Congratulations to MA student Caitlin Chong for being featured in CSA Fall 2021 “Student Spotlight” series!
MA student Caitlin Chong has been featured in the Canadian Sociological Association Student Concerns Subcommittee “Student Spotlight” series for Fall 2021.
The feature highlights her proposed MA thesis project as well as her ongoing research conducted with Dr. Amanda Cheong and Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice.
Sociology graduate students selected for the Institute of Asian Research Fellows Program
Congratulations to our graduate students Caitlin Chong, Yijia Zhang, and Sophie Liu who have been selected for the 2021/2022 Institute of Asian Research Fellows Program.
Congratulations to BC Home Economics Scholarships Foundation Evelyn Kerr Memorial Scholarship recipient Sandy Yen
Undergraduate student Sandy Yen has been awarded the BC Home Economics Scholarships Foundations Evelyn Kerr Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is granted to students pursuing family centered studies and planning to pursue family life education or home economics/family studies teaching.
PhD Candidate Ryan Stillwagon selected for UBC’s 2021/2022 Public Scholars Initiative
Each year the rates of food insecurity in Canada surpass the highest rates ever recorded before with one in six households with children being food insecure. Like most others, this insecurity impacts more those already marginalized, such as people identifying as queer. Ryan plans on bringing together and working with community members to illustrate communal solutions and improvements to food security challenges and contribute to better policymaking and sustainable urban development.
Congratulations to Jiaxin Gu for her selection as part of the IAR 2021-2022 fellows program
The program brings together UBC graduate students with an interesting in advancing research addressing a broad range of issues and is based on engagement with and deep knowledge of Asia.
Liu Institute for Global Issues at SPPGA call for applications: 2021 Simons Award in Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security
The Liu Institute for Global Issues at SPPGA call for applications: 2021 Simons Award in Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security The Liu Institute for Global Issues at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs invites applications to the Simons Award in Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security from UBC students intending to undertake research on topics […]
5 things your prof wants you to know: advice for new students
Sociology Professor Neil Armitage gave his take on the best advice for first year students, urging us to “Embrace discomfort and be prepared that you will not understand everything – it gets boring when you do and probably means you have become complacent, c’est la vie.”
PhD candidate D. Kyle Sutherland publishes research examining boundary negotiations of transgender identity-membership in Social Problems
Focusing on the broadness of the term “transgender” as an umbrella term for non traditional gender identities, UBC Sociology PhD candidate D. Kyle Sutherland’s latest research aims to examine the dynamics of transgender-identity membership within online communities.
PhD candidate Ryan Stillwagon and the Two-Spirit Dry Lab publishes their research in the Journal of Indigenous HIV Research
Ryan Stillwagon and the Two-Spirit Dry Lab, a collaborative initiative of Indigenous and settler researchers, conducted a study to explore drivers of sexual health knowledge with 2S and other gbMSM communities.
Prof. Guy Stecklov to teach new course about global population dynamics
UBC Sociology Professor Guy Stecklov’s new course, Global Population Dynamics, aims to engage with population dynamics from a very global and historical perspective.