SHiFT Lab

November is Trans awareness month!

November 1st marks the kick-off to Transgender awareness month and Toronto Metropolitan University will be hosting a variety of events to raise awareness and provide support. 😄

Visit the website below to register for upcoming events and to learn more about why Transgender awareness matters!

https://www.torontomu.ca/equity/events-awards/2022/11/trans-awareness-month-2022-kickoff/

The SHiFT lab is once again in a state of celebration!

Our fabulous, recently graduated, Mira and Jarvis, presented the results of their honour's theses at the Canadian S*x Research Forum conference:

Gitelman, M., Wiradharma, J., & Gurevich, M. (2022). Intimacy in isolation: Online casual sexual relationships, consent and desire during COVID-19. Poster presented at the Canadian S*x Research Forum conference, Waterloo, Ontario, October 13-15, 2022.

Wiradharma, J., Gitelman, M., & Gurevich, M. (2022). S*xual racism: Digital intimacy experiences among racialized women during COVID-19. Poster presentated at the Canadian S*x Research Forum conference, Waterloo, Ontario, October 13-15, 2022.

And this one was also the Winner of the Best Poster Presentation award. A hearty congratulations to Jarvis on this fantastic achievement!

And congratulations to both for representing the SHiFT lab at this important Canadian venue for sexuality scholarship! We are all very proud of you!!

As the Winter 2022 semester winds down, so can you! Find a comfy spot, grab a nice cup of tea (or whatever tickles your fancy), and immerse yourself in these good reads.

This stack includes:
"all about love - new visions" by Bell Hooks
"Sister Outsider" by Audre Lorde
"Gender Trouble" by Judith Butler

Happy Reading!

Today we celebrate at the SHiFT Lab!

We are elated to announce that Sofia Melendez Ron, M.Ed., is the winner of the Soroptimist Foundation of Canada’s Grants for Women Awards in Eastern Canada for 2022🎉

Congratulations Sofia!

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Better late than never!

You are invited to join Lewis R. Gordon, Professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies, as they discuss "The Fear of Black Consciousness."

The event will run today, Thursday April 7th, 2022 at 4pm via Zoom! To join, please use the link, meeting ID, and code at the bottom of this poster.

See you soon!

Check out MLC's "Pandemic Webinar #20!"

This fantastic webinar centres the shifts in intimacy experieinced as a result of a global pandemic (Covid-19).

Guest speakers include:
Dominic Pettman: Media and New Humanities, The New School
Jessica O'Reilly: Founder of S*x with Dr. Jess
Maria Gurevich: Psychology, Ryerson University
Stefanie Duguay: Communication Studies, Concordia University

Link provided below!

Pandemic Webinar #20: Dating, S*x and COVID-19 This webinar explores the shifts in intimacy in the wake of COVID-19.

Let's Talk About S*x!

Do you identify as a racialized woman, aged 18 or above, have engaged in online dating during COVID-19, and speak English proficiently?

Come participate in a study on racialized women’s online sexual and dating experiences in the context of COVID-19! We are seeing approximately 30 participants.

If you are interested in participating or learning more about the study, please contact the researcher directly at [email protected]

See the flyer below for details!

Can We Talk About S*x?

Are you 18 years old or above? Have engaged in casual relationships and online dating during COVID-19? Come participate in a study on digital dating and sexual communication and desire!

If you are interested in participating or learning more about the study, please contact the researcher directly at [email protected]. See the flyer below for details!

Join the "Conversations" series by the Society for Women of Ideas!

Soyica Diggs Colbert, the author of Radical Vision: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry, will be engaging an active conversation with human rights consultant and historian Brian Phillips.

When? February 3, 2022 (7:30-9:00pm EST).

To learn more about the event, and to register please visit https://www.womenofideas.com for more information!

Bell Hooks: a great mind, a great being, a great visionary - gone too soon.🕊

You are invited to learn more about the talented Bell Hooks using the link below⬇

bell hooks, groundbreaking feminist thinker, dead at 69 | CBC News bell hooks has died. The groundbreaking author, educator and activist whose explorations of how race, gender, economics and politics were intertwined made her among the most influential thinkers of her time. She was 69.

Join the "I'm writing a new story" event! This event centres survivors of gender-based violence, while providing a creative outlet for expression through writing group. The writing group is rather low-profile, and provides a safe space to explore and celebrate survivorship, enjoyment, and nerdiness!

Each session will bring focus to a specific overarching theme; equally incorporating group and solo activity. Fall 2021's session will be focusing on "letting go, loss, and leaving," short-fiction poetry and ghost stories (tis' the season!).

All genders and sexualities are warmly welcomed!

Sessions will run online each Monday from 5:00-6:30pm (Sept. 20 - Nov. 1st).

We invite you to use this link to register today! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdK72io3pr8gkgw0UsTt6jCsi52G_kHoqz8mE5BprF1JIU34g/viewform

I Do Live Here.

"I hadn’t yet crossed that threshold Black adolescents cross in America’s codified subconscious—adorable kid to dangerous threat."

I Do Live Here Growing Pains by J. M. Holmes: I hadn’t yet crossed that threshold Black adolescents cross in America’s codified subconscious—adorable kid to dangerous threat.