Research
Interests
feminist theory; critical theory; social movements; globalization and local and global resistance; community education, organizing, development and change; alternative development paradigms
Courses
AEC1104H Community Education and
Organizing
AEC1132 Special Topics in Women in Development and Community Transformation
AEC1143H Introduction to Feminist
Perspectives on Society and Education
AEC3103H Teaching about Global and Social Issues
AEC3181H Feminist Standpoints: Critical and Post-Structural Approaches
AEC3119H Global Perspectives on
Feminist Education, Community Development
and Community Transformation
Annual International Women’s Human Rights Education Institute (with Centre for Women’s Studies in Education)
Publications
The following selected publications
give an idea of my research, teaching,
and activist interests.
Selected Books:
2004
Feminist Politics, Activism
and Vision: Local and Global Challenges,
Inanna Publications and Zed Press.
1999
Canadian Woman Studies, an
Introductory Reader, Innana Publications.
1996
Integrative Feminisms: Building
Global Visions, 1960s-1990s, Routledge.
1989
Feminism: From Pressure to
Politics, Montreal: Black Rose Books.
Edited Journal Special Issues
2006
Canadian Feminism in Action, special issue of Canadian Woman Studies, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Summer/Fall)
2004
Benefiting Women? Women’s Labour Rights, special issue of Canadian Woman Studies Vol.23, No.3,4 (Spring/Summer) (co-editor)
Migration, Labour and Exploitation: Trafficking in Women and Girls, special issue of Canadian Woman Studies Vol. 22, 4 (Spring 2004) (co-editor)
2003
Women and Peacemaking, special issue of Canadian Woman Studies Vol.22 No.2 (Fall
2002/Winter 2003) (Main editor with others)
2002
Women, Globalization and International Trade; special double issue of Canadian Woman Studies 21/22 (Spring/Summer) (co-edited).
1999
Remembering Mary O'Brien; special issue of Canadian Woman Studies 18,4 (Winter) (co-edited with Somer Brodribb).
1997
Bridging North/South: Patterns of Transformation; special issue of Canadian Woman Studies 17, 2 (Spring) (co-edited).
1993
Women in Science and Technology, special issue of Canadian Woman Studies 13, 2, (Winter) (co-edited with Ursula Franklin and Hannah Gay).
1979
Feminist Political Theory, special issue of Canadian Newsletter of Research on Women III, 1 (now titled Resources for Feminist Research) (co-edited with Mary O'Brien).
Selected Articles in Books and Journals:
Miles, A. (2007). “Women’s Giving: Feminist Transformation and Human Welfare,” in Women and the Gift Economy: A Radically Different Worldview is Possibl, Inanna Press: 336-346
Miles, A. (2006). “Local Activisms, Global Feminisms and the Struggle Against Globalization,” in Canadian Women Studies: An Introductory Reader, Andrea Medovarski and Brenda Cranney eds., Second revised Toronto: Inanna Publications: 58-64 (reprinted from Canadian Women Studies, 20, 3 (Fall 2000)
Miles, A. (2004). “Feminist Statement on Guaranteed Living Income,” inCanadian Women Studies23, 3/4 (Summer) : 204-206 (co-authored with Lee Lakeman and Linda Christiansen-Ruffman)
Miles, A. (2003). "Prostitution, Trafficking and the Global Sex Industry: A Conversation with Janice Raymond," in MIgration, Labour, and Exploitation: Trafficking in Women and Girls, special issue ofCanadian Women Studies Vol. 22, 4 (Spring 2004):38-43
Miles, A. (2002). "Feminist
Perspectives on Globalization and
Integrative Transformative Learning"
in Expanding the Boundaries of Transformative
Learning, edited by Edmund V. O'Sullivan,
Amish Morrell, Mary Ann, O'Connor,
Palgrave: 23-33.
Miles, A. (2001) “Women’s
Work, Nature and Colonial Exploitation:
Feminist Struggles for Alternatives
to Corporate Globalization,”
Canadian Journal of Development
Studies 23 (Special issue on ‘Gender,
Feminism and the Civil Commons).
Miles, A. (2001). "Global
Feminisms" in Feminist Issues,
Race, Class, and Sexuality, Third
Edition, Nancy Mandel ed., Toronto,
Prentice Hall: 8-22.
