Girlhood Studies

Academic Publications

Winstanley, S. & Bernier, A. (2022). “Who were you?”: Temporality and intergenerational empathy in community girlhood studies. Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 15(3), 35-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ghs.2022.150305

Bernier, A., & Winstanley, S. (2021). “Speak with girls, not for them:” Supporting girls’ action against rape culture. Girlhood Studies 14(1), 19-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ghs.2021.140104

Non-Academic Publications

Bernier, A. (2023, May 22). Girls are in crisis - and their mental health needs to be taken seriously. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/girls-are-in-crisis-and-their-mental-health-needs-to-be-taken-seriously-205177

Bernier, A. (2019). Girls Lead: A Toolkit for Supporting Girls’ Leadership and Activism. Women’s Centre of Calgary. Calgary: AB. Retrieved from https://www.womenscentrecalgary.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Girls-Lead-YYC-1.pdf

Bernier, A. (2023, May 29). Centering the tween girl citizen: Challenging constructed innocence and frivolity to honour tween girls’ activism. Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes Annual Conference. Annual Congress of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. York University, Toronto.

Bernier, A. (2023, March 11). Tween girls’ activism: Challenging notions of the frivolous, carefree tween and honoring the tween girl citizen. Panel: Glocal Perspectives on Youth Activism, Citizenship and Cultural Identity. Intersections | Cross-Sections Graduate Student Conference 2023: “Becoming You(th),” Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto.

Bernier, A. (2019, April). Standing behind a girl-volution: Supporting girl activists to make meaningful social change. Alberta College of Social Workers Conference, Calgary, AB. *workshop accepted by not presented