Research

Q&A with Prof Renisa Mawani on the Dark History of a small BC Island
“Mothers more likely than fathers to lose their job” says new study by Profs Sylvia Fuller and Yue Qian
Assistant Professor Amanda Cheong publishes article in International Migration Review

Assistant Professor Amanda Cheong publishes article in International Migration Review

Assistant Prof Amanda Cheong has a new article out examining the relationships between prior undocumented status and immigrants’ naturalization behaviours.

Profs Sylvia Fuller & Yue Qian Explain the Growing Gender Employment Gap Under Covid
Instructor Rafael Wainer Publishes Paper on Delaying Descent into a Blasé Attitude During COVID
Prof. Yue Qian receives major funding for Coronavirus research.
Sociology MA Student, Suki Xiao, and Prof Yue Qian on What Frontline Workers in Wuhan can Teach us about Mental Health & COVID-19

Sociology MA Student, Suki Xiao, and Prof Yue Qian on What Frontline Workers in Wuhan can Teach us about Mental Health & COVID-19

The recent suicides of health care workers in New York brought attention to the Covid-19 mental health crisis emerging in the US and Europe. Yet in Wuhan, ground zero of the global pandemic, health care workers’ reports of burnout, trauma and emotional distress were already common in February. Emerging research from China shows that frontline health care […]

UBC Sociology Lecturer Robyn Pitman talks supporting families working from home in UBC COVID-19 webinar

UBC Sociology Lecturer Robyn Pitman talks supporting families working from home in UBC COVID-19 webinar

On April 22, 2020, UBC experts from the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Education participated in the third webinar in our COVID-19 series. They discussed ways to support families navigating the complexities of living, working, and learning from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adjusting to more time at home together, some families struggle with […]

Prof. Gillian Creese explores experiences of growing up African-Canadian in Vancouver in her new book, “Where Are You From?”

Prof. Gillian Creese explores experiences of growing up African-Canadian in Vancouver in her new book, “Where Are You From?”

Despite Vancouver’s diverse population, only one percent of its residents are racialized as Black. UBC Sociology Professor Gillian Creese published her new book, “Where Are You From?”, in December 2019. Her new research examines the hypervisibility and invisibility of second-generation African-Canadians growing up in Vancouver. We interviewed Prof. Creese about Vancouver’s unique environment, her applications of […]

Prof. Sylvia Fuller & Rima Wilkes Co-Author Paper on the Gender Bias in Scholarly Discussion