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Alessio Ponzio is the new director at the centre for sexuality and gender diversity

The entrance to the CSGD through Roundhouse in Allard Hall. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. Ponzio offers his own experiences, and the potential for research opportunities Amanda Lou Photos by Amanda Erickson Over the summer, Alessio Ponzio was hired as MacEwan’s new Director of Centre of Sexuality & Gender Diversity (CSGD), after his predecessor Kristopher Wells became a Senator of Canada.  Ponzio received his PhD in Italy prior to applying for a PhD in Women’s Studies and History at the University of Michigan. He then became a professor at the University of Saskatchewan and  Memorial University in Newfoundland before finding his dream job: director of MacEwan’s CSGD. To Ponzio, the CSGD was the perfect combination of...

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