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COVID-19 & Department updates

COVID-19 & Department Updates

 
March 17th, 2020 While the Public Health Agency of Canada continues to assess the risk as low for Canada, we seek to minimize transmission in the community by limiting close contact with others at this time. In order to prevent further spread

UBC Sociology hosts visit day for incoming students

 
UBC Sociology welcomed our newly-admitted graduate students at our 2020 Visit Day on March 9.
Prof. Yue Qian receives major funding for Coronavirus research.

Prof. Yue Qian receives major funding for Coronavirus research.

 
Yue Qian could only look on, feeling helpless, as COVID-19 ravaged her home city of Wuhan—the epicentre of an outbreak that has killed more than 3,000 people and infected more than 90,000 globally. “When the quarantine was first issued, I was
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Exam Continuity during COVID-19: Q&A and Faculty Presentations

April 8, 2020
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Every day I use Sociology at work. The Sociology department at UBC offers great methods courses, which was a huge reason as to why I was hired. My Sociology training has also given me soft skills that help me add value to my projects. I have a deeper understanding of social circumstances and macrostructures that might be colouring the way our subjects respond.

Tiffany Eng
BA Sociology/Psychology