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Introducing UBC Sociology’s incoming Department Head Catherine Corrigall-Brown

 
UBC Sociology is thrilled to welcome Dr. Catherine Corrigall-Brown as our new Department Head. She will begin her three-year term on July 1, becoming the first female head of our department. 

UBC Sociology thanks Guy Stecklov for his service as Department Head

 
UBC Sociology thanks Guy Stecklov for his service as Department Head for the past five years. His leadership saw the department welcome many new faculty members, grow more diverse and inclusive, and rise on the international stage.

PhD candidate D. Kyle Sutherland examines how structural stigma produces health inequalities among marginalized communities

 
Sutherland's research intends to "benefit the trans community's access to health services while enhancing practitioners, health care providers, and the Canadian health care system's overall understanding of trans-related health care needs."
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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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