Prof. Yue Qian and PhD student Manlin Cai publish article “Mate preferences and platform choices among Chinese immigrant online daters in Vancouver” in Canadian Review of Sociology
Qian and Cai’s findings suggest that the social distance created by offline segregation is projected into online dating settings. Rapid digitalization lead to the formation of ethnic online communities, particularly popular among racialized immigrants. The success of multiculturalism in Canada will require addressing the challenges digital ethnic enclaves pose for intergroup contact and racial/ethnic equality.
Honours student Pengcheng Fang explores how racialized UBC students understand and practice reconciliation in their everyday lives
Pengcheng Fang is a graduate student in urban planning at the University of British Columbia. He recently graduated as part of Sociology’s Honours program under the supervision of Prof. Amanda Cheong. His research project focused on understanding how racialized UBC students understand and practice reconciliation in their everyday lives.
Department Head Catherine Corrigall-Brown discusses her new book “Keeping the March Alive”
We spoke to Prof. Catherine Corrigall Brown about her recent release “Keeping the March Alive: How Grassroots Activism Survived Trump’s America”.
PhD Candidate Umay Kader studying how young adults who live with their parents navigate these living arrangements.
“Housing crises, the labour market—especially the uncertain and precarious labour market—unemployment and underemployment are all factors that influence people’s decision to stay at home or return back to their parents’ place,” PhD candidate Umay Kader is conducting interviews with people aged 25 to 34 who live with their parents in Metro Vancouver to learn how they navigate these living arrangements.
Congratulations to Prof. Renisa Mawani for being named Canada Research Chair in Colonial Legal Studies
Congratulations to Prof. Mawani for her appointment as a Canada Research Chair! The program enables Canadian universities to achieve the highest levels of research excellence, with chair holders improving knowledge depth and strengthening international competitiveness.
Watch: Dr. Jane Sell’s Martha Foschi Lecture
Dr. Jane Sell reports on decades of social psychological research directed at determining how race/ethnicity operates in small groups and what interventions are successful in the 2022 Martha Foschi Honorary Lecture.
Prof. Raker speaks at University of Wisconsin-Madison Centre for Demography and Ecology
Prof. Raker delivered a lecture titled “Flooding, Spatial Vulnerability, and Racial Health Disparities: The Case of Hurricane Harvey” as part of the centre’s Demography Seminar Series.
Prof. Karimi to speak as part of the Center for Migration Studies New Voices Speaker Series on November 7th
In his lecture, Prof. Karimi aims to address the theoretical impasse faced by migration studies by examining existing assimilation theories against the Popperian scientific criteria.
Celebrating our Faculty’s Recent Publications
Last month, UBC Sociology held a Book Launch Party to celebrate some of our faculty who published new books during the pandemic. After a long time of doing research and writing remotely, it was wonderful to come together to share what we had learned.
Study abroad with a Global Seminar in Guatemala
Study Power and Oppression and Theories of Civil Society on location in rural Guatemala! UBC Professors Sylvia Berryman (Philosophy) and Thomas Kemple (Sociology) are teaming up once again with Go Global to offer a unique encounter with global systems, oppression, poverty, and civil society activism.