Dr. Kathryn McConnell to join UBC Sociology faculty in 2024
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Kathryn McConnell will be joining our department in July 2024.
PhD Candidate Ryan Stillwagon receives grant from UBC’s Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund
Congratulations to UBC Sociology PhD Candidate Ryan Stillwagon, whose partnership with Saige Community Food Bank & Community Kitchen won a community grant from UBC’s Partnership Recognition and Exploration fund.
Prof. Yue Qian and PhD student Manlin Cai publish article “Mate preferences and platform choices among Chinese immigrant online daters in Vancouver” in Canadian Review of Sociology
Qian and Cai’s findings suggest that the social distance created by offline segregation is projected into online dating settings. Rapid digitalization lead to the formation of ethnic online communities, particularly popular among racialized immigrants. The success of multiculturalism in Canada will require addressing the challenges digital ethnic enclaves pose for intergroup contact and racial/ethnic equality.
Honours student Pengcheng Fang explores how racialized UBC students understand and practice reconciliation in their everyday lives
Pengcheng Fang is a graduate student in urban planning at the University of British Columbia. He recently graduated as part of Sociology’s Honours program under the supervision of Prof. Amanda Cheong. His research project focused on understanding how racialized UBC students understand and practice reconciliation in their everyday lives.
Prof. Tindall interviewed in National Observer piece about B.C Premier David Eby’s new promise to protect 30% of province’s land by 2030 in partnership with Indigenous Peoples
Prof. Tindall commented that despite the NDP shifting its tone around climate and environmental issues, radical policy change is still unlikely.
Aryan Karimi piece on feasibility of Canadian-style multiculturalism in Europe republished in UBC alumni Magazine
In this piece originally published in The Conversation, Prof. Karimi discusses the feasibility of transplanting Canadian-style multiculturalism to Europe as the continent faces a migration crisis.
Congratulations to Prof. Amanda Cheong for being selected as a SEAREG 2022 Fellow!
Prof. Cheong has been invited to join the tenth class of the Southeast Asia Research Group. The fellowship aims to recognize researchers in the social sciences displaying unusual premise as scholars of Southeast Asia.
Prof Tindall co-authors piece for the Conversation discussing the future of COP
Prof. Tindall’s piece discusses the utility of continuing UN climate summits after the failure of the COP27.
Department Head Catherine Corrigall-Brown discusses her new book “Keeping the March Alive”
We spoke to Prof. Catherine Corrigall Brown about her recent release “Keeping the March Alive: How Grassroots Activism Survived Trump’s America”.
Professor Tom Kemple receives the Martha Foschi Award
Dr. Tom Kemple has brought research and teaching together in very compelling and creative ways, through his teaching work in the Urban Ethnographic Field School and a global seminar in Guatemala (both of which provide research opportunities for students) but also through research he is currently engaged in examining these very fields schools and the experiences of students and community partners, truly bringing research and teaching into dialogue with each other.