Anupriya Dasgupta explores how the postcolonial Indian State perpetuate violence against minorities
Recent graduate Honours student Anupriya Dasgupta examines whether public spaces enable, restrict or predict the outcomes of political protest through discourse analysis of the recent anti-CAA/NRC protests in India.
Prof. Jennifer Berdahl’s study posits that work are still sites of “masculinity contests” despite strides in gender equality and family forward policies
Berdahl found that people are pushed to work longer for less, “A lot of companies might have great work-life balance policies, but people aren’t using them because of the stigma associated with doing so,” says Berdahl in Fatherly.
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.”
Noor Sandhawalia contributes to the Punjabi Oral History Project by sharing personal insights
Sandhawalia became involved in the project as a way to “step into the world of research”. She found a personal connection with the topic as a first-generation Punjabi Canadian from Surrey, BC.
MA students Caitlin Chong, Matja-Leena Corbett, and Kailey Peckford awarded SSHRC funding
UBC Sociology congratulates MA students Caitlin Chong, Matja-Leena Corbett, and Kailey Peckford who received SSHRC funding for their research projects.
Amy Zeng explores Chinese parental anxieties over education regarding social class and inequalities
Fifth-year Honours student Amy Zeng evaluates the relevance of western sociological theory to Chinese families and its social context.
UBC Sociology wishes Professor Neil Guppy a very happy retirement
Neil chose to celebrate his retirement with a gift of $50,000 to create a new scholarship focused on undergraduate students: the Guppy Undergraduate Excellence in Sociology Fund.
Prof. David Tindall discussed the long-standing dilemma of climate activists regarding the B.C. highway blockades
Prof. David Tindall said blockages are less likely to generate support as people’s patience runs thin with the pandemic, but climate activists have “run out of patience as well, nearly three decades after the so-called War in the Woodsover old-growth logging near Tofino.”
Watch: Dr. Neil McLaughlin: What Erich Fromm’s critical theory can teach us about public sociology
UBC Sociology’s Distinguished Speaker Series hosted McMaster University Professor Neil McLaughlin for a talk titled, “What Erich Fromm’s critical theory can teach us about public sociology” on April 26, 2022.
Prof. Nathanael Lauster warns of luxury market developing around single-family houses in Vancouver
Prof. Nathanael Lauster said housing in Vancouver is a “major barrier to growth. We’re just not building new, additional single-family houses anymore, so that’s going to become just an increasingly distinct and sort of luxury kind of market here.”