This new Canadian edition takes a critical look at social and cultural definitions of gender while incorporating thoughtful discussions of women's realities within Canadian cultural contexts. Covering the most recent developments in politics, labour, family life, religion, and culture, while incorporating Canadian issues and perspectives throughout, this is a broad, nuanced, and in-depth treatment of women's and gender studies in Canada today.

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The Hunter College Women's and Gender Studies Collective is made up of authors affiliated with the Women and Gender Studies Department at Hunter College, all from various disciplines: Linda Alcoff, Jacqueline Nassy Brown, Sarah Chinn, Florence Denmark, Dorothy O. Helly, Shirley Hune, Ruzal Oza, and Carolyn M. Somerville.

Canadian adaptor Joan Simalchik coordinates the interdisciplinary Women and Gender Studies Program at University of Toronto Mississauga, and teaches courses on women and social change, history, memory and human rights, and transnational perspectives on gender and cultural difference. In 2007 she received the CCVT Amina Malko Award for Service to Refugee Women and in 2012 received the University of Toronto's Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize. She has delivered and published many papers dealing with diasporic refugee communities and human rights.

"The text covers a wide variety of important topics, emphasizing the many voices that make up the field." --Katharine Bausch, Trent University

"I have always appreciated the broad historical context provided by Women's Realities, and this Canadian version accomplishes this quite nicely. Secondly, I am impressed with the Canada-specific info provided, especially regarding the roles and experiences of Indigenous women." --Kimberly Williams, Mt. Royal University