Fall 2026 - Winter 2027
The Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) has consolidated the previous Women’s Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies programs into one, newly entitled program in Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies (GSFS). The Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies program recognizes social justice as a driving concept inherent to the study of gender, sexuality, and feminism. Social Justice frameworks incorporate critical race studies, disability studies, and Indigenous studies into the examination of gender, sexuality, and feminism.
The courses below significantly engage with at least two of these issues and are offered by a range of faculties and disciplines. Clicking on the title of each course will reveal information from the McGill University e-calendar, including a short description, the term offered, and the name of the professor or lecturer. Please see the note at the bottom of the page for more information on complementary courses.
GSFS complementary course lists from previous years are available.
Updates are ongoing. Please check back regularly. Last Updated on May 22, 2026.
Anthropology
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Credits: 3Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
Fall 2026 & Winter 2027 | Instructor: TBAANTH 327. Anthropology of South Asia.
Credits: 3Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
An introduction to anthropological research in India and greater South Asia. Topics include politics, caste, class, religion, gender and sexuality, development and globalization.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Sandra Teresa HydeANTH 407. Anthropology of the Body.
Credits: 3Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
This course will survey theoretical approaches used over the past 100 years, and then focus on contemporary debates using case studies. The nature/culture mind/ body, subject/object, self/other dichotomies central to most work of the body will be problematized.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Nicole CoutureANTH 413. Gender in Archaeology.
Credits: 3Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Relationship between the structure of the archaeological discipline and construction of gender roles in past human societies; division of tasks between men and women in subsistence activities, organization of the household and kin groups; and creation of power and prestige in a larger community.
Art History
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Credits: 3Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Summer 2026, Fall 2026View offerings for Summer 2026 or Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
The course is an introduction to the modern period in art history which begins around 1750. It examines the development in both painting and sculpture and relates to changes in the social and political climate of the times.
Canadian Studies
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Credits: 3Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
The significant presence of people of African descent in Canada that dates back to the 17th century. Migration and immigration will be situated as part of the renewal of Canadian identity while examining the intellectual, historical and political presence of people of African descent.
Classical Studies
TBD
Communication Studies
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Credits: 3Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Introduction to feminist studies of the media. Impact of feminist and queer theory on media studies; current issues about gender in the media. Emphasis will be placed on critical analysis of media representations of gender in relation to other social differences, such as race, class and sexuality.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Carrie RentschlerCOMS 340. New Media.
Credits: 3Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Critical analysis of new media from cultural, philosophical, technological and institutional perspectives.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Bobby BenedictoCOMS 491. Special Topics in Communications Studies.
Credits: 3Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Emergent themes and issues in cultural approaches to media and communication studies.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Carrie RentschlerCOMS 492. Power, Difference and Justice.
Credits: 3Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Media systems and their role in social relations of power and difference that are maintained and challenged through communication practices.
East Asian Studies
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Credits: 3Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Gender and sexuality in modern and/or premodern Chinese literature with emphasis on representation of gender relations, notions of masculinity and femininity, morality and sexuality. Readings from fiction, drama, poetry, and/or other genres are approached from a variety of critical perspectives.
Fall 2026 & Winter 2027 | Instructor: Gal Gvili & Maria HwangEAST 494. Special Topics: East Asian Studies 2.
Credits: 3Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026, Winter 2027View offerings for Fall 2026 or Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Advanced reading course under supervision of instructor on certain aspects of East Asian Studies. Topics will vary from year to year.
Education
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Credits: 3Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
The complex way in which living in a digital age affects social relationships and its influences across generations in everyday lives.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Ada L SinacoreEDPC 503. Intersectional Relationships and Sexualities.
Credits: 3Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Situated in sexuality studies and education this course explores intra and interpersonal relationships through examining the intersections of sexuality with a diversity of identities, expressions and communities. The course addresses the ways in which current and emerging technologies influence and inform understandings of sexuality and the resulting effect on how people negotiate sexual relationships.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: TBAEDPE 515. Gender Identity Development.
Credits: 3Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Theoretical models and empirical findings relevant to the development of gender identity. Special attention is given to the influence of peers in school settings. Psychological, physiological, parental, peer and cultural influences on gender identity.
English
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Credits: 3Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
An introduction to dramatic literature, text analysis, textual and performance theory, and theatre history.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Derek Richard NystromENGL 275. Introduction to Cultural Studies.
