminisms that meet in the diasporic space of Toronto and embodied in our students, as well as to be accountable to the complexities of politics in an interconnected world. These commitments are manifest in our close relationship with critical and postcolonial area studies, with particular strengths in research that traces the relationships and disconnects between Africa, the Caribbean, East Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, Canada and the United States."

"WGSI also connects its activities beyond the classroom with our exciting practicum program that offers students the chance to work with community organizations and our many community-engaged research projects. In these ways, WGSI aspires to provide students with experiences that will not only transform their thinking, but also support their future undertakings and sense of self."

WGSSU recommends students to stay connected with WGSI and be informed of their events, announcements and opportunities relating to Women & Gender Studies.