Remembering Sinikka Elliott
Sinikka Elliott was an exceptionally skilled and deeply engaged scholar with a deep-felt commitment to social justice and equality for all
Congratulations to Melinda Trinh winner of the Family Studies Graduating Prize
With her passion for research and exploring current world problems, Melinda Trinh will be pursuing a Masters of Public Policy at SFU this coming fall.
Saara Rajan takes first place at the 2021 Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference
Saara Rajan’s research project focused on the disparity in media coverage between male and female political candidates in the 2019 Canadian federal election, finding female political candidates receive less and more negative coverage than their male counterparts.
Nichole Goh’s research highlights how social support systems helped students through COVID-19
Nichole Goh’s Honours thesis project highlighted the experiences of Southeast Asian UBC students living through the pandemic and looked at how their received social support has helped them.
Monorme Chaudhury explores the lives of immigrants and their second-generation children in her Honours research project
A first-generation immigrant in Canada, Monorme Chaudhury’s interest in learning about similar cohorts who moved to Canada years ago shaped her research project to be relevant to the immigrant families and support the amendment of immigration policies in place within Canada.
Kyara Liu investigates the intersection of race and mental health for Canadian immigrants
Kyara Liu’s project explores how the added experiences of racism can further negatively impact mental health for visible minorities and immigrants.
UBC Sociology undergrads clinch first place at the City Studio’s Hubbub Conference 2021
UBC Sociology undergrads Ben Lum and Eman Alsulaiti bagged first place at City Studio’s Hubbub conference 2021 for their project called Vancouver Plan: Youth Outreach Design.
Kritika Joshi addresses how Indigenous peoples and pipeline protests are represented in the media
Kritikia Joshi’s research project investigates how Indigenous nations have been represented as monolithic in the media surrounding the Trans Mountain and Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Ervin Wong reveals how Asian identity experiences are shared and memed online
Ervin Wong’s honours research focused on identity construction among Asian North American individuals through their interactions online.
Eleven UBC Sociology students awarded Education and Awareness prize by British Columbia Historical Federation
The British Columbia Historical Federation recognizes a cohort of UBC Sociology students who partnered with heritage organizations and historical research projects to assist community partners during the pandemic.