Credits: 3Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
A survey of cultural studies, its history and subject matter, presenting key interpretive and analytic concepts, the aesthetic and political issues involved in the construction of sign systems, definitions of culture and cultural values conceptualized both as a way of life and as a set of actual practices and products.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Alanna ThainENGL 279. Introduction to Film History.
Credits: 3Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
An introduction to key historical moments, cinematic movements, formal styles, as well as historiographical and theoretical debates in the history of world cinema.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Amber Rose JohnsonENGL 319. Literary and Cultural Criticism
Credits: 3Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
A survey of recent literary and cultural criticism.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Derek Richard NystromENGL 381. A Film-Maker 1.
Credits: 3Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Studies in the history of film: the works of a major director. Topic varies each year.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Alanna ThainENGL 382. International Cinema 1.
Credits: 3Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Studies in the history of film by period or nation. Topic varies by year.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Allan HepburnENGL 418. A Major Modernist Writer.
Credits: 3Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Intensive study of a writer important for Modernism, such as James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Miranda HickmanENGL 423. Studies in 19th Century Literature.
Credits: 3Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
A study of literary works of the 19th century.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Alanna ThainENGL 441. Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies.
Credits: 3Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Advanced study of a specific area of Canadian culture or Canadian cultural theory.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Ara OsterwellENGL 454. Topics in Cultural Studies and Gender.
Credits: 3Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Current studies focusing on the gendered dimensions of cultural life, including the production and reception of mainstream, avant-garde, and alternative cultures.
Geography
TBD
German Studies
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Credits: 3Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
This course engages with the different strands of German visual culture across media.
Hispanic Studies
TBD
History and Classical Studies
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Credits: 3Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
1700 to the present, with a particular focus on Europe and North America. Possible topics include: patterns of fertility and sexual practice; prostitution; religion and sexuality; the medical and legal construction of sexualities; the rise of sexology; gay liberation movements; queer politics.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Melissa ShawHIST 357. Cultural Diversity in Canada.
Credits: 3Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Selected topics in cultural diversity, society and the state in 19th, 20th and/or 21st centuries will be explored through discussion of primary and secondary historical sources.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Elizabeth ElbourneHIST 412. Women and Gender in Modern Britain.
Credits: 3Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Women and gender in modern Britain (1850 on). Topics include early feminist political agitation, including the suffrage movement; working-class women; changing notions of gender, sexuality and women's role; women and empire.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Andrea ToneHIST 424. Gender, Sexuality and Medicine.
Credits: 3Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Gender, sexuality, and medicine since the colonial era, with a focus on North American experience. Topics will include reproductive medicine (puberty, childbirth, fertility control, menopause), changing perceptions of men's and women's health needs and risks, and ideas about sexual behaviour and identity.
Fall 2025 | Instructor: Melissa ShawHIST 429. Topics: Gender/Feminist Histories.
Credits: 3Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
An intensive study of selected aspects related to the history of gender, feminism, and sexuality.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Melissa ShawHIST 437. Topics: Issues in Canadian History.
Credits: 3Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
A discussion-based, advanced intensive study of selected aspects of Canadian history.
Health Science Electives (Nursing)
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Credits: 3Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (Ingram School of Nursing)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Exploration of a wide range of topics on the health of women. Topics include use of health care system, poverty, roles, immigration, body image, lesbian health, and violence against women. Additional topics vary by year. A Health Science elective open to students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Medicine.
Indigenous Studies
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Credits: 3Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
The focus is on Indigenous experience in Canada, but encourages comparative approaches. Introduction to the social, political, economic and cultural dimensions of Indigenous life in Canada.
Jewish Studies
TBD
Islamic Studies (Institute of Islamic Studies)
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Credits: 3Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
The lives and contributions of famous female Muslim mystics. Historical and literary analysis of gender discourse in male-authored representations of these mystical Sufi women, as well as developments in theologies of the cosmic feminine in Sufi philosophical texts.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Michelle Laura HartmanISLA 585. Arab Women's Literature.
Credits: 3Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Explorations of writings by Arab women. Issues include: translation/reception, gender and genre, categories of knowledge about Arab women, feminist and post-colonial theories/methodologies.
Italian Studies
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Credits: 3Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026, Winter 2027View offerings for Fall 2026 or Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
A study of Italian women writers and their search for literary identity.
