New 2021 Sociology courses in the Faculty of Arts
Registration starts this week for the 2021/22 Winter Session! Explore new course offerings like the Sociology of Creativity and other upcoming Sociology courses.
Dr. Yue Qian’s study highlights pandemic impact on adolescent mental health
Professor Dr. Yue Qian’s study found that adolescents who were in a good headspace before COVID-19 suffered a decline during the pandemic, whereas those with poor mental health fared better, according to new research.
100 celebrities leverage star power in fight to save B.C.’s old-growth forests
Securing celebrities or prominent individuals to advertise or increase support for a social or environmental cause is a long-standing practice, UBC Sociology Prof. David Tindall says in Canada’s National Observer.
Securing celebrity support a long-standing practice for environmentalists says Prof. David Tindall
Rather than actually exerting pressure on politicians, the celebrity effect is mostly used to grow the base of people who might care about an issue, said Tindall, who researches social conflict around environmental issues.
Adolescents’ mental well-being should be a focus of public health, UBC researcher finds
A new study co-authored by UBC Sociology professor Dr. Yue Qian found that adolescents who were in a good headspace before COVID-19 suffered a decline during the pandemic, whereas those with poor mental health fared better.
Teens’ mental health took a turn in opposite direction because of pandemic: Study
A new study by UBC Sociology professor Dr. Yue Qian found that adolescents in a good head space saw a decline in their mental health during the pandemic, while those who were in poor mental health took a turn for the better.
Congratulations to Outstanding Graduating Sociology Student award recipient Hyun Been Cho
Congratulations to recent Honours graduate Hyun Been Cho, who was granted a 2021 Outstanding Graduating Sociology Student award by the Canadian Sociological Association!
Prof. Amanda Cheong joins University of Ottawa Prof. Jamie Liew for project documenting experiences of racialized stateless persons
Cheong and Liew’s project received a SSHRC CRSH Insight Grant to further their research, which will be the first in-depth study of the historical and institutional roots of statelessness in Malaysia.
COVID-19 has had some unexpected impacts on family planning: UBC expert
UBC professor Dr. Robyn Pitman speaks to NEWS 1130 about how the pandemic has impacted family planning.
Wanted: Government ownership over the common good to achieve climate justice
UBC Sociology professor Dr. Emily Huddart Kennedy co-writes an op-ed in Corporate Knights about the need for Canadian federal and provincial governments to take responsibility for climate justice to keep temperature increases below 1.5°C.