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Queer Pop-Ups: A Cultural Innovation in Urban Life

 
PhD student Ryan Stillwagon, with his advisor Prof. Amin Ghaziani, publishes his research about temporary spaces in City & Community, the official journal of the Community and Urban Sociology section of the American Sociological Association.

Divergent Public Health Responses to a New HIV Prevention Option: Comparing Health Equity Approaches in Two North American Cities

 
Harlan Pruden (PhD. Student) and Ryan Stillwagon (PhD. Student) examine the divergent public health responses to a new HIV-prevention option, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). Focusing on the accessibility and knowledge translation of the medication, they compare health equity approaches between Chicago, IL and Vancouver, BC.

PhD. Students D. Kyle Sutherland and Adam Vanzella Yang receive 2019 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship

 
PhD. Students D. Kyle Sutherland and Adam Vanzella Yang are the recipients of the 2019 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship.
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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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