Formed by a handful of University of Western students in 2005, the Miss G Project rose out of common frustration. The founders realized that in all of their high school experiences completed in Ontario were far from ideal. None of them had heard of gender studies, anti-oppression, or feminist theories until they hit university.

They began a grassroots feminist project which started with photocopied info sheets and has now blossomed into the Miss G Project which works with teachers and non-conforming youth to facilitate a new curriculum.  

I happened upon Edyta Just near the end of the third day of Women's Worlds 2011 in July, in the hall where she was sitting at a table with books from the European ATGENDER association. She was presenting at the conference the next day, on a panel entitled, "Teaching with Gender: Asian and European Perspectives."

She expressed an interest in learning how to attract more students into Gender/Women's/Feminist Studies during our interview. She complained about the misconceptions about the field, "those crazy feminists that want to send all the men to hell," and how once people become familiar with it those misconceptions fade away and are replaced with a new process of learning.