Music Research
TBD
Music History and Literature
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Credits: 3Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
A cross-cultural exploration of women's musical achievements in various historical periods. Develops understanding of both music and the social, political, and cultural forces shaping it. Music includes: sacred, love songs, opera, contemporary instrumental composition, and improvised genres with study organized around topics like authorship, genius/virtuosity, voice, body, power and technology.
Philosophy
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Credits: 3Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
An introduction to feminist theory as political theory. Emphasis is placed on the plurality of analyses and proposals that constitute contemporary feminist thought. Some of the following are considered: liberal feminism, marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, francophone feminism, and the contributions to feminist theory by women of colour and lesbians.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Eric LewisPHIL 427. Topics in Critical Philosophy of Race.
Credits: 3Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
An advanced discussion of topics in the critical philosophy of race.
Political Science
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Credits: 3Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
An examination of a variety of key thinkers and debates around gender in Canadian politics. Aims to give students the critical tools to examine the complexity of Canadian political society and gain a firm grasp on both the limits
and possibilities of analyzing “gender” as it intersects and interlocks with other facets of identity and ideology.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: TBAPOLI 448. Gender and International Relations.
Credits: 3Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
The course will help students deepen their understanding of international relations by introducing them to gender analysis of global politics and feminist approaches to international relations. Part one examines gender-sensitive and feminist theories in international relations research. The second part then applies these approaches to a range of substantive issues including security, violence, peacebuilding, international law and political economy.
Psychology
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Credits: 3Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Examination of research on the associations between discrimination and health, with emphases on how (1) various types of discrimination (e.g., interpersonal, microaggression, online, institutional) impact health and wellbeing and (2)
various factors – rooted in individual’s cultural values and beliefs – help provide resilience against the effects of discrimination.
Religious Studies
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Credits: 3Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Exploration of intersections between religion, gender and sexuality in diverse cultural,
historical and contemporary contexts.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Patricia KirkpatrickRELG 338. Women and the Christian Tradition.
Credits: 3Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Survey of women's involvement in the Christian tradition. Topics include feminist interpretation of scripture, ideas of virginity, marriage and motherhood, mysticism, asceticisms, European witchhunts, contemporary women's liberation theories.
Russian Studies
TBD
Social Work
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Credits: 3Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Examination of issues facing Two-Spirit, gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex people. How social workers can support the development of health and social services informed by principles of social justice and equity. Topics include self-esteem, youth at risk, families, intersectionality, and aging.
Sociology
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Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Contrasting family in Canada and in the United States for the recent past. Examination of theories on family; changes and diversity of family life; complex relationships among marriage, work, and family; domestic violence; various types of family experience; and the future of the family.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: TBASOCI 270. Sociology of Gender.
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Summer 2026, Winter 2027View offerings for Summer 2026 or Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
This course focuses on social changes in gender relations, gender inequalities and the social construction of gender. Using sociological theories of gender, different social institutions and spheres of society will be analyzed. Topics such as gender socialization, gender relations in work, family, education, and media will be covered.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: TBASOCI 300. Sociology of Sexualities
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Topics covered include sexual diversity, historical and cross-cultural perspectives on sexuality, sex work, pornography, non-monogamy, and casual sex.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Elaine Susan WeinerSOCI 321. Gender and Work.
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Focus on men's and women's work in North American societies, historically and contemporarily, in order to understand the dynamisms of gender (in)equality in and outside of the home. Topics explored include: housework; the relationship(s) between gender, organizations and bureaucracy; emotional labour; occupational segregation and stratification; sexual harassment; and work-family policy.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Aniruddha DasSOCI 370. Sociology: Gender and Development.
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.
Fall 2026 | Instructor: Elaine Susan WeinerSOCI 519. Gender and Globalization.
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2026View offerings for Fall 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.
Winter 2027 | Instructor: Isabel PikeSOCI 530. Sex and Gender.
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Winter 2027View offerings for Winter 2027 in Visual Schedule Builder.
Description
This seminar critically reviews theoretical perspectives and research on sex and gender in various domains of social life. It gives special emphasis to work which considers the meaning of gender and how it differs across time and place.
The courses listed on this page are the ones that are offered and approved as Complementary Courses for the GSFS program for the 2026-2027 calendar year. Where relevant, the topic is specified. Please contact at our Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator, si.yu.li [at] mcgill.ca (Si Yu Li), for more information.