SOCI 2240

Students will critically examine gender. They will consider various approaches to the study of gender and various perspectives on gender inequality in Canada in a global context. Students will examine different ways in which gender is produced, reproduced, and challenged by individuals, groups, movements, and institutions such as the economy, the state, education, family, and mass media. Students will explore and engage with Indigenous and other diverse perspectives on gender. They will analyze the interrelationships between gender and race, ethnicity, colonialism, class, age, sexuality, disability, and geography. Students will examine various feminist, decolonizing, and intersectional perspectives on gender.