PhD Candidate Ryan Stillwagon selected for UBC’s 2021/2022 Public Scholars Initiative
Each year the rates of food insecurity in Canada surpass the highest rates ever recorded before with one in six households with children being food insecure. Like most others, this insecurity impacts more those already marginalized, such as people identifying as queer. Ryan plans on bringing together and working with community members to illustrate communal solutions and improvements to food security challenges and contribute to better policymaking and sustainable urban development.
Disruption or reproduction? Dr. Yue Qian publishes new paper exploring nativity, gender and online dating in Canada
Dr. Yue Qian’s new research finds that, in Canada, immigrants are more likely than Canadian-born persons to have used online dating services to search for romantic partners, but immigrant men experience the least success in finding a long-term partner online.
Prof. Renisa Mawani featured on Patchworks Podcast, discusses her work as critical theorist and legal scholar studying the history of empire and colonialism
Prof. Renisa Mawani spoke on Patchworks Podcast. As a researcher focused on colonial legal history and critical theory, she discussed her work as a critical theorist and legal scholar in the field of history of empire and colonialism.
Prof. Yue Qian speaks to Vice on the growing gender divide among young Chinese populations, with young men being less likely to embrace feminist ideologies
Prof. Yue Qian spoke to Vice Magazine on the divide between young Chinese men and women when it comes to their adoption of feminist ideologies. Newer generations of women are increasingly pro-equal rights as they gain more education, whereas the effect on men is smaller.
Prof. Amanda R. Cheong appears as a featured member on American Sociological Association website
Prof. Amanda R. Cheong appears as a featured member on the American Sociological Association’s (ASA) website following testimonial on work supported by ASA grant.
Congratulations to Jiaxin Gu for her selection as part of the IAR 2021-2022 fellows program
The program brings together UBC graduate students with an interesting in advancing research addressing a broad range of issues and is based on engagement with and deep knowledge of Asia.
Liu Institute for Global Issues at SPPGA call for applications: 2021 Simons Award in Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security
The Liu Institute for Global Issues at SPPGA call for applications: 2021 Simons Award in Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security The Liu Institute for Global Issues at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs invites applications to the Simons Award in Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security from UBC students intending to undertake research on topics […]
Prof. Neil Guppy publishes research on the evolution of Canadian pay equity legislation and the social organization of public opinion in the American Review of Canadian Studies
Prof. Neil Guppy’s latest research reviews the role of judicial systems in
the evolution of Canadian pay equity legislation, as well as the social organization of public opinion throughout this evolution.
Prof. Neil Guppy publishes research on Canadian intergenerational mobility over 20th century in Canadian Review of Sociology
Prof. Neil Guppy’s research examines Canadian intergenerational mobility over the 20th century in the context of growing rates of university attendance among young adults compared to older generations.
Prof. Kimberly Huyser speaks at CoVaRR-Net’s “Vaccines 101: The role of vaccines in the Covid-19 pandemic” webinar
Prof. Kimberly Huyser was among four CoVaRR-Net researchers to participate in the latter’s “Vaccines 101: The role of vaccines in the Covid-19 pandemic” webinar, discussing Indigenous engagement within public health and vaccine science.