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A Chronology of the Development of Women's Studies in Canada: the 1970's



[ 2001 | 2002 ]

2001
WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAMS IN CANADA: Undergraduate Programs in Women's Studies

Alberta
    bullet University of ALBERTA, Women's Studies Major or Minor

    ATHABASCA University, Women's Studies Department

    University of CALGARY, Major and Minor Programs in Women's Studies
British Columbia
    bullet University of BRITISH COLUMBIA, Women's Studies Program

    University of NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA,Women's Studies Department

    SIMON FRASER University, Women's Studies Program

    University of VICTORIA, Women's Studies
Manitoba
    bullet BRANDON University, Manitoba, BA Minor in Women's Studies

    University of MANITOBA, Minor Program in Women's Studies

    University of WINNIPEG, Women's Studies Program
New Brunswick
    bullet University of NEW BRUNSWICK, Fredericton, Women's Studies Program
Newfoundland
    bullet MEMORIAL University, Program in Women's Studies
Nova Scotia
    bullet ACADIA University, BA Options in Women's Studies

    DALHOUSIE University, Women's StudiesProgram through the Multidisciplinary

    MOUNT SAINT VINCENT University, Women's Studies Program

    ST. MARY'S University, Women's Studies Program
Ontario
    bullet BROCK University, BA Co-Major and Minor Programs in Women's Studies

    CARLETON University, Women's Studies Program

    University of GUELPH, Interdisciplinary Program in Women's Studies

    LAKEHEAD University, Women's Studies Program

    LAURENTIAN University of Sudbury, Women's Studies

    MCMASTER University, Programs in Women's Studies

    NIPISSING University, Women's Studies Programs

    University of OTTAWA, BA Concentration in Women's Studies

    QUEEN'S University, Women's Studies Program

    University of TORONTO, Women's Studies Program

    TRENT University, Women's Studies Program

    WATERLOO University , Women's Studies Program

    University of WESTERN, Women's Studies Program

    WILFRID LAURIER University, Women's Studies Program

    University of WINDSOR, Women's Studies Certificate and Bachelor of Arts

    YORK University, Women's Studies
Prince Edward Island
    bullet University of PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Women's Studies Minor through the Faculty of Arts
Québec
    bullet BISHOP'S University, Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Diploma or Minor

    CONCORDIA University, Women's Studies Program at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute

    MCGILL University, Women's Studies Program in Major or Minor

    Université du QUEBEC a MONTREAL, Women's Studies Concentration

    Université de SHERBROOKE, Women's Studies BA

Saskatchewan
    bullet University of REGINA, BA Specialization in Women's Studies through an Individualized Major Program

    University of SASKATCHEWAN, Women's and Gender Studies Department



Master's


    bullet University of CALGARY, Programme in Women's Studies through Sociology

    CARLETON University, Interdisciplinary MA through Canadian Studies

    DALHOUSIE University, Joint Masters Programme in Women's Studies (with MOUNT SAINT VINCENT and ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY)

    Université LAVAL, MA in Women's Studies

    MEMORIAL University, Master's of Women's Studies

    University of NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, MA in Gender Studies

    OISE, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, MA, Med, PhD and EdD in Women's Studies

    University of OTTAWA, Graduate Collaborative Programme in Women's Studies

    Université du QUEBEC a MONTREAL, Masters Concentration in Women's Studies

    SIMON FRASER University, MA in Women's Studie

    s University of TORONTO, Graduate Collaborative Programme in Women's Studies

    YORK University, Graduate Programme in Women's Studies

Doctorate


    bullet OISE, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, MA, Med, PhD and EdD in Women's Studies

    YORK University, Graduate Programme in Women's Studies

    University of TORONTO, Graduate Collaborative Programme in Women's Studies

Research


    bullet University of ALBERTA, The Orlando Project, An Integrated History of Women's Writing in the British Isles

    University of BRITISH COLUMBIA, Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations

    YORK University, Institute for Feminist Legal Studies, Osgoode Law School

2002

(Present)

    bullet Okanagan University College is currently developing a Major and Minor in Women's Studies with core courses in Women's Studies and courses with direct relevance to women in Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Economics, History, and English.
    bullet Queen's University offers 14 core courses and 47 cross-listed courses in Women’s Studies.
    bullet Simon Fraser University now has a number of undergraduate programs including a major and an MA program in Women’s Studies.
    bullet University of Guelph offers a choice of three degree programs in Women’s Studies within the BA program: Women’s Studies Major 4 year Honours; Women’s Studies Minor 4 year Honours; Women’s Studies (area of concentration) 3-year general. The University of Guelph has graduated 207 students from their BA Programme that includes Honours, Major, Minor and a General degree programmer with an area of concentration in Women’s Studies.
    bullet Laurentian University’s Women’s Studies program is unique because it is located in a small Anglican College on the Laurentian campus and has two full time professors who teach only Women’s Studies courses. Laurentian hopes to convert from simply a program to a Department in the fall of this year.
    bullet Along with offering two introductory courses and twenty advanced, non-cross-listed women’s studies courses, the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University is also offering a credit-bearing internship program. The advanced courses are taught by their own faculty and not faculty who also have a departmental appointment.

    bullet McMaster University Women’s Studies Program is now under the administration of the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Faculty of Humanities. Students can now graduate with a combined Honours BA or a Minor in Women’s Studies.
    bullet Athabasca University is an open distance university (admission is open to anyone over the age of 18) and the only university in Canada offering an undergraduate degree in Women’s Studies through distance learning.
    bullet Over 5000 students have taken Women’s Studies courses since 1979/80 at the University of Victoria. The department now offers 20 or more undergraduate courses each year with a total annual enrollment of 800 students. There is no graduate program as of yet, but one Women’s Studies course at the graduate level has been offered each year for the past 5-6 years.
    bullet The University of Alberta Women’s Studies Programme now has 5 academic appointments, which are full time, as well as several other faculty.
    bullet Brandon University presently offers 18 courses across seven departments in the Faculty of Arts. There are also cross-listed courses offered from the Faculty of Science and the School of Health Studies which help to make the Program truly interdisciplinary.
    bullet At the University of Waterloo, there are currently four core courses and over 60 Women's Studies Approved courses which are offered by other departments.
    bullet UNB has just graduated someone with an interdisciplinary Master's and Women's Studies is expecting to enrol its first students in such a program this fall.




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