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Museum Studies: Challenging the Status Quo

Submitted on Monday, July 19, 2021

Changemakers: Women at the University of Toronto and the Struggle for Equityan online exhibition curated by Museum Studies graduates Bryna Bernstein, Camilo Mejia and Kes Murray and presented in partnership with the University of Toronto Archives. 

This exhibit explores the fight for gender equity at the University of Toronto. Female faculty members and students from the 1950s to the present were interviewed on topics such as pay equity, education equity, equal opportunities, and life at the University. These women made it a goal to challenge the status quo and fight for change, on campus and off. 

View the exhibition here: https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/show/changemakers/intro  

Picture of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering 1944-45.

Picture of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering 1944-45. There were three women in this graduating class.

Exhibition Project is a full year course for Museum Studies students who work in small groups or individually to develop a project, often an exhibition, in partnership with cultural institutions, community organizations or university programs.  

More exhibits will be featured as they launch in coming weeks.  

Here are some exhibits that have already been unveiled: 

Picturing Politics
Scrolling Spadina
Onwards: The University of Toronto Through Times of Change
AGNES: Illustrating Canadian Wildflowers and Plant Life
ANTHEM: Expressions of Canadian Identity
Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition
Changemakers: Women at the University of Toronto and the Struggle for Equity
The Lengths We Go: Reflections on Hair