Women & Gender Studies - ULethbridge Stories

Shining Graduate Jacqueline Eshun

An ambitious student from Kumasi, Ghana, Jacqueline has tackled the challenges of higher education with remarkable resilience, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shining Education Graduate & Horns Rugby Alumna Sofia Hoff

In her first year at the University of Lethbridge, Sofia Hoff (BA/BEd '24) accomplished a significant personal milestone: joining her two older sisters, Eden and Siena, on the Women's Rugby team.

ULethbridge offers pathway to degree in Canadian Law at Australia's Bond University

If you're looking for a legal career, have a desire to enter the workplace as quickly as possible, and studying in a tropical setting appeals to you, check out the new dual degree program, offered jointly by ULethbidge and Bond University in Australia.

Shining Student Aleah Bastien (BA ‘21)

Aleah Bastien (BA '21) discovered her passion for research and activism as an undergrad at ULethbridge. With the encouragement of her professors, she is working towards finishing her master's thesis for her MA in women and gender studies.

Shining Student Mary Siever

"It is a wonderful, supportive, and amazing department. It really has become my home in many ways. I was just extra fortunate to find a department and teachers who made it a wonderful experience in all ways."

Shining Student Kathryn DeLucia-Burk

Through volunteering with and then working for the Campus Collective Centre, Shining Student Kathryn DeLucia-Burk, found a strong community and a place to foster accountability from the University to its students and support students in need.

A fierce advocate for human rights, Senator Kim Pate, shares her knowledge and wisdom with Incarcerated Women class

"Incarcerated Women will leave you with the ability to emphasize with people from all walks of life and assist you in unlearning your unconscious biases to see our society and our systems in a completely different light for the better." – Kristine Ward, 4th-year philosophy student

Q&A with Shining Graduate Kathleen Mah

Kathleen Mah (BA '22) has an incredibly exciting summer planned that will take across the country and as far as Portugal! She is off to two conferences where she will present her research work on the Freedom movement.

Shining Student Taylor Blais

Shining Student Taylor Blais chose uLethbridge because of the focus on liberal arts education. She took classes that she would never have taken otherwise, which led her to the path she is on now.

Shining Student Annaliese Downey

Shining Student Annaliese Downey found a passion outside of her major that led to an incredibly rewarding research project.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Annaliese Downey

In this undergraduate research profile, we highlight the work that Annaliese Downey is doing in partnership with the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.

Liam Devitt (BA ‘21) graduates this year with a legacy of queer activism and oral history experience

"Think about what you can do to improve the lives of those around you and seek transformative change." Liam Devitt (BA ‘21) (they/them) is graduating this year with honours, a major in history and a minor in women & gender studies (WGST).

Kalli Eagle Speaker (BASc ‘21) embraces cultural ways of knowing and beads her way into a research project and award recognition

"What might seem like just a needle picking up beads is so much more. There is a plethora of information that follows with it." Kalli Eagle Speaker (BASc ‘21) will be receiving her Bachelor of Arts & Science, majoring in Indigenous studies and psychology with a minor in women and gender studies.

Blair Palmer Yoxall (BA '18) Bleeds Ink Onto the Pages of Western Novel

"I wanted to write a western that my grandfather would have loved and that my grandfather should have been able to read when he was alive." Blair Palmer Yoxall (BA ‘18) is writing a feminist Métis ‘western,’ centred on Métis women and children in 1885 during the North-West Resistance.

Congratulations to the Class of 2021 from the Faculty of Arts & Science

Congratulations to the class of 2021! We wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavours and can't wait to see what you do next. We are so proud of you! #ulethgrad2021 #ulethalumni

Critical Optimist Kathleen Mah Presents Timely Research at ANARKY

“University has changed my ontological perspective. It’s very easy to be a cynic, but I’ve learned to be optimistic yet critical instead. I’m so ready to go out and be a citizen of the world!” Kathleen Mah is studying anthropology with a WGST minor and given her own booth at ANARKY.

For Katrina Taylor, every problem in the world is an opportunity to create change

"My independent studies in health sciences have opened many doors, taught me so much and connected me to so many people. Outside of the university, I met physicians and learned things that I would never have learned in the classroom."

PUBlic Professor Series presents Dr. Glenda Bonifacio

Dr. Glenda Bonifacio is scheduled to share her research as part of the PUBlic Professor Series in the 2020/21 season. As an introduction to Glenda, we recorded a Q&A session on the interdisciplinary research on gender, migration, and post-disaster communities.