Statements
Statement of Solidarity for Palestine
Oct 20, 2023
Staff and faculty of Gender Studies and Black Studies acknowledge the pain and suffering of everyone affected, near and far.
Summer 2023 Newsletter
Jul 13, 2023
This issue features a spotlight on staff, announces a new way to buy GNDS/BLCK swag, and includes student profiles, faculty updates, and other exciting news!
Solidarity with the people of Sudan
Apr 21, 2023
We stand with the people of Sudan who want a civilian-led government and a people’s democracy with no military involvement, and all those who struggle against the global (U.S. and Western lead) military industrial complex and are building peaceful and non-violent futures.
Response to blackface incident
Feb 08, 2023
Gender Studies and Black Studies support black students, faculty, staff, and alumni who are living through and with the racist incidents uncovered during the AMS debate on February 2, 2023.
Solidarity with those who continue to challenge and resist the violence of colonialism
Sep 23, 2022
The Department of Gender Studies at Queen’s University stands in solidarity with those who have experienced the violence of British colonialism around the world, and with those who are being attacked for speaking out against it.
Statement on Hallowe'en
Susan Lord, Department Head - Oct 31, 2021
We call on Queen’s students to remember: my identity, my heritage, my culture is not your costume.
Statement on Queen’s University homecoming weekend
Susan Lord, Department Head - Oct 19, 2021
Queen’s University homecoming weekend was, once again, scattered with misogynist signs that explicitly targeted women. As the week begins, students on campus must sit in classes and tutorials next to colleagues who may have written and hung misogynist signs.
Walk out in solidarity with survivors of sexual violence
Susan Lord, Department Head - Sep 24, 2021
On Monday, September 27th at 12 pm, we are asking all students to walk out of class or work and meet at Summerhill for a rally in solidarity with Western against gender-based and sexual violence.
In sorrow and solidarity with our Indigenous neighbours, students, staff and colleagues
Department of Gender Studies - Jun 25, 2021
The Department of Gender Studies stands in sorrow with our Indigenous neighbors, students, staff and colleagues in these terrible days.
Statement on Terror Attack in London
Department of Gender Studies - Jun 08, 2021
The Department of Gender Studies would like to express its great sorrow and anger about the horrific mass murder of three generations of a Muslim family in London, ON.
Statement on Kamloops Indian Residential School
Department of Gender Studies - May 31, 2021
The Department of Gender Studies stands in solidarity with Four Directions and Indigenous Communities.
Solidarity with Palestinian Feminist Collective
Department of Gender Studies - May 18, 2021
The Department of Gender Studies at Queen's University is a signatory to the following statement of solidarity with Palestinian Feminist Collective.