Jerilyn Alderman-Hansson (MA Program)

Jerilyn's research works with self-identified Two-Spirits, specifically as descendants of first-generation residential school survivors, to determine whether and how situated intergenerational trauma has been a factor in their lived experiences. She is interested in how growing up in either urban or reservation environments has shaped the life trajectories of participants. This research is critical to Canada’s future, as Two-Spirit youth have the highest mortality rates in 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.

Wambui Thuita (MA Program)

Wambui's research title is "Well-being of International Graduate student mothers from Africa in Saskatchewan Province". In this study Wambui will delve into looking at womens experiences of being a student and a parent, how they achieve work-family balance, and how they strive to maintain their well-being.

Cricket Adamcryck (MA Program)

Cricket’s research is on Masculinities, Trans, and Queer Theory with an emphasis on female masculinities and Butch histories. Cricket’s interest in the Visual Arts has led to the use of art as a research tool/method

Erin (MA Program)

Erin Brophy (they/she) is a queer, disabled grad student, writer, and theatre artist. Erin’s most recent publication, a collection of short essays entitled “Nightingale Sings” can be found on Amazon, and chronicles nearly a decade of being a writer, stunt performer, and movement artist, then transitioning to pandemic times, to academe, and beyond. Erin’s research focuses on the creation of an intersectional feminist media ecology with which to analyze the works of Shakespeare with the aim of challenging racist, misogynist representations of marginalized communities for Western audiences. Erin’s honours colloquium—“That Womanhood Denies my Tongue to Tell: The Question of Feminine Agency in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus”— seeks to understand Shakespeare’s violent early tragedy as a metaphor for the dangers of imperialism. In her spare time, Erin can be found ranting about bad Shakespeare adaptations, wandering bookstores, listening to Hozier, getting a novel ready to publish, accidentally taking screenshots of her phone’s Lock Screen, and tryi