Research Fellowship winner

Joan Sangster, Chair of Women's Studies and professor in the Department of History and the Women's Studies program, has been awarded the Trent University Research Fellowship for 1999-00 to complete a book on women's conflicts with the courts in Canada.

The fellowship releases Sangster from part of her teaching load for one year so she can devote additional time to research and writing. It is the equivalent of one course stipend and also provides funds for research expenses. Since 1988-89, Trent has granted fellowships to 18 faculty members in 12 academic departments or programs.

Sangster's project is titled "Women in Conflict with the Law, 1920-1960." It will focus on the key issues which drew women into the courts during this era, to explore the way gender, class, and race have shaped the evolution of the Canadian criminal justice system.

Sangster received her BA from Trent and her MA and PhD (History) from McMaster University. She began teaching at Trent in 1984 and is a past chair of the History Department. In 1996 she was awarded the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada Harold-Adams-Innis Prize for her book Earning Respect: The Lives of Working Women in Small-Town Ontario, 1920-1960.