GILES, Wenona - Department of Anthropology and Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
An anthropologist at York University, Wenona Giles’ path-breaking scholarship has made significant contributions to the anthropologies of gendered migration, displacement and war. Her groundbreaking work on the gender relations of militarization and conflict and her research and engaged scholarship on long term forced migration ranks among the best in its field and has consistently helped to open doors to new scholarly explorations through synergistic laboratory like collaborations.