Profs. Katherine Lyon and Tony Silva recognized by Canadian Sociological Association
Prof. Katherine Lyon received Lorne Tepperman Outstanding Contribution to Teaching Award and Tony Silva was recognized with the Early Investigator Award by the Canadian Sociological Association.
Prof. Katherine Lyon speaks to UBC Language Sciences about her recent co-authored study “A Sociological Lens on Linguistic Diversity: Implications for Writing Inclusive Multiple-Choice Assessments”
The study explored how multiple-choice assessments can act as a medium to shape linguistically diverse students’ abilities to demonstrate disciplinary knowledge.
Students engage with community organizations as part of the COVID-19 & Society course
As part of the course work for Dr. Lyon’s COVID-19 & Society course, students collaborated with community organizations to create infographics on a topic related to COVID-19.
Congratulations to Prof. Katherine Lyon for her Killam Teaching Prize
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Katherine Lyon has just been awarded a 2020/2021 Killam Teaching Prize, in recognition for her excellence and innovation in teaching practice, deep commitment to community engagement and student success and well-being, and active engagement in the scholarship of teaching and learning, at UBC and internationally.
UBC and other universities are creating courses addressing the effects of the pandemic
Many universities are introducing new courses about the pandemic and how it affects our lives. UBC Sociology Prof. Katherine Lyon created a COVID-19 & Society course, that examines how the pandemic is affecting our families, work lives, and health and education institutions.
Registration open for COVID-19 & Society online course on edX
UBC Sociology Professor Katherine Lyon’s innovative and timely COVID-19 & Society course is now available for the global public via edX. Participants around the world will analyze how coronavirus impacted social inequalities, and what we can do about it. This course will teach you core ways of approaching health, climate change, and social justice in the COVID-19 era.
CityNews: UBC course explores how COVID-19 impacts society
A new course offered by UBC is exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic intersects with race, gender, class, age and sexuality. Miranda Fatur explains what students will learn.
Q&A on Our New Course – Covid-19 & Society
Read the Q&A on UBC Sociology’s latest course focusing on the impacts of Covid-19 on society today, as students explore the current and long lasting impacts that it will have on society.