Certificate in Applied Gender Justice

About this programme

Planned outage: Beginning Nov. 1, you will not be able to access the USask admission application and event registration system for up to six days. Learn more . The Certificate in Applied Gender Justice program can be completed online, as a stand-alone credential or concurrently with other degree programs. Students in applied gender justice will learn to use mixed qualitative, quantitative, community engaged, and creative methods. They will be trained critically to engage with the ways sexism, racism, colonialism, ableism, queer and xenophobias enable and facilitate micro- and macro-aggressions in mainstream environments. Students will acquire transferable skills that enhance their capacities to contribute to professional roles invested in equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization, obtaining specialized credentialing that is vital to securing and upgrading for human services careers. Students will acquire transferable skills that enhance their capacities to contribute to professional roles invested in equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization, obtaining specialized credentialing that is vital to securing and upgrading for human services careers. Introduces students to selected research and writings in the area of Women's and Gender Studies, emphasizing the diversity of debates informing the field. Examines changing gender positions and representations across regional, national and international perspectives. Special attention will be given to experiences of gender inequities from the Canadian context.