Sylvie Frigon

Biography

Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Criminology

Working in both French and English, the incumbent of the Joint Chair in Women's Studies at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University teaches, engages in research and participates in several committees and events linked to Women's Studies on both campuses. They act as a resource person on women's issues and feminist research at both universities. They also establish and maintain contact with local, regional, national and international feminist educational and community-based organizations.

Since its establishment, the following women have been incumbents of the Joint Chair in Women's Studies: The Honourable Monique Bégin, Greta Hofmann Nemiroff, Pnina G. Abir-Am, Wendy Robbins, Ann Porter, Eva Rathgeber, Rajkumari Shanker, Agnès Whitfield, Pamela Walker and Lori Burns.