Equality and Inequality

(EQS1) Climate change and intersections

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Tuesday Jun 18 9:00 am to 10:30 am (Eastern Daylight Time)
Trottier Building - ENGTR 0070

The impacts of climate change are tightly tied to issues of social justice. As changing weather patterns and storms impact food production and put communities physically at risk, those who ... more

(EQS2) Responding to Homelessness and Hate

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Tuesday Jun 18 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Trottier Building - ENGTR 0070

Homelessness in Canada is on the rise and its increasing visibility in communities is creating divisiveness, hate, and violence. Research suggests that people experiencing homelessness are more likely to be ... more

(FDS1) Hunger Pains: Food Justice in (Times of) Crisis

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Tuesday Jun 18 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Wong Building - WONG 1050

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries around the world experienced a rise in food insecurity. Within so-called Canada, this rise occurred at an especially alarming rate, particularly within ... more

(FEM1a) Feminist Sociology I: Gender-Based Violence, Sexual Autonomy, and Empowerment

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Thursday Jun 20 9:00 am to 10:30 am (Eastern Daylight Time)
Wong Building - WONG 1020

This session brings together papers which examine the limitations of social and institutional responses to gender-based violence, while also considering how women’s sexual autonomy is both constructed and contested.

(FEM1b) Feminist Sociology II: Digital Feminisms

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Thursday Jun 20 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Wong Building - WONG 1020

This session brings together papers which explore the digital as a tool for feminist activism and consider how gendered violence and cybermisogyny are reproduced, enacted, and resisted through digital media.