University of Sherbrooke Faculty of Law, Room A7-235

This workshop will be presented by Me Sarah-Maude Belleville-Chénard, doctoral student at McGill University Faculty of Law.

Summary: Intersectional thinking was originally developed by African-American women as a double critique: that of the feminist and of the anti-racist movements. Today, the theory of intersectionality is one of the critical discourses that are essential to the vitality of democratic debate. We will discuss the various aspects of intersectionality identified by the landmark author of intersectional thinking, Kimberlé Crenshaw, focusing on the situation of Aboriginal women. We will also discuss how the theory of intersectionality can be used advantageously in an interdisciplinary context.