Miles, A. (2000) "Local Activisms,
Global Feminisms and the Struggle
Against Globalization" in Women
2000: Eradicating Poverty and Violence
in the 21st Century, Canadian Woman
Studies 20,3 (Fall): 6-10.
Miles, A. (2000) "The Politics
of Transformative Feminist Adult
Education: Multi-Centred Creation
of New Meanings and New Realities,"
in Proceedings of the 41st Annual
Adult Education Conference: AERC
2000, eds. Thomas J. Sork et al.
(Vancouver June 2-4) Thomas J. Sork,
Valerie-Lee Chapman, Ralf St. Clair
eds. Vancouver, University of British
Columbia, Department of Education
Studies: 614-618.
Miles, A. (2000) "Cultural
Feminism," entry in The Routledge
Encyclopaedia of Women: Global Women's
Issues and Knowledge, Cheris Kramarae
and Dale Spender eds., New York
and London, Routledge: Vol.II: 745-748.
Miles, A. (1999) "Stabilization/
Structural Adjustment/ Restructuring:
Canadian Feminist Issues in a Global
Framework," with Ana Isla and
Sheila Molloy in Canadian Woman
Studies: An Introductory Reader,
Amin et al. Toronto: Inanna Publications:
111-120 (reprinted from Canadian
Woman Studies 16,3 (Summer 1996).
Miles, A. (1998) "Adult Education,
Credentials, and Social Movement:
The Significance of Women's Knowledge
and Women's Movement in a Period
of Neo-Liberal Ascendancy,"
in Learning for Life: Canadian Readings
in Adult Education, Sue Scott, Bruce
Spencer, and Alan Thomas eds., Thompson
Educational Publishing: 250-258
Miles, A. (1996) "Adult Education
and Global Transformation: Feminisms
and Women's Movement," in Towards
a Transformative Political Economy
of Adult Education: Theoretical
and Practical Challenges, Paul Wangoola
and Frank Youngman eds., LEPS Press,
Northern Illinois University:277-292
Edited Journal Special Issues
2006 Canadian Feminism in Action, special issue of Canadian Woman Studies, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Summer/Fall)
2004 Benefiting Women? Women’s Labour Rights, special issue of Canadian Woman Studies Vol.23, No.3,4 (Spring/Summer) (co-editor)
2004 Migration, Labour and Exploitation: Trafficking in Women and Girls, special issue of Canadian Woman Studies Vol. 22, 4 (Spring 2004) (co-editor)
2003 Women and Peacemaking, special issue of Canadian Woman Studies Vol.22 No.2 (Fall 2002/Winter 2003) (Main editor with others)
2002 Women, Globalization and International Trade; special double issue of Canadian Woman Studies 21/22 (Spring/Summer) (co-edited).
1999 Remembering Mary O'Brien; special issue of Canadian Woman Studies 18,4 (Winter) (co-edited with Somer Brodribb).
1997 Bridging North/South: Patterns of Transformation; special issue of Canadian Woman Studies 17, 2 (Spring) (co-edited).
1993 Women in Science and Technology, special issue of Canadian Woman Studies 13, 2, (Winter) (co-edited with Ursula Franklin and Hannah Gay).
1979 Feminist Political Theory, special issue of Canadian Newsletter of Research on Women III, 1 (now titled Resources for Feminist Research) (co-edited with Mary O'Brien).
Activities
OISE
Head, Centre for Women's Studies in Education (OISE) 2005-2009
[Associate Director] Member, Transformative Learning Centre (OISE)
Member, Comparative International Development Education Program
Co-ordinator, Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Visitorship (OISE)
EXTERNAL
Vice-President, Editorial Board, Canadian Woman Studies Journal
Past Co-Chair, Research Committee 32 "Women and Society" of the International Sociological Association
Member, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
Founding Member:
(International) Feminist Journals Network
International Feminist Network for a Gift Economy
Toronto Women for a Just and Healthy Planet,
Feminist Party of Canada,
Antigonish Women’s Association
Links
The Centre for Women’s Studies
in Education
The Transformative Learning Centre
Canadian Woman Studies Journal
Gift Economy
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