Events

Distinguished Speaker Series

2024-25 Distinguished Speaker Series | Dr. Sonia Kang on March 4

March 4, 2025 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Distinguished Speaker Series

2024-25 Distinguished Speaker Series | Dr. James Elliott on April 1

April 1, 2025 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
External

Territorio y resistencias mapuche en la Norpatagonia extractivista: tensiones entre movilidades forzadas y el retorno al territorio

February 13, 2025 | 5:00 PM
Department, Student

2025 Honours Program Proposal Writing Workshop

February 6, 2025 | 10:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Department, Distinguished Speaker Series, Kaspar Naegele Memorial Lecture

2025 Kaspar Naegele Memorial Lecture | Dr. Matt Patterson on February 4

February 4, 2025 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Department, Student

2025 Honours Program Info Session and Q&A

January 30, 2025 | 10:00 AM
roomANSO 1305
Distinguished Speaker Series

2024-25 Distinguished Speaker Series | Dr. Yang Hu on January 7

January 7, 2025 | 11:00 AM
roomZoom
Department

Environment & Community Cluster Talk with Dr. Mark Stoddart

November 5, 2024 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 205
Distinguished Speaker Series

2024-25 Distinguished Speaker Series | Dr. Matthew Clair on October 1

October 1, 2024 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 207
Distinguished Speaker Series

2024-25 Distinguished Speaker Series | Dr. Jenny Trinitapoli on September 3

September 3, 2024 | 2:00 PM
roomANSO 207
Department

Embracing Indigenous Perspectives in Teaching: A Co-facilitated Discussion with CTLT Indigenous Initiatives

April 30, 2024 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Distinguished Speaker Series

2023-24 Distinguished Speaker Series | Dr. Michael Walker on April 16

April 16, 2024 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Student

UBC Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference 2024

April 12, 2024 | 9:00 AM
Department, Student

Hot Take: Maximizing Technology with Prof. Laura Nelson

April 11, 2024 | 1:00 PM
roomLino Lounge
Department, Student

Hot Take: Collaboration with Prof. Guy Stecklov

March 27, 2024 | 1:00 PM
roomLino Lounge
Distinguished Speaker Series

2023-24 Distinguished Speaker Series | Dr. Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana on March 5

March 5, 2024 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Department, Student

Hot Take: Branding & Passion with Prof. Ethan Raker

February 28, 2024 | 1:00 PM
roomLino Lounge
Distinguished Speaker Series

2024 Martha Foschi Honorary Lecture | Dr. Jan Stets on February 6

February 6, 2024 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Student

2024 Honours Program Proposal Writing Workshop

February 1, 2024 | 12:00 PM
roomANSO 134
Department, Student

Hot Take: Networking with Prof. Seth Abrutyn

January 29, 2024 | 1:00 PM
roomLino Lounge
Student

2024 Honours Program Info Session and Q&A

January 25, 2024 | 12:00 PM
roomANSO 1305
Student

Urban Ethnographic Field School Info Session 2024

January 15, 2024 | 3:30 PM
roomANSO 134
Distinguished Speaker Series

2023-24 Distinguished Speaker Series | Dr. Kimberly Kay Hoang on January 9

January 9, 2024 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134

River of Life (IED Committee)

December 5, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomPeña Room, IKBLC
Distinguished Speaker Series

2023-24 Distinguished Speaker Series | Dr. Tristan Bridges on November 7

November 7, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Distinguished Speaker Series

2023-24 Distinguished Speaker Series | Dr. Zack Almquist on October 3

October 3, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Distinguished Speaker Series

"Building the Nation of Immigrants" with Dr. Tomás Jiménez | Distinguished Speaker Series

September 5, 2023 | 2:00 PM
roomANSO 134
Department, External

Hearing Indigenous Voices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

June 8, 2023 | 9:00 AM
roomJack Poole Hall, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
External

Prof. Kimberly Huyser: Hearing Indigenous Voices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

June 8, 2023 | 9:00 AM
roomJack Poole Hall, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
External

Prof. Amanda Cheong gives presentation at Making Space: Asian Heritage Month

May 18, 2023 | 6:00 PM
External

Prof. Tom Kemple: Divesting from Cancel Culture on the Left

May 1, 2023 | 6:00 PM
roomWise Hall
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Vanessa Watts "The Sociological Indian: Representations of Indigeneity in Canadian and American Sociology Journals"

