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PhD student Manlin Cai publishes first-author paper on online dating preferences among Chinese immigrant communities in Vancouver in the Canadian Review of Sociology

 
Monica Manlin Cai is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on family and work, gender, migration, and social inequality in Chinese and Canadian societies. She has recently published

Share your stories to celebrate Profs. Becki Ross’ and Gillian Creese’s retirements

 
As part of our celebration of their careers and retirement, we invite students, alumni, faculty and staff to share stories and photos Profs. Becki Ross and Gillian Creese. These stories and pictures will be used as part of our celebrations, shared via our website and delivered to each of them respectively.

Congratulations to Operations Coordinator Conor Trahar on new role with Faculty of Arts

 
UBC Sociology congratulates our Operations Coordinator Conor Trahar on his new Project Coordinator position at UBC Faculty of Arts' Workday Student Implementation. His last day at UBC Sociology will be March 3.
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Three aspects attracted me to the PhD program in the Department of Sociology at UBC—the quality of the faculty members, the caliber of current graduate students enrolled in both the MA and PhD programs, and the financial support offered to incoming graduate students. These aspects combined generated a stimulating and productive academic environment with which to carry out study and research.

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