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.
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
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?”
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 Yue Qian Publishes Op-Ed on Social Isolation During COVID-19 Lockdown
social isolation and city shutdown as a response to covid-19 by yue qian As we struggle to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, experts in North America urge people to practice social distancing to flatten the curve. Epidemiologists recommend that people minimize social contact and limit all social engagements to slow COVID-19 spread. Although social distancing […]
Prof. Yue Qian receives major funding for Coronavirus research.
Yue Qian could only look on, feeling helpless, as COVID-19 ravaged her home city of Wuhan—the epicentre of an outbreak that has killed more than 3,000 people and infected more than 90,000 globally. “When the quarantine was first issued, I was so worried,” says Qian, an assistant professor in the UBC department of sociology. “I […]