Using intersectional experience and excellence to build and sustain for the public good and to bring together wide-ranging initiatives to advance knowledge and inspire engaged citizenship around the world.


Message from the Director, Siobhan Byrne

Welcome to the new Institute for Intersectionality Studies (IIS) at the University of Alberta! IIS is an interdisciplinary hub devoted to advancing and mobilizing intersectional approaches to research, teaching, policy, and practice.

From addressing gender-based violence to improving employment access and enhancing youth mental health, the IIS community is exploring timely, context-specific, and actionable pathways to change.  [Read more...]

Events of Interest

Decolonizing Methods: Unsettling Research

The KIAS Research Cluster in Advancing Social Methods and Training for Social Change is excited to announce the second Methods Seminar of the 2023-24 year, held in collaboration with the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (iiQM).

Friday, March 8, 2024
12:00-1:00pm

Snakes and Ladders Graduate Mentoring Collective for Racialized Students

Returning in January 2024!

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Seeking Expressions of Interest...
We are currently looking for people for our committees.

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Get in Touch!

Have a question? Want to share a story? Tell us how we’re doing? Contact us at intersectionality@ualberta.ca.