Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture &amp; Social Justice Issue 46.2 (2025) Introduction
AMI Working Papers
The following group of articles, “AMI Working Papers,” is a new, annual section that presents innovative essays, interviews, and creative writing from speakers hosted by the Alexa McDonough Institute for Women, Gender and Social Justice at MSVU throughout the current or previous year. This year’s selection features two keynote addresses from the Women and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference for International Women’s Day: MSVU's Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies, Dr. Mary Rita Holland and the AMI Fellow (2024-2025) Adebola Osegboun, an MSVU graduate student in Women and Gender Studies. Next is an interview with pioneering feminist activist, Julie Glaser who spoke to Sam le Nobel, the AMI’s Program and Planning Assistant as well as the President &amp; Co-Founder, Women's Studies Society at MSVU). Julie particip ated in a panel discussion called A Herstory of Consent Activism Across University Campuses that showcased the book This Wasn't on the Syllabus, edited by Emma Kuzmyk and Addy Strickland. Last, our inclusion of poetry celebrates the winners of the AMI’s International Day of the Girl Child: Girls’ Vision for the Future poetry contest: Mariana Caloca &amp; Sam Sinclair (1st place), Jyotsana Balasubramaniyam (2nd place), Catherine Khaperska (3rd place). These original and thought-provoking pieces were also read at the AMI’s Girls Con ference: Better Together.
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