Professor Becki Ross featured in the UBC Library
Professor Ross talks about how UBC Library users are now able to access archives offering an expansive and detailed look at LGBT2SQIA history.
Professor Renisa Mawani releases new book
Renisa Mawani examines the historical and conceptual stakes of situating histories of Indian migration within maritime worlds in her new book, “Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire.”
Prof. Sinikka Elliott co-authors op-ed in the New York Times
Professor Elliot touches on how changes proposed to the food stamp program in the US threaten to leave children hungry.
View our Fall 2018 newsletter
Our Fall 2018 issue of ‘ThinkSociology’ is now available online! Learn about exciting things happening within our department and read articles from profs. Sinikka Elliott, Sean Lauer, Neil Guppy, and Francesco Duina.
UBC graduate students published an essay in The Conversation.
Ryan Stillwagon, Adriana Brodyn, and Kyle Sutherland team up with their supervisor Prof. Amin Ghaziani to discuss the emergence of “queer pop-ups” in Western Canada.
Prof. Yue Qian wrote an op-ed for The Conversation
talking about the link between educational success and the chances of getting married.
Prof. David Tindall published an op-ed in The Conversation
talking about a ruling in the Federal Court of Appeal involving the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Professor Wendy Roth writes op-ed for The Conversation
Professor Roth discusses genetic ancestry testing and how some test users ‘cherry-pick’ their results.