PhD Candidate Umay Kader studying how young adults who live with their parents navigate these living arrangements.
“Housing crises, the labour market—especially the uncertain and precarious labour market—unemployment and underemployment are all factors that influence people’s decision to stay at home or return back to their parents’ place,” PhD candidate Umay Kader is conducting interviews with people aged 25 to 34 who live with their parents in Metro Vancouver to learn how they navigate these living arrangements.
Congratulations to MA student Caitlin Chong for being awarded UBC’s Community Engagement Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund!
Sociology MA student Caitlin Chong has been awarded UBC’s Community Engagement Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund, which awards up to $1,500 to fill small resource gaps and empower community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff.
Study abroad with a Global Seminar in Guatemala
Study Power and Oppression and Theories of Civil Society on location in rural Guatemala! UBC Professors Sylvia Berryman (Philosophy) and Thomas Kemple (Sociology) are teaming up once again with Go Global to offer a unique encounter with global systems, oppression, poverty, and civil society activism.
UBC Sociology PhD student Mark Shakespear among co-authors awarded Canadian Sociological Association 2022 Best Article Award
Shakespear was awarded the award for the paper “Mapping the environmental field: Networks of foundations, ENGOs and think tanks.” written alongside William Carol and Nicolas Graham of the University of Victoria.
UBC’s Digital Scholarship Lab equipped with paid software, now available to students
The Digital Scholarship Lab’s updated list of paid softwares is now available to students for free at Koerner Library.
Sojourners recruiting Co-Editor-in-Chief
UBC’s Undergraduate Journal of Sociology at UBC is recruiting a Co-Editor-in-Chief for its 15th edition! If you’re interested in showcasing exceptional undergraduate writing and working with a team of passionate, budding academics, apply by midnight on September 30th.
UBC Sociology graduate students presenting at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
UBC Sociology PhD students Tom Einhorn, Allison Laing, Parker Muzzerall, and Rose Xueqing Zhang are traveling to Los Angeles this week to present their research at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. We are excited to share some of what they will be presenting.
PhD student Sophie Liu selected as a 2022-23 CAnD3 Fellow
Congratulations to PhD student Sophie Liu who has been appointed as a CAnD3 Fellow in the 2022-23 year cohort. As a CAnD3 fellow, Sophie will explore how computational and data science methods can be leveraged in policy-driven and action-oriented immigration research.
PhD student Rose Xueqing Zhang explores the connection between parental resources and their children’s health in China
The research shed light on the importance of intergenerational reproduction in fostering the good health of Chinese adults.
Prof. Lindsey Richardson’s new course explores the sociological impacts of health and illness
Lindsay Richardson’s SOCI 495F 201 Sociology and Health will provide a broad overview of the sociological understanding of health and illness, observing its interdisciplinary contributions and providing background on key issues and debates relevant in Canadian and international contexts.