Looking for sustainable holiday gifts? Check out the clothing brand founded by Sociology alum Tanya Lee (BA’13, MM’14)
Support UBC alumni — and the planet — with gifts made from upcycled materials, shipped in recyclable packaging, and designed for reuse.
Prof. Jennifer Berdahl writes about why Trump is choosing potential cabinet members who have sexual abuse allegations
One might wonder why so many of US President-elect Donald Trump’s choices include men accused of sexually abusing women and girls.
Register for SOCI 495A/599C: Demography of Disasters in Term 2
Professor Ethan Raker will be teaching SOCI 495A/599C: Demography of Disaster on Mondays from 2-5 PM in Term 2.
Prof. Lindsey Richardson receives funding for projects from Health Research BC’s 2024 C2 and Reach competitions
Professor Richardson received funding for two projects that seek to support people with lived and living experiences of substance use through knowledge generation and mobilization.
Congratulations to UBC Sociology students graduating in November 2024!
We asked the November graduates of our graduate program to share their thoughts and reflections on their time in our program.
Prof. Neda Maghbouleh appointed as a new Canada Research Chair
Her work is among the first to identify and empirically study Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) communities in the U.S. and Canada.
Indigenous-led solutions to health crises: UBC Research Cluster led by Prof. Kimberly Huyser tackles pandemic inequities
Prof. Kimberly Huyser spent the past four years researching how the pandemic has affected Indigenous communities and she’s now launched a new research cluster focused on centering Indigenous-led solutions in public health crises.
Prof. Amanda Cheong offers a sociology of statelessness in a new open-access article
The article explores how conflicts over who counts as a stateless person play out below the formal letter of the law in Malaysia.
PhD student Taekyeong Goh investigates how democracy and inequality shaped the COVID-19 pandemic
PhD student Taekyeong Goh recently published a new paper as the lead author in International Journal of Comparative Sociology.
Profs. Lindsey Richardson and Sylvia Fuller discuss their research on wealth inequality ahead of the Stone Centre opening
The Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality at UBC is poised to become a leading research hub on wealth inequality, significantly contributing to academic and public conversations.