Pay transparency is an important tool for workers and for more equitable working environments says Prof. Sylvia Fuller
“When you publish people’s salaries and they can actually see what they’re making [compared to] what their equivalent peers are making, for example, you do see the gender wage gap shrink,” says Fuller. This is relevant when you consider that in Canada, female employees aged 25 to 54 still earn 11.1 percent less per hour than male employees, and there are also significant racial wage gaps.
Watch: “Writing To Be Read: An Academic’s Guide to Crafting Lively, Persuasive Work” Contexts Senior Managing Editor Letta Page
UBC Sociology hosted Letta Page, senior managing editor of Contexts: Sociology for the Public, for a session exploring the radical act of clear, persuasive, and story-forward writing within and beyond traditional academic outlets.
Thanks to our Work Learn students!
UBC Sociology would like to say a big thank you to our Work Learn students, Lujan Ferreira, Naz Tavakolizadeh, and Maria Lee. Our Work Learns did a tremendous job helping out our Sociology staff over the past year, and we appreciate their contributions to our department.
Watch: Dr. Vanessa Watts “The Sociological Indian: Representations of Indigeneity in Canadian and American Sociology Journals”
Who are Indigenous peoples in sociology? Is there such a thing as an “Indigenous social”? In Dr. Vanessa Watts’ talk, representations of Indigeneity will be explored in thematic categories found across five sociology journals from the US and Canada.
PhD candidate Ryan Stillwagon awarded 2022/2023 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
PhD student Ryan Stillwagon has been awarded a 2022/2023 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at UBC.
Honours student Hal Kowalewski’s research questions the nature of identity and how our social positions shape our lives
Hal Kowalewski’s work under the supervision of Dr. Amy Hanser focuses on the role of consumption in the construction of individual and collective queer identity, utilizing theorists such as Michel Foucault and Judith Butler.
Sociology Honours student Aida Ardelean to present research at American Sociological Association general meeting
Fifth Year Honours Sociology student Aida Ardelean will be presenting her Honours research paper at the upcoming American Sociological Association general meeting in Philadelphia. Her research, under the supervision of Dr. Sylvia Bartolic, focuses on personal attachment styles in relation to modern-day dating norms and hookup culture. We spoke to her about her work and […]
Yvonne Liang investigates how helicopter parenting affects second-generation university students
Yvonne Liang’s Honours thesis focuses on immigrant families’ helicopter parenting and the perception of independence for second-generation university students.
Saying goodbye to staff members Lyndsie Plowman and Nick Matsuba
UBC Sociology wishes staff members Lyndsie Plowman and Nick Matsuba all the best as they move on from the department for new opportunities.
Watch: Dr. Erika Summers-Effler’s Distinguished Speaker Series Lecture
Dr. Erika Summer-Effler explores stories of environmental researchers and educators, particularly marine biologists and naturalists studying and teaching about whales with the goal of preservation of whale species, to better understand the relationships between emotion and other purposeful efforts to bring about social change.