Prof. Sinikka Elliott, along with her fellow coauthors, featured in Constant Wonder radio about home cooking
Constant Wonder radio host Marcus Smith interview Prof. Elliott, and fellow coauthors, about home cooking and why it isn’t “all that”. Interview starts at 21:45 mark.
Prof. Amin Ghaziani featured in Oakland Magazine on why Oakland does not have a gayborhood
Despite being the third largest city in the US, Oakland does not have a gayborhood. Prof. Amin Ghaziani examines why in Oakland Magazine.
Prof. David Tindall featured in the Star Vancouver on student activism and the anti-Ford government walkout
A wave of student activism that has been building in recent weeks is set to culminate Thursday in a province-wide anti-Ford government student walkout, that organizers hope will be the largest in Canada’s history, involving hundreds of schools.
Prof. Seth Abrutyn featured in Science News on youth trauma
“People go through great lengths to make sense of suicides. And that tendency becomes stronger when the people who killed themselves don’t fit expectations,” says Professor Abrutyn.
Prof. Amin Ghaziani produces a video for his research on Cultural Archipelagos.
The video is available on the main page for City & Community and on Vimeo as well.
Prof. Sinikka Elliott published an op-ed in The Conversation on raising children under suspicion and criminalization
The Conversation published an op-ed by Professor Elliott, about the difficulties of raising children under a veil of suspicion. The article has also been posted in the National Post.
Prof. Amin Ghaziani was featured in PsychCentral on Queer neighborhoods becoming more diverse
“LGBTQ Americans are an incredibly diverse group of people. Why wouldn’t we expect that diversity to express itself in the places they live and call home as well?” said Amin Ghaziani, professor in UBC’s Department of Sociology.
PhD Student Emily Truong-Cheung featured in the Globe and Mail
PhD Student. Emily Truong-Cheung, spoke to the Globe and Mail about class inequality in the Canadian university admissions process.
Prof. Rima Wilkes featured in the Vancouver Sun on the systematic exclusion of groups of people
Prof. Rima Wilkes, who studies issues around radicalization and political resistance, explores how in Canada, groups of people have been systematically excluded.
Prof. Sinikka Elliott featured in multiple news media on her new book about family cooking
Professor Elliott’s new book, Pressure Cooker, was featured in an article by CBC.