Maëlle Richard awarded the Carol Matusicky Prize in Family Studies
Congratulations to undergraduate student Maëlle Richard who was awarded the Carol Matusicky Prize in Family Studies.
Dr. Katherine Lyon talks new COVID-19 and Society course with The Ubyssey
UBC students now have the opportunity to study the COVID-19 pandemic as it unfolds in a new course, COVID-19 and Society.
UBC Sociology announces COVID-19 & Society online course
COVID-19 & Society invites students to examine how pandemics inform social inequality, interpersonal interaction, and societal change.
Prof. Sinikka Elliott talks the burdens COVID-19 places on “women’s work”
Women are “describing feeling an inordinate amount of expectations that have been placed on their shoulders in this pandemic,” Sinikka Elliott told Vox.
Sr Instructor Kerry Greer Wins 2020 Killam Teaching Prize
Congratulations to our very own Kerry Greer who is one of the recipients of this year’s 2019-2020 UBC Killam Teaching Prize for her excellence in teaching as part of the UBC Department of Sociology. Kerry was nominated for this award due to her outstanding achievement as a teacher, and is no doubt a reflection of […]
Summer Term 2: New Sections & Increased Class Sizes
UBC Sociology is announcing new sections and increased class sizes for our Summer Term 2 Sociology and Family Studies online courses.
UBC Sociology Lecturer Robyn Pitman talks supporting families working from home in UBC COVID-19 webinar
On April 22, 2020, UBC experts from the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Education participated in the third webinar in our COVID-19 series. They discussed ways to support families navigating the complexities of living, working, and learning from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adjusting to more time at home together, some families struggle with […]
Summer Term 1: New Sections & Increased Class Sizes
As the Summer Term 1 has now been moved online, there is now an increased availability of Sociology and Family Studies Courses available for students. Please look below for classes with new sections, which will run at the same time as the other section, as well as classes that have increased in class size. As […]
Ph.D. Student Emily Truong-Cheung Wins 2020 UBC Killam Graduate TA Award
Congratulations to Sociology Ph.D. Student Emily Truong-Cheung for winning the 2020 UBC Killiam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. This recognition is presented each year to a small number of graduate students who have made outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at UBC. Originally completing her BA at UBC in Sociology (Honours), then completing her MA in Sociology […]
How UBC Sociology Professors are Transitioning to Online Teaching
COVID-19 required a rapid response from UBC Sociology faculty who had to transition to online teaching mid-semester in March. We spoke to Silvia Bartolic about how new technologies allowed faculty and students to adapt to online teaching.