social justice studies program

graduate applications for a fall 2024 start term are now closed (june 15, 2024). the next intake is for fall 2025 (september 2025): please monitor the faculty of graduate studies website for updates. please note that social justice studies does not have a winter intake. review of applications for fall 2025 will commence february 1, 2025.

only completed applications will be reviewed (letter of interest, transcripts, 2 letters of recommendation, ielts score if relevant).   please contact program advisor, kevin brooks, in order to discuss the program before applying. the program handbook provides the most complete overview of the sjs program.  applications are completed on the faculty of graduate studies page. 

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have you ever wondered "what can i do to make a difference in my community or region? how can i combine my academic interests with social activism?" the social justice studies (sjs) program at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 is designed to help you answer both of those questions. 

located within the territories of the anishinaabe peoples, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's ma in social justice studies (sjs) is an interdisciplinary graduate program housed in the faculty of social sciences and humanities.  sjs  delivers a transformative education by asking 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to think critically about the values, cultural assumptions, and actions that maintain the current economic, political, and social structures which shape our day-to-day lives. our program empowers 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 with the practical skills and theoretical knowledge necessary to challenge the informal and formal configurations of power and oppression within local, national, and global contexts.

the social justice studies program offers several paths that allow 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to tailor their education to best to fit their scholarly and activist interests. there are four streams that 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 can pursue during the two-year degree: coursework, research project, creative project, or practicum. these four options ensure that 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 will be the engineers of their own learning. connecting scholarly inquiry and community-based learning provides 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 with practical experience and an opportunity to develop necessary critical skills through an intersectional approach to social justice.

the flexibility of the program allows 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to take courses with and be supervised by dynamic faculty from across the social sciences and humanities. our faculty come from a broad range of disciplinary specialties (including, but not limited to, indigenous learning, women’s studies, music, visual arts, and english), are committed to positive political, social, and economic change, participate in community-based research, and are dedicated to fostering an environment of political engagement with those issues relevant to social justice. 

mission statement for social justice studies

 "the intellectual project of decolonization has to set out ways to proceed through a colonizing world. it needs a radical compassion that reaches out, that seeks collaboration, and that is open to possibilities that can only be imagined as other things fall into place."

-linda tuhiwai smith

the program is firmly grounded in critical theory and research that reflects both a politicized praxis in teaching and a transformative approach to research and knowledge as tools for social change and advocacy. engaging with social justice means actively working towards eradicating settler colonialism, structural inequalities and violences, gender inequality, white supremacy and racism, homophobia, transphobia, poverty, and more; this program is committed to helping 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 do just that through social learning. thunder bay is ideally situated to offer 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 hands-on opportunities in community-based engagement through participation in local grassroots movements and organizations. we encourage our 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to be actively engaged and to know that they can make a difference for the better.

 

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