[tugs] What does a feminist dept look like? - Intersections Panel -
- From: TUGS -Toronto Undergraduate Geography Society <v.domitrovic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tugsgeneral@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tugsexecs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:02:44 -0500
Intersections Panel Present:
Conquering the Divides -¬ Gender
"What does a feminist department look like?"
Friday, November 17, 2006
SidSmith 2125: 2-4pm
Coffee and desserts will be served.
This third and final Intersection panel aims to spark discussion in
the department on the policies and practices that affect faculty and
graduate students as "gendered" workers, as well as the department as
a space to conduct feminist scholarship. We hope to have an open and
lively discussion on topics such as the "ideal worker" in academia,
the department as a gendered workplace with individuals attempting to
balance career, family and life priorities, and the constraints and
opportunities for theory and action-based feminist research in
geography and planning.
Questions tabled will include:
- What does it mean to have a feminist department?
- How do conceptions of the "ideal academic" complicate the
spaces available for diversity and life-work balance? What are some of
the concrete possibilities for changing the structures that produce
and maintain this ideal?
- Do the opportunities/challenges regarding gender-equality
differ for faculty and students within the clusters of the department
(physical, human, environmental, planning)? Is this different for
graduate students intending to find careers outside the university?
- How is feminist scholarship included in the geography and
planning programs that the department offers?
The Panel:
Jean Paul Catungal -¬ 1st year MA student
Miriam Diamond -¬ Faculty member
Emily Gilbert -¬ Faculty member
Kate Parizeau -¬ 2nd year PhD student + graduate of
planning program
Robert Ramsay -¬ 3rd year PhD student
Please come, listen, and join in the discussion. Theoretical,
empirical and personal contributions by panelists and all audience
members are welcome and encouraged.
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