Working from home is a human rights issue, Prof. Sylvia Fuller tells CBC News
“It’s not just a convenience issue for people. It is a human rights issue, insofar as it maps onto folks with some disabilities [and] health conditions [who really need] that flexibility,” she said. “[There’s] a lot of people who are quietly still not wanting to get infected and wanting to protect their health and that of their family.”
Pay transparency is an important tool for workers and for more equitable working environments says Prof. Sylvia Fuller
“When you publish people’s salaries and they can actually see what they’re making [compared to] what their equivalent peers are making, for example, you do see the gender wage gap shrink,” says Fuller. This is relevant when you consider that in Canada, female employees aged 25 to 54 still earn 11.1 percent less per hour than male employees, and there are also significant racial wage gaps.
Prof. Renisa Mawani awarded 2022 UBC Killam Research Prize
Prof. Mawani is among the six Arts scholars to receive a 2022 UBC Faculty Research Award for her work relating to colonial legal history, the interplay between critical theory and legal history, and the idea of legalities of nature.
Remembering Professor Emeritus James Ponzetti
UBC Sociology sends our condolences to the family and friends of Professor Emeritus James Ponzetti, who passed away unexpectedly last week
Share your stories to celebrate Profs. Becki Ross’ and Gillian Creese’s retirements
As part of our celebration of their careers and retirement, we invite students, alumni, faculty and staff to share stories and photos Profs. Becki Ross and Gillian Creese. These stories and pictures will be used as part of our celebrations, shared via our website and delivered to each of them respectively.
Contexts magazine publishes first issue under leadership of Prof. Abrutyn and Ghaziani
Contexts aims to make the best sociological research accessible to broad audiences while focusing on the most pressing issues and debates of our time. Led by Sociology Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani, the issue focuses on the unfulfilled promise of choice.
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.
Profs. Nelson and Raker interviewed by department led Contexts Magazine
Profs. Laura Nelson and Ethan Raker were interviewed by Contexts Magazine, a quarterly sociology magazine aimed at the broader public, and led by UBC Sociology Profs. Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn.
Prof. Aryan Karimi publishes op-ed “How equity, diversity, and inclusion policies are becoming are becoming a tool for capitalism” in The Conversation
Prof. Karimi’s piece discusses the use of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Educational Frameworks in recent years.
Prof. Amanda Cheong invited to Vancouver’s US Consulate to discuss her research on statelessness during AAPI Heritage Month in May
Prof. Cheong was invited in thanks for her sharing her research on statelessness, undocumented migration and the history of Asian exclusion as part of last year’s AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) Heritage Month in May.