Canada Research Chair in Feminist and Gender Studies Offers Expert Commentary for International Women’s Day

Media invited to contact assistant professor Dr. May Chazan of Trent University’s Gender and Women’s Studies Department 

Thursday, March 6, 2014, Peterborough

Trent University gender and women’s studies assistant professor Dr. May Chazan is available for expert commentary on issues facing women in the lead-up to International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8.

Professor Chazan was appointed Trent’s Canada Research Chair in Feminist and Gender Studies for a five-year term beginning in 2013. Professor Chazan is carrying out research that investigates why and how older women in different contexts are organizing and networking in global justice movements, to provide critical insights into contemporary struggles for social change.

“People talk about our aging population as a burden. This research will ultimately shift attention beyond the challenges associated with old age to the many contributions older women make in working for change,” said Prof. Chazan, whose work includes significant interdisciplinary connections with Canadian Studies, Indigenous Studies and international studies at Trent University.

Prof. Chazan is a Fellow of the Trent Centre for Aging and Society, a new research initiative that draws on Trent's reputation in interdisciplinary excellence to promote research and awareness about aging and old age. For more information, please visit trentu.ca/aging.