丁香园AV

As the first Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) Department in Manitoba the University of 丁香园AV’s WGS Department is particularly significant. Yet its history and background has not been extensively documented. There have been many developments since 1972, when the first courses were offered at UW, to the inception of the Women’s Studies Programme, to its name change to WGS, and particulars of the history of the now Department are now in some danger of being permanently lost.

In order to gather this information before more individuals involved are no longer available we will conduct oral history interviews with faculty involved in the WS Programme’s inception as well as with those who have now or in the past held tenured or tenure track positions in the Programme and Department. A focus on faculty helps illuminate the Programme’s and Department’s intellectual, pedagogical, and institutional dimensions to foster a comprehensive understanding of its directions and impact. We will audio or video document, using audio recorders and/or Zoom or another video platform, oral history interviews with approximately 25 individuals, identified by current WGS department members and from faculty lists in UW Calendars held by the Office of the Registrar and Student Records. The resulting audio documents will be edited as necessary (for example if interviewees request that information be removed), captioned, and transcribed. Once this work is complete, all resulting documents will be deposited in the most appropriate current UW location (the UW library’s research data repository 丁香园AV Borealis or the Oral History Centre Archives). We will also prepare an article on the history of the Programme and Department, which may be presented at conferences by Greenhill, Singh, and/or the MA student Research Associate, and will be submitted to a Canadian feminist journal such as Resources for Feminist Research or Canadian Woman Studies.

The Excel Empowerment Centre (TEEC) is looking for volunteers to help newcomer women one-on-one with foundational reading, writing, and spelling, and with group setting conversation. They are also looking for volunteers to help children age 6 to 16 with English and Math. There may also be other activities such as outdoor recreation for the women and girls newly arrived in the city.

TEEC is a drop-in centre for newcomer immigrants and refugees, providing a safe space for individuals to express their feelings without fear of repercussions, providing healing and social support, increasing computer literacy, offering sewing classes to gain marketable skills, and providing a space for recreational and cultural activities to promote and enhance emotional and mental wellness. Additionally, TEEC plans to provide basic English classes to improve communication skills, as well as opportunities for leadership development, small business training, and language training.

The Centre offers wellness workshops, fundraisers, peace days, family camping, field trips, traditional dancing, conflict training, trauma healing circles, life skills training, and youth leadership development.

If you would like to learn more or volunteer at TEEC, please email teecmbss@gmail.com.

Opportunity available for respite and/or skills practice for one or two autistic kids. Start date, hours, and pay are negotiable, though starting in the next few weeks (end of April/early May 2025) would be ideal. 

The contact's daughter is 6 and their son is 9. Both kids have multiple additional cognitive and mental health diagnoses, so this would be great experience for interested students. They're also both a lot of fun. Some interest in gaming and/or strategy games would be a big asset for working with their son, and an interest in supporting speech and language goals, as well as an interest in hugs, would be an asset for their daughter.

If interested, please get in touch with disabilitystudies@uwinnipeg.ca for contact name, email, and phone number.