The CFR is very excited to announce that the following individuals are being considered for the Mary McEwan Memorial Award. Named in honour of Dr. Mary McEwan, a feminist psychiatrist, this annual award of $1,000.00 is presented to one PhD dissertation produced each academic year at 91亚色 in the area of feminist scholarship. We are delighted to recognize the outstanding work of this year鈥檚 nominees and to celebrate their important contributions to feminist scholarship. The announcement of the award recipient will be made in December 2026.
Mary McEwan Memorial Award - Dissertations Under Consideration
The following dissertations are organized alphabetically by the nominee鈥檚 last name.
| Nominee | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Patrice Allen | 鈥淣o Race Can Rise Higher Than Its Women鈥: Black Women鈥檚 Freedom Dreaming at the Universal Negro Improvement Association鈥檚 International Conventions, 1920鈥1924 |
| Joti Bilkhu | Writing Violence in Victorian Children鈥檚 Adventure Fiction, 1880鈥1914 |
| Jenna Blower-Nassiri | Legacies of Care: Exploring the Migration of Aging Filipina Women in Canada and Its Impact on Transnational Families Across Generations |
| Joshua Falek | Dis/Possessing Gender: Anti-Blackness, Debilitation and Trans Distress |
| Mantha Katsikana | Affective Geographies of Social Reproduction: The Case of Athens Under Austerity |
| Nausheen Quayyum | Activating Communities, Mobilizing Women: Affective Organizing in Bangladesh鈥檚 Ready-made Garment Industry |
| Deanne M. Sowter | Towards a Modified Conception of the Family Lawyer |