November 22, 2006

Feminism is a popular topic at Canadian Universities

Filed under: feminism, media — Ms. Rose @ 7:38 pm

Well, kind of.

According to this article Name changes on campuses stir feminism debate:

The University of Waterloo student association changed the spelling of its Womyn’s Centre to the ordinary spelling of women.

However, on a more postive note,  the University of Guelph changed the name of Women’s Resource Centre to the Guelph Resource Centre for Gender Empowerment and Diversity.  While the second name encourages celebration it also replaces women with the word gender.  There is the idea that Universities say they have a Gender Studies program instead of a Women’s Studies program because it is more inclusive of men.  However, others argue that men have been in the scholastic spotlight for years and women deserve their own space.

Professor Judith McKenzie admits that feminism “has a long way to go.”

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