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UBC Ph.D candidate Nicole Malette awarded a $63,000 ONCAT grant for her project

 
UBC Ph.D candidate Nicole Malette awarded a $63,000 ONCAT grant for her project.

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UBC graduate student Cai Manlin talks about the discrimination women face for being single.

Toxic bosses should be the next to face #MeToo-type reprisals, writes PhD candidate Erica Mildner

 
In Canada, the emphasis on workers’ right to a safe and healthy workplace in the wake of former governor-general Julie Payette’s resignation provides a rare opportunity to expand the definition of workplace harassment and hold toxic bosses to account.
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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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