As an institute committed to women, gender, and social justice our objectives center around knowledge brokerage, translation, mobilization, and dissemination on issues related to subject areas such as sexual reproductive health, gender-based violence, and…
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Meet Our Team! Dr. Tegan Zimmerman – AMI Chair Tegan Zimmerman is Chair of the Alexa McDonough Institute at Mount Saint Vincent University and Chair of the International Comparative Literature Association’s Comparative Gender Studies Research…
2024 International Day of the Girl Child To celebrate International day of the Girl Child this year, AMI hosted a poetry competition in October for girl children aged 9-17. The theme was “Girls’ Vision for…
AMI Graduate Women & Gender Studies Fellowship Application The Alexa McDonough Institute (AMI) at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) invites applications for its graduate student fellowships. Appointments will start in October and end in June.…
Dr. Alexa McDonough, OC, ONS was a stand-out leader, feminist and cherished member of the Mount Saint Vincent University family. To summarize her legacy in one paragraph is impossible; what follows only begins to describe…
2025 Girls Conference: Better Together Check out this year’s Girls Conference video: We Want Your Feedback! Whether you were a student participant, a teacher/parent/guardian, a volunteer, or a speaker, we want to know about your experience…
Registration The registration fee for this conference is 40.00$ CDN and is capped at 200 participants. Payment and registration for this event must be completed through Eventbrite, our conference registration platform. Registration open soon! *Once…
Girls 2017 Literary Competition Request for Literary Submissions The 2017 Girls Conference Writing Contest is open to all girls, young women and nonbinary youth aged 12 – 18 living in Nova Scotia. We are seeking…
Understorey Magazine is an online magazine of literary writing and visual art by and about Canadian women. We feature fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, spoken word and visual art that tell stories of women’s lives. Vision:…
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