Lunchtime lecture to consider fairness of sport sex tests

Cassandra Wells, a doctoral candidate in kinesiology at the University of British Columbia, will deliver a free public lecture entitled “When Science met Justice: On the Ethics of Gendered Eligibility Policies in Sport” at noon Friday, October 21.

Wells’ PhD project is a scientific and technological history of sex testing in women’s Olympic-style sport. Her previous scholarly projects have investigated topics such as the gendered dimensions of sport concussion, the experiences of Canadian student-athletes with athletic scholarships, and the changing meanings of “fairness” in sport eligibility policies.

Friday’s lecture is set in room 144, Human Kinetics Building, as part of the faculty’s Distinguished Speakers Series.

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