In the Media

Prof. Sylvia Fuller speaks to the CBC re Mother’s Day and work

With mothers at the forefront of everyone’s minds this weekend … it would be nice if employers would be more conscious of mothers and their responsibilities all year round… [View article.]

Think SOCIOLOGY! Spring newsletter

Welcome to the Spring 2015 issue of our newsletter! In an effort to be environmentally sound and to lower our production and distribution costs (we reach over 3,000 readers), our newsletter will from now on appear only in electronic format… [go to Newsletter…]

Prof. Neil Guppy comments on workplace relationships and the Jian Ghomeshi scandal

The Georgia Straight speaks to Neil Guppy in “CBC’s handling of Jian Ghomeshi scandal highlights need for healthy workplace relationships” story by Jollean Willington – read full  article.

Students Andrew Patterson and Misaqe Ismailzai receive CSA award

Graduate Student Andrew Patterson and Honours Student Misaqe Ismailzai each received a Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) Outstanding Graduating Student Award. The awards were presented on April 8th and will be posted on the CSA website csa-scs.ca in Sept 2015.

CBC interviews Prof. Nathan Lauster on $1 million tweet

Affordability of Single Family Houses in Vancouver at issue

Media’s spotlight on Amin Ghaziani’s work on gender and urban renewal

When we think about gay neighborhoods, many of us are not immediately imagining lesbians. But like gay men, lesbians also have certain cities, neighborhoods, and small towns in which they are more likely to live. Click here to read my latest essay on unique lesbian geographies. Writing for The Society Pages, Lisa Wade picked up […]

UBC Sociology Team places 6th in Vancouver Sun Run in ‘Education’ category

Thirteen members of the Department of Sociology competed in yesterday’s Vancouver Sun Run. Team UBC Sociology placed 6th (of 39) in the ‘Education’ category of corporate teams, with a team member average time of 49:52 for the 10k international race. photo: Akira Xu, Joshua Tindall, David Tindall, Eve Wong, Boris Chea, Heather Thom, Francois Lachapelle, […]

Prof. David Tindall and PhD Candidate Georgia Piggot publish in Nature Climate Change

David Tindall and PhD candidate Georgia Piggot publish in Nature Climate Change: “Influence of social ties to environmentalists on public climate change perceptions”

Prof. Renisa Mawani wins Killam Teaching Prize for Graduate Instruction

Congratulations to Prof. Renisa Mawani, recipient of the 2014/2015 Killam Teaching Prize for Graduate Instruction. This prestigious award is given in recognition of excellent graduate-level teaching.

Grad Student Katherine Lyon receives ASA Award

Grad Student Katherine Lyon receives SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award granted by the ASA Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology. The purpose of these awards is to prepare a new generation of scholars and leaders in the Teaching Movement in Sociology by providing supplemental funds to support participation in the Section on […]