MA student Kayonne Christy’s paper selected for PSA Graduate Student Paper Award
Kayonne Christy’s paper titled, “Minimizing Race Through Colourblind Healthcare: Examining Black women’s experience of medical racism during prenatal care,” will be recognized at the PSA’s 92nd Annual Conference.
Veteran scholar’s latest book provides look at everyday racism internationally
In her latest book, “Race, Culture and Politics in Education,” renowned sociologist and professor emerita of UBC Dr. Kogila Moodley makes the case for political literacy as a solution to counter and eventually end racism.
Undergraduate student Alec Wilson investigates the discourse around the legitimization of ride-hailing apps in Vancouver
Alec Wilson is a fourth-year Sociology major who is interested in ethnography and text analysis. His research project is a discourse analysis of public documents from media, government councils and courts regarding Uber’s introduction and legitimization in Vancouver.
Deadline to apply for Urban Ethnographic Field School extended to March 10
The deadline for submitting applications to the Urban Ethnographic Field School online summer course has been extended to Wednesday, March 10 2021 at noon. There will also be two 45 minute information sessions on Wednesday, February 24 at 11 am and Friday, February 26 at noon.
UBC Sociology students win the CityStudio’s People Choice Award for project on homelessness in Strathcona Park
A UBC Sociology student group won the City Studio’s people’s choice award in December 2020.
Call for Abstracts is Open for UBC Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference 2021
UBC Sociology and the Sociology Students’ Association invites all undergraduate students to present their works at the Annual Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference.
Urban Ethnographic Field School moving online for Summer Term 1
Tom Kemple (Sociology) and Amir Shiva (Anthropology) are teaching the 6 credit Urban Ethnographic Field School (UEFS) online in summer term 1 (May 10 to June 25, 2021). The focus of the course will be on digital ethnography.
Pets of Sociology: Finn
Introducing Finn, Professor Robyn Pitman’s 14-month old Golden Retriever Rough Collie Dog. First Thing You Notice About Me I say hi to everyone. I think everyone, animal, and human, should be my friend and I usually have a huge grin on my face. I love coming to work at the ANSO building and saying hi to […]
Women with straight As, men who flunk could have similar leadership prospects: study
UBC Sociology Prof. Yue Qian published a new study showing women who earned a 4.0 grade-point average in high school could have roughly the same leadership prospects as men who flunked their classes.
Remembering Anushka Samarawickrama
UBC Sociology remembers Anushka Samarawickrama (BA Sociology 2013), who passed away after suffering complications from a pulmonary embolism on December 13, 2020.