In the Media

Prof. Nathanael Lauster in The Star Vancouver

Talking about Vancouver’s new empty homes tax. Lauster said the empty homes tax does seem to have been effective at communicating to property owners that empty homes are “negative for the city.”

Prof. Yue Qian wrote an op-ed in Channel News Asia

about China’s two-child policy. “Policies aimed at reducing the gender pay gap and promoting an egalitarian division of labour between husbands and wives would increase women’s marital power and fertility autonomy,” wrote Qian.

UBCSociology places 10th in the 2018 Vancouver SunRun.

Yesterday, the UBCSociology SunRun team (comprising of 21 faculty, students, staff, and friends and family) participated in the department’s 10th  Vancouver SunRun. Beth Hirsh led the way with a 41 minute time, leading the team to a 10th place finish in the Education category out of 38 teams, beating such worthy UBC opponents as UBC […]

Prof. Yue Qian in Inkstone (South China Morning Post)

talking about open gender discrimination in hiring in China

Prof. Amin Ghaziani and Grad Student Adge Brodyn in the Georgia Straight

talking about how the societal acceptance of LGBT people does not displace prejudice; it recrafts it into subtler forms.

Prof. Nathan Lauster in The Star Vancouver

Talking about the move to enable permanent residents to vote in the City of Vancouver

Prof. Lindsey Richardson

is researching what kind of socioeconomic interventions can reduce drug use and related harm in response to the overdose crisis.

Prof. Amin Ghaziani in MEL Magazine

talking about how straight people who live in urban gay districts perpetuate subtle forms of discrimination in their interactions with gays and lesbians on the streets. The feature story covers the new research that he published in City & Community with UBC graduate student Adriana Brodyn.

Prof. Amin Ghaziani in The Star

talking about the cultural and political importance of queer nightlife spaces.

Graduate Student Adriana Brodyn and Prof. Amin Ghaziani

speak with several members of the media about how straight people who live in gay neighbourhoods discriminate against their gay and lesbian neighbours, including the UBC Media Release team, Phys.org, Business Standard, Indy 100, ANI News, Mid-Day News, and Psychology Central.