Invisimomibility? Mamazon? If these terms aren’t familiar to you, the concepts should be, according to a new book edited by a 91ÑÇÉ« professor. The 21st Century Motherhood Movement: Mothers Speak Out on Why We Need to Change the World and How to Do It, released this week, is touted as the first anthology of […]
About five years ago, Haideh Moghissi heard of plans to translate into Indonesian her 1999 book, Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis. She didn’t hear anything more until two months ago when, lo and behold, she learned it had not only been translated, it had been published. Slowly, over the past 12 […]
91ÑÇÉ« will host the Canadian premiere screening of a new feature-length documentary about Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the few professional women painters of 17th-century Italy. The film A Woman Like That will be screened tonight in the Nat Taylor Cinema, N102 Ross tonight from 6:30 to 9:15pm. Created by New 91ÑÇÉ« filmmaker Ellen Weissbrod, this documentary […]
There is little that 91ÑÇÉ« women’s studies Professor Andrea O’Reilly (BA Hons. '85, MA '87, PhD '96) hasn’t done when it comes to researching, writing and advocating for motherhood and mothering. She started a press, a journal and an association devoted to motherhood, designed the first university course on motherhood in Canada, and wrote and […]
91ÑÇÉ« history Professor Marc Stein grew up in the suburbs of New 91ÑÇÉ« City in the 1960s and 1970s with a passionate faith in the US Constitution and US Supreme Court as strong protectors of freedom, equality and democracy in the post-war era. That faith was shaken in the 1980s when the Supreme Court justices upheld state sodomy laws, […]
The Romans were celebrating mothers in about 1250 BCE when they began honouring Cybele, the mother goddess. Even so, motherhood throughout the ages has not always been given the respect it deserves. That’s something 91ÑÇÉ« women’s studies Professor Andrea O’Reilly knows a little about. She is general editor of the recently released Encyclopedia of Motherhood, a […]
This year, 91ÑÇÉ« is honouring sociology and women’s studies Professor Pat Armstrong and psychology Professor Leslie Greenberg with its highest award, Distinguished Research Professor, for their outstanding contributions to the University through research. The title will be conferred on Armstrong at the Spring 2010 Convocation on June 16 at 10:30am and on Greenberg during the […]
Professor Emerita Barbara Godard, the Avie Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian Literature, died Sunday, May 16, from complications related to her illness, at Toronto Western Hospital surrounded by family. Funeral arrangements for Friday are noted at the bottom of this page. Here, 91ÑÇÉ« humanities Professor Jody Berland, English Professor Julia Creet and PhD student Elena Basile […]
Professor Andrea O’Reilly's new Encyclopedia of Motherhood attracted media attention this Mother's Day. She was interviewed by CityNews.ca May 7: When Andrea O’Reilly received a call from a publisher expressing interest in an encyclopedia on motherhood, she knew her field of expertise had finally arrived. O’Reilly, a professor in 91ÑÇɫ’s School of Women’s Studies in […]
Rai Reece, a doctoral candidate in 91ÑÇÉ«'s School of Women's Studies, spoke to the Barrie Examiner March 31 about her research working with young women in Canada's prison system. She was also an attendee of the Mobilize Barrier conference, which aimed to bring community organizations, agencies, youth, individuals, and government institutions to participate in a […]
Despite decades of feminism and co-parenting and men grappling with diaper changes and night feedings, moms are often by default or tradition the ones who end up having the sex talk, wrote the Toronto Star Feb. 19. Often it’s because they are the parent who spends the most time with the children. “Often if there […]
In February, Barbara Crow will meet with her mother-in-law’s quilting bunch in Peterborough, her mother’s synagogue friends in Toronto and a group of retirees in Duncan, British Columbia. She and co-researcher Kim Sawchuk of Concordia University want to know whether and how seniors use cellphones. Right: Barbara Crow “Many senior citizens use these mobile technologies, […]
Mothers think. That was a revolutionary concept at one time, and may still be in some quarters – myth shattering and at the same time obvious. For 91ÑÇÉ« women’s studies Professor Andrea O’Reilly, it was life changing and groundbreaking, and was delivered by Sara Ruddick through her 1989 book Maternal Thinking: Towards a Politics of Peace. It […]
