Prof. Sinikka Elliott on Changing Ideas of Marriage in Global News
More Canadians are entering common-law unions than ever before. Around one-fifth of Canadians are in common-law relationships, a three-fold increase from 1981, according to 2016 data from Statistics Canada. The type of relationship arrangements in the country have greatly shifted over the last few decades, with marriage rates declining and separations or divorce becoming increasingly common, StatsCan […]
Prof. David Tindall Interviewed by City on Current Pipeline Protests
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — As demonstrations continue in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who are against an LNG pipeline in north-central B.C., a sociology professor says it’s not clear how much longer people will take daily disruptions. Protesters have shut down ports, disrupted traffic in Vancouver, and has started to make waves in different parts […]
Prof. Renisa Mawani Takes Part in SAB Panel at UBC on Academic Freedom
In an effort to deconstruct the concept of academic freedom, the UBC Students Against Bigotry (SAB) hosted a panel called “Academic Freedom: Under Threat at UBC?” that invited the university community to consider many of the questions underlying this debate. Moderated by PhD student and SAB member Jonathan Turcotte-Summers, the February 5 panel featured Associate Professor in […]
Prof. Yue Qian writes why Asian men are more likely to be Excluded from Online Dating
This Valentine’s Day, many single people will be looking for their date online. In fact, this is now one of the most popular ways heterosexual couples meet. Online dating provides users with access to thousands, sometimes millions, of potential partners they are otherwise unlikely to encounter. It is fascinating to see how online dating — with its expanded dating […]
Prof. Renisa Mawani’s Book Shortlisted for Award by UK Socio-Legal Studies Association
Congratulations to UBC Sociology Professor Renisa Mawani’s book, Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire, has been short-listed by the UK Socio-Legal Studies Association for Socio-Legal History and Theory Prize. Mawani’s book is short-listed along with two others by Rose Parfitt and Kate Seear, and will be awarded […]
Prof. Amy Hanser on the Unwritten Rules of the Bus in University Affairs
When riding a public bus, most of us deliberately avoid paying attention to our fellow passengers. Amy Hanser, a sociologist at the University of British Columbia, is ignoring this convention for her new SSHRC-funded study, “The Public Bus as Urban Space.” As part of the project, Dr. Hanser is taking the bus around Vancouver in […]
Ph.D. Candidate Adriana Bordyn Receives Top Cited Article Award of 2018-19 from Wiley Publishing
Congratulations Adriana Bordyn, a Ph.D. student at the UBC Department of Sociology, who has recently received the top cited article award for her paper “Performative Progressiveness: Accounting for New Forms of Inequality in the Gayborhood” (Co-Authored with Prof. Amin Ghaziani). Performative Progressiveness looks at the co-occurrence of progressive mindsets and homonegative actions among straight residents […]
Why Are Millennials Still Living with Their Parents? Prof. Silvia Bartolic Answers in Huffington Post
We know that millennials are living with their parents longer than previous generations. Thanks, outrageous rent! But there are other reasons, too. Generally, they’re waiting longer to get married and start families, and with Canada’s vast cultural diversity, multi-generational homes are becoming more common and people feel less inclined to move out immediately after graduating from postsecondary school.
Prof. Amin Ghaziani on Soaring LGBTQ+ Hate Crime Rates in the UK in British Cosmopolitan
After decades of progress for the LGBTQ+ community, hate crimes are on the rise. But why? And, crucially, what can we do to stop them? Amelia Abraham investigates…