OER in focus: Prof. Silvia Bartolic transforms Family Sociology textbook into an open educational resource
The revised version is more dynamic and accessible, with interactive activities to enhance student engagement and retention.
Canada’s housing crisis is preventing millions from forming the households they want
A new study from Prof. Nathanael Lauster examines how rising housing costs across major Canadian cities have affected household formation.
Prof. Seth Abrutyn’s articles among the top downloaded ASA journal articles in 2024
Two of Professor Seth Abrutyn’s articles have made the list for the top downloaded articles from each ASA journal in 2024.
The profs who changed us: Prof. Emeritus Kenneth Stoddart’s transformative impact on students
Prof. emeritus Kenneth Stoddart’s unique approach to teaching sociology had a transformative impact on his students.
Prof. Laura Nelson receives Large TLEF grant for AI literacy project
“Unpacking the Black Box: Critical AI Literacies for Arts Education,” is one of 17 Arts projects to receive funding.
2025 PROSE Awards: Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani announced as finalists
The two UBC Sociology faculty members were named as finalists in the category of Cultural Anthropology and Sociology.
Prof. Neda Maghbouleh examines central paradox in research on MENA populations
She argues that past scholarship has advanced sociology in three key areas: identity, racialization, and integration.
Prof. Amin Ghaziani argues for a conceptual shift in understanding queer nightlife
More than just an art form, queer nightlife is a cultural field. This shift accents relational artmaking and the aesthetics of activism.
Flooding, Sociospatial Risk, and Population Health: Prof. Ethan Raker investigates how climate change is affecting flood patterns
In Demography, Raker explores how an underexamined dimension of vulnerability—sociospatial risk determinations—can stratify population health.
Profs. Aryan Karimi and Rima Wilkes investigate how to assign social groups to ethnic and racial categories
Karimi and Wilkes analyze ethnic and racial models and whether they settle the questions of who is race and who is ethnicity.