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The next 鈥淥pen Pages鈥� at UPEI鈥檚 Robertson Library happens March 1, at 7 pm and highlights the new book by 69传媒professor Ann Braithwaite, Everyday Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies. Open Pages features local authors speaking about their books: what inspired them, what they learned, what they want to share. Event takes place in the new lounge on the first floor of UPEI's Robertson Library. Light refreshments will be served. Dr. Ann Braithwaite is professor and coordinator of Diversity and Social Justice Studies at UPEI. She co-authored this new book with Dr. Catherine M. Orr, professor and chair of Critical Identity Studies at Beloit College. Everyday Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies is a guide to engaging students in the challenges鈥攁nd pleasures鈥攐f thinking critically about gender, race, and sex today. By focusing on 鈥渢he everyday,鈥� it speaks to the importance of students鈥� understanding the taken-for granted circumstances of their daily lives. It explores the idea that 鈥減eople are different, and the world isn鈥檛 fair,鈥� and engages students in the follow-up question, 鈥淣ow that we know, how shall we live?鈥� 鈥淭his publication is of great significance for students from any faculty, even though it is most likely going to have the greatest impact in the Faculty of Arts,鈥� said Dr. Nebojsa Kujundzic, dean of arts at UPEI.