Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Major (Bachelor of Arts)

About this programme

For Tavia Azad (BA, 2026), pursuing her degree at Simon Fraser University (SFU) was the first step towards forging her own path. Receiving the Uggla Family Scholarship empowered Azad to achieve her educational goals as a Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) major. learn more In her new book, "Archives of Intimacy: Racial Mixing and Chinese Lives in the Colonial Port City, 1905–1949," Nadine Attewell illuminates the once forgotten histories of vibrant multiracial communities that flourished in London, Liverpool, and Hong Kong in the early twentieth century. learn more Pursuing a joint major in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (GSWS) and Political Science at Simon Fraser University (SFU) empowered Avleen Kaur Chawla (BA, 2026) to build the skillset and self-confidence she needs as an aspiring law student. learn more A new study by Simon Fraser University gender, sexuality, and women’s studies professor Megh Marathe and their research assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign PhD student Drew Kirks-Cler, suggests that meaningful inclusion goes beyond what users see on the surface. learn more Learn about how social movements and political activism can change the world in this interdisciplinary field of study. The Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies is committed to cultivating innovation, intellectual freedom, social justice activism, diversity, and transformative resistance to inequality.