Celebrating Professor Gillian Creese’s career and retirement
UBC Sociology celebrates the retirement of Dr. Gillian Creese, who has been a member of our UBC community and the departments of Sociology and GRSJ for over 35 years.
CIEDAR and UBC Health co-present “Hearing Indigenous Voices During the COVID-19 Pandemic” dialogue session
CIEDAR & UBC Health co-presented, “Hearing Indigenous Voices During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” last week with UBC Sociology Professor Kimberly Huyser organizing the event. The hybrid dialogue sessions discussed lessons learned about conducting research and Indigenous resilience during the pandemic with researchers based in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand.
Congratulations to this year’s SSHRC scholarship recipients!
Congratulations to our students Lara Antebi, Jiaxin Gu, Carly Hamdon, Parker Muzzerall, and Mark Shakespear, who received SSHRC funding for their research projects!
Introducing our new Student Services Advisor Adalynn Mai
We are thrilled to introduce Adalynn Mai, our new Student Services Advisor at UBC Sociology. Adalynn came to Sociology with a background in Science. Her main responsibilities are undergraduate and graduate student advising.
Congratulations to our Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference prize winners
Congratulations to Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference prize winners Hal Kowalewski, Emilia Heilakka and Teodora Marie Rawsthorne Eckmyn.
Watch: Our Honours students present their research at our 2023 Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference
We had a fantastic lineup of student presentations at our Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference. Thanks to all of our Honours students who participated!
Watch: “Writing To Be Read: An Academic’s Guide to Crafting Lively, Persuasive Work” Contexts Senior Managing Editor Letta Page
UBC Sociology hosted Letta Page, senior managing editor of Contexts: Sociology for the Public, for a session exploring the radical act of clear, persuasive, and story-forward writing within and beyond traditional academic outlets.
Thanks to our Work Learn students!
UBC Sociology would like to say a big thank you to our Work Learn students, Lujan Ferreira, Naz Tavakolizadeh, and Maria Lee. Our Work Learns did a tremendous job helping out our Sociology staff over the past year, and we appreciate their contributions to our department.
PhD candidate Ryan Stillwagon awarded 2022/2023 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
PhD student Ryan Stillwagon has been awarded a 2022/2023 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at UBC.
Honours student Hal Kowalewski’s research questions the nature of identity and how our social positions shape our lives
Hal Kowalewski’s work under the supervision of Dr. Amy Hanser focuses on the role of consumption in the construction of individual and collective queer identity, utilizing theorists such as Michel Foucault and Judith Butler.