April 4, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Department

"Writing To Be Read: An Academic’s Guide to Crafting Lively, Persuasive Work" Contexts Senior Managing Editor Letta Page

March 30, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Sociology Research Forum

"Research in Progress: Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity at the University of Calgary" Dr. Sarah Eaton

March 30, 2023 | 11:00 AM
Department

Annual Racial (In)Justice Lecture: Dr. Helena Hansen

March 27, 2023 | 2:00 PM
roomDodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Ezra Zuckerman Sivan "What Day is It and Who Cares about the Date? Social Media Expressions of Temporal Disorientation Before and After Pandemic Onset"

March 21, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Sociology Research Forum

"How to Read a Journal: Telos and the Formation of Critical Theory in Canada" Gary Genosko

March 16, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Erika Summers-Effler "The Trouble with Levels"

March 7, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Department

Kairos Blanket Exercise

March 3, 2023 | 10:00 AM
roomCK Choi Lounge
Sociology Research Forum

“'Childcare Experts' and 'Wiping Older People’s Ass': The Stratification in the Domestic Work Market in Contemporary China" Suowei Xiao

March 2, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Anna Zajacova "Sociodemographic Perspective, Findings, and Paradoxes in Chronic Pain and Pain Treatments" 

February 7, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Distinguished Speaker Series

"There Were Black People in the Past: Gentrification, Displacement and the Making of A Food Oasis" Dr. Waverly Duck

January 31, 2023 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Department, Student

Final Global Seminar Information Session

December 8, 2022 | 10:00 AM
roomANSO 202
External, Student

Go Global Seminar Information Session

November 8, 2022 | 2:00 PM
roomANSO 2107
Distinguished Speaker Series

Martha Foschi Honorary Lecture 2022: Dr. Jane Sell

October 25, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Sociology Research Forum

Dr. Terrell Carver "Masculinities, Gender and International Relations"

September 20, 2022 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Department, Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Allison Pugh "The Stratification of Human Contact: The Present and Future of Connective Labor"

September 6, 2022 | 2:00 PM
roomANSO 207
External

Prof. Silvia Bartolic speaks at the CTLT Spring Institute, "Integrating Sustainability and Climate Change Content in your Course"

May 31, 2022 | 1:00 PM
Department, Student

Remembering Sinikka

May 12, 2022 | 12:00 PM
roomANSO
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Neil McLaughlin: What Erich Fromm’s critical theory can teach us about public sociology

April 26, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Department, Student

Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference 2022

April 13, 2022 | 2:00 PM
roomANSO 207
Department, External

Prof. Amin Ghaziani set to speak at the University of Illinois Chicago’s last installment of the Spring 2022 Colloquium Series

April 6, 2022 | 12:00 PM
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Anthony Ocampo: Brown and Gay in LA: Queer Sons of Immigrants Coming of Age

April 5, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Sociology Research Forum

Dr. Ethan Raker: Extreme Heat, Adaptation, and Racial Health Disparities at Birth

March 31, 2022 | 11:00 AM
External

Coffee Hour with the CMS Grad Mentor in Residence: Rima Wilkes

March 29, 2022 | 12:30 PM
roomC.K. Choi 351
Sociology Research Forum

Dr. David Pettinicchio: Consumer Attitudes about Diversity and Inclusion in the Fashion Industry

March 15, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Sociology Research Forum

Grandmothers Behind the Scenes

March 3, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Hannah Wohl: What is Creativity? How Contemporary Artists Judge their Work

March 1, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Sociology Research Forum

Sociology Research Forum Screening: Colonization Road

January 25, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Debra Davidson: Feeling the climate: Tracing emotional pathways to climate (in)action

November 2, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Alumni, External

Prof. Dr. Sylvia Fuller to speak at UBC Alumni Dialogues event “What is the cost of care?” on Oct. 13th

October 13, 2021 | 12:00 PM
Department, External

Prof. Becki Ross to give lecture for the Social Justice Institute’s Noted Scholars Series “Historicizing Criminalized Sex Work, Racialized Whorephobia, and Fugitive Queerness Under Settler Colonial Rule” on Oct. 6th.

