Resisting Orders

A rare glimpse at the feminist resistance practices of Canadian Catholic nuns against Church hierarchy.

Resisting Orders untangles the power and resistance of Catholic sisters in the ongoing colonial and hierarchical context of the Roman Catholic Church, making space for the nuanced perspectives of Catholic women religious to break through.

Christine Gervais is associate professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa.Watson Amanda :

Amanda Watson is assistant professor of sociology at Simon Fraser University.Kleuskens Shanisse :

Shanisse Kleuskens is a civil servant residing in Ottawa.

Christine Gervais is associate professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa.

Amanda Watson is assistant professor of sociology at Simon Fraser University.

Shanisse Kleuskens is a civil servant residing in Ottawa.

“Resisting Orders is the gold standard in feminist research on nuns. The authors’ women-centred methodology and remarkable material are unprecedented.” Heidi MacDonald, University of New Brunswick

“This work is a novel and exceptional study of voices notably lacking in academia: religious women sharing their stories in their own words and from their own perspectives.” Margaret McGuinness, La Salle University