A conversation on the beginnings of women’s studies and feminist activism at SFU and the fight to sustain it today.
In 1971, Simon Fraser University offered Geography 404, “The Geography of Gender” – a course that made way for the first Women’s Studies Program in Canada and what would become today’s vibrant interdisciplinary department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSWS) at SFU. Students heard from someone who was there! Cyndia Cole was a student in “The Geography of Gender” in 1971. She is one of ten on the Coordinating Committee who got approval for a Program, and was also a TA in the first three courses in the new GSWS department.
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