October 6, 2021 | 12:00 PM
External

Vaccines 101: A Webinar with CoVaRR-Net Researchers

September 18, 2021 | 1:00 PM
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Mario Small: Banks, alternative institutions, and the spatial-temporal ecology of racial inequality

September 7, 2021 | 2:30 PM
External

Amin Ghaziani: The Emplacement of Belonging

June 10, 2021 | 7:30 PM
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. Stephen Vaisey: Measuring Stability and Change in Personal Culture Using Panel Data

May 4, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Sociology Research Forum

Michela Musto: The Worst Years of Your Life? Unpacking Educators’ Gendered and Racialized Assumptions About Middle Schoolers’ Behaviour

March 30, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Sociology Research Forum

Student Vulnerabilities in the Face of the Sars-CoV-2 Virus:  Evidence from Higher Education

March 23, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Distinguished Speaker Series

Dr. C.J. Pascoe: "The Politics of Protection: Inequality and Change in High School"

March 2, 2021 | 11:00 AM

Virtual Book Launch: Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting

February 24, 2021 | 1:30 PM
Sociology Research Forum

Patara McKeen: Race, Ethnicity, and the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver

February 24, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Sociology Research Forum

Dr. Anna Skarpelis: Race in Parentheses

February 10, 2021 | 11:00 AM

Dr. Annette Lareau: Structural Constraints and the School Choice Strategies of Black American Middle-Class Parents

February 2, 2021 | 11:00 AM
Sociology Research Forum

Sociology Research Forum: Cynthia Cranford

January 26, 2021 | 11:00 AM

The Inaugural Racial (In)Justice Lecture: Laurence Ralph

December 8, 2020 | 12:30 PM

Prof. Renisa Mawani speaks at the Centre for Law & Social Justice Annual Lecture: "The Ship, the Slave, the Legal Person"

November 25, 2020 | 8:00 AM
Student

Launch Party, UBC Arts Amplifier + Panel Conversation: Career Development and Public Engagement

November 5, 2020 | 12:00 PM
Student

Profs-in-Commons Pumpkin Spice Coffee Chat: Connecting with Your Professors

October 21, 2020 | 5:30 PM
Student

Profs-in-Commons Virtual Coffee Chat: Reaching out to Professors

September 30, 2020 | 10:00 AM
Distinguished Speaker Series

Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Arlie Hochschild

September 8, 2020 | 3:00 PM
Department

International Esymposium: Remote Teaching for Student Wellness

August 18, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Student

Exam Continuity during COVID-19: Q&A and Faculty Presentations

April 8, 2020 | 10:00 AM
Department

[POSTPONED] A Sustainable Social Participation Model in Hablehroud Watershed: Social Networks vs. Social Councils

March 17, 2020 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 2107
Department

Distinguished Speakers Series: Sharon Sassler

March 3, 2020 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO Building Room 2107
Department

Sociology Research Forum: Daniel Maman

February 27, 2020 | 11:30 AM
roomANSO 2107
Department

Sociology Research Forum: Mark Stoddart

February 25, 2020 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 2107
Department

Sociology Research Forum: Sara Teitelbaum

February 14, 2020 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 2107
Department

Distinguished Speakers Series: Naegele Lecture 2020 - Prof. Harvey Krahn

February 4, 2020 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Department

Distinguished Speaker Series: Bernice Pescosolido

January 7, 2020 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 134
Department

Using Perceptual Tomography for Balance Clustering in Network Construction and Assessing the Success of Community-Level Interventions

December 11, 2019 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 2107
Department

Social Media Records and Contact Diaries: Two Bottom-up Approaches to Capture Personal Networks

December 10, 2019 | 2:30 PM
roomANSO 2107
Department

Text and Data Mining of UBC Library Licensed Electronic Resources

November 28, 2019 | 12:30 PM
roomKoerner Library (538 & 552)
Department

Identifiability of nonparametric mixture models, clustering, and semi-supervised learning

November 19, 2019 | 11:00 AM
roomESB 4192

Cartographic Attributes of the Invisible: The Conjunctural Geographies of the Platform Economy

November 5, 2019 | 12:30 PM
roomGEOG 229
Department

Dana R. Fisher Talk, "American Resistance: Looking Back while Marching Forward"

September 6, 2019 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 2107
Department

Andrew Jorgenson Talk, "Emissions, Inequality, and Human Well-Being"

September 5, 2019 | 11:00 AM
roomANSO 2107
Department

Distinguished Speaker Series: Cecilia L. Ridgeway

September 3, 2019 | 2:00 PM
roomANSO 207
Department, Student

UBC Imagine Day: Academic Launch

September 3, 2019 | 10:00 AM
roomANSO Building