Sociology Grad Student Xueqing Zhang Writes on Why East-Asian International Students Stay Quiet in Class
The number of international students continues to climb at Canadian universities. In 2018, Canada recorded 435,415 international students enrolled at all postsecondary education levels, an 18-percent jump from the previous year. The University of British Columbia, where I study, has 16,000 international students, comprising 26 percent of undergraduates and 36 percent of graduate students. East-Asian students (i.e., students from China, Japan and South Korea) make up […]
Prof Yue Qian on Effects of Quarantine due to COVID-19
But for others, self- isolation may pose more problems, says University of British Columbia researcher Yue Qian. Qian is one of 47 researchers who received a grant last week from the federal government to study the effects of COVID-19 in Canada. Her work will focus on the mental stress of quarantine for people particularly in […]
Prof David Tindall on Public Opinion and Indigenous Rights
British Columbians mostly support construction of the $6.6 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline and do not believe roadblocks, rail blockades and other disruptions are acceptable ways to show opposition to it, according to a poll. The online poll by Leger, conducted for Postmedia, suggests that 57 per cent of British Columbians strongly or somewhat support construction […]
Prof. Yue Qian receives major funding for Coronavirus research.
Yue Qian could only look on, feeling helpless, as COVID-19 ravaged her home city of Wuhan—the epicentre of an outbreak that has killed more than 3,000 people and infected more than 90,000 globally. “When the quarantine was first issued, I was so worried,” says Qian, an assistant professor in the UBC department of sociology. “I […]
Lecturer Amira Halperin to Present with MOSAIC at the Canada Metropolis Conference
Sherman Chan, Director of Family and Settlement Services at MOSAIC, and Dr. Amira Halperin, UBC Department of Sociology, partnered in 2018 – 2019 academic year. MOSAIC is one of the largest settlement organizations in Canada. In 2020, they will present for the second time in a row at Metropolis Canada Conference: “Renewing Canada’s Commitment to […]
