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Women's Studies

The Women's Studies Program is an interdisciplinary field of study that places women and questions of gender at the centre of inquiry.  Our field emphasizes the important role that gender plays in shaping both male and female experiences and how women's lives continue to be left out of traditional approaches to knowledge.  We stress the complex ways in which gender is fundamentally linked to class, race, ethnicity, nationality, age, and sexual orientation, and how these aspects shape and construct our sense of self, our roles in society and our institutions.  The goal of the Women's Studies Program is to encourage students to develop an understanding about the ways in which society thinks about gender by attaining the analytical, oral and writing skills needed to think about the interconnection and nuanced interactions of all these forces in society.  Through our devotion to teaching, learning, research, scholarship, and creativity, our aim is to engage students in a field that provides tools that can help them to shape their lives and the world around them.

The Women's Studies Program office is located at 202 Regina Street, room R106. Please direct administrative matters to our administrative assistant, Ms. Faith McCord (fmccord@wlu.ca) or by phone 519-884-0710 ext. 3625.  For student advising, please contact Dr. Ute Lischke, Program Coordinator,  by email at ulischke@wlu.ca or by phone 519-884-0710 ext. 3607.