Kimberly Huyser’s research amplifies Indigenous voices during the COVID-19 Pandemic
A new interdisciplinary research network is announcing eight research projects investigating COVID-19 variants of concern (VOCs) and variants of interest (VOIs) in Canada. University of British Columbia Sociology Professor Kimberly Huyser is overseeing Pillar 7, which focuses on Indigenous Engagement, Development, and Research (CIEDAR).
Prof. Amanda Cheong joins University of Ottawa Prof. Jamie Liew for project documenting experiences of racialized stateless persons
Cheong and Liew’s project received a SSHRC CRSH Insight Grant to further their research, which will be the first in-depth study of the historical and institutional roots of statelessness in Malaysia.
Dr. Silvia Bartolic and Dr. Neil Guppy examine UBC Vancouver’s rapid transition to online learning
UBC Sociology professors Dr. Silvia Bartolic and Dr. Neil Guppy examine UBCV’s rapid transition to online remote teaching from a range of perspectives, including students, faculty and administrators.
Undergraduate student Vivian Truong reveals how moral panics around COVID-19 emerged in the United Kingdom
Vivian Troung’s research project looks at how the UK government’s business as usual approach to containment led to moral panics in British newspapers prior to the W.H.O. declaring COVID-19 a pandemic.
Saara Rajan takes first place at the 2021 Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference
Saara Rajan’s research project focused on the disparity in media coverage between male and female political candidates in the 2019 Canadian federal election, finding female political candidates receive less and more negative coverage than their male counterparts.
Nichole Goh’s research highlights how social support systems helped students through COVID-19
Nichole Goh’s Honours thesis project highlighted the experiences of Southeast Asian UBC students living through the pandemic and looked at how their received social support has helped them.
Monorme Chaudhury explores the lives of immigrants and their second-generation children in her Honours research project
A first-generation immigrant in Canada, Monorme Chaudhury’s interest in learning about similar cohorts who moved to Canada years ago shaped her research project to be relevant to the immigrant families and support the amendment of immigration policies in place within Canada.
Kyara Liu investigates the intersection of race and mental health for Canadian immigrants
Kyara Liu’s project explores how the added experiences of racism can further negatively impact mental health for visible minorities and immigrants.
UBC Sociology Ph.D student launches a new podcast on stories of Black and Brown youth
UBC Sociology PhD candidate Adriana Brodyn has produced a new podcast that sheds light on the untold stories of Black and Brown youth from Chicago’s South and West Sides.
Kritika Joshi addresses how Indigenous peoples and pipeline protests are represented in the media
Kritikia Joshi’s research project investigates how Indigenous nations have been represented as monolithic in the media surrounding the Trans Mountain and Coastal GasLink pipeline.