Who We Are
The Canadian Fashion Scholars network is a non-profit volunteer-run platform with a focus on decoloniality, ethics, and sustainability, designed for fashion scholars, curators, and fashion professionals to collaborate on various research projects in different fields of fashion (fashion history, material culture, gender and fashion, intersectionality and decolonization, fashion and technology, ethical and sustainable fashion, and urban fashion cultures) in universities, fashion schools, museums, fashion organizations, and the creative industries in Canada and beyond.
This network was created by Dr. Katrina Sark, co-author of the Montréal Chic: A Locational History of Montreal Fashion (2016) and co-founder of the Urban Chic book series published by Intellect. The network originated in Montreal with the first national Fashion Symposium at the McCord Museum in October 2014, which brought together fashion scholars, curators, fashion professionals and fashion press.
Along with the annual symposia and events held across Canadian museums and universities, the network also connects members through its social media platforms, podcast, digital resources, and other tools to facilitate easier information and research exchange, and to allow fashion scholars to expand Fashion Studies in and beyond Canada
and to make academic knowledge and research more accessible.
The annual symposium is designed to bring scholars and professionals together for networking and collaborative workshops. The goal is to inspire more collaboration and to make Fashion Studies more just.
To join the network, please consult our Members page.