Program-Related Skills
Academic courses in this program provide opportunities to develop the following types of skills. Check out our My Career Centre webpage to learn how to articulate skills you’ve developed in your program to employers and/or academic admissions committees in our Skills from your Academics module (under our ‘Assess Yourself’ section). Make a career counselling or an employment strategy appointment to discuss how you can demonstrate these skills to employers.
- Critical Thinking: Able to think critically about language, gender, and culture through intersectional lens, as well as appreciate diverse perspectives and identify gaps in knowledge.
- Leadership: Develop cross-cultural awareness and challenge perspectives to address gender inequalities and issues involving women and equity at the community level.
- Oral / Written Communication: Apply interdisciplinary approaches to formulate persuasive arguments and analysis through verbal and written means.
- Research & Analysis: Ability to search and retrieve relevant academic literature, along with utilizing research methodologies and textual & cultural analyses to understand and contribute to historical and contemporary feminist scholarship.
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Updated October 2024