The following are examples of search terms in this area:

• (girls OR women) "body image" Instagram
• (Indigenous OR "First Nations" OR Metis OR aboriginal OR native) masculinity
• (WWII OR "World War II") women (employment OR labour OR labor) Canada
• (transgender OR trans OR two-spirit OR non-binary OR genderqueer OR indigiqueeer) "gender identity"
• racism whiteness (LGBT OR queer OR LGBTQ)
• women politic* harassment (Canada OR Canadian)

As Gender and Women's Studies are highly interdisciplinary, other LibGuides covering the following areas of study may be helpful: 2SLGBTQ+/LGBT/Queer Studies, Indigenous Studies and Decolonization, History, Statistics. 

Getting Started

This guide is designed to help get you started with your library research related to women and gender.

Click on any of the tabs above to find books, articles, and more.

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