Undergrad. Student, Siqi Xiao, was awarded the UBC International Community Achievement Award
The award is available to continuing international undergraduate students at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus, who have demonstrated leadership in one or more of the following areas: community service, international engagement, intercultural understanding, promotion of diversity, intellectual pursuits, and artistic or athletic endeavours. Awards are made on the recommendation of a selection committee […]
Undergrad. Student, Alex Chow, was awarded the Katherine Brearley Arts Scholarship
The Katherine Brearley Arts Scholarship is awarded to a student who exhibits both scholarly excellence and the demonstrated ability to work with and lead others in student and community activities at the university, local, national, and/or international level.
Sojourners: Call for Papers!
The Undergraduate Journal of Sociology at UBC, Sojourners, are now accepting paper submissions for Volume 11! Submission deadline is December 7th by 11:59pm. Visit their website for submission guidelines.
PhD Student Hazel Hollingdale was awarded The Yale Fox International Fellowship
PhD student in Sociology, Hazel Hollingdale, received the Yale Fox International Fellowship for her research on how the presence of women in finance could lead to more stable economic markets.
UBC Grad Students publish 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.
PhD Student Kyle Sutherland has won the Amanda Araba Ocran Memorial Award
The Amanda Araba Ocran Memorial Award is for a graduate student whose research focuses on issues of social justice and racial or economic inequality, or a critical analysis of our society and its socio-economic structures.
Sociology student, Abubakar Khan, was mentioned in the Georgia Straight
Khan’s platform focuses on ending isolation and loneliness in Vancouver by addressing the affordable housing issue and encouraging intergenerational housing.