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Our faculty and graduate students are dedicated to theoretically strong and empirically-oriented research representing our commitment to excellent scholarship.

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Prof. David Tindall analyzes the UN climate summit in a new dispatch for The Tyee

 
An on-the-ground reflection from COP30 in Belém, Brazil capturing the urgency, tensions, and hopes shaping global climate negotiations.

PhD candidate Rose Xueqing Zhang receives FHSS Congress Student Merit Award

 
The award recognizes and celebrates graduate students who present their work at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Prof. Amanda Cheong recognized by ASA section awards

 
She has received two awards and multiple honourable mentions for three of her articles from American Sociological Association.
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Alumni, Faculty, Research

Are we prepared for an aging world?

December 17, 2025
Picture of Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews. She is wearing glasses, a blue cardigan and has short silver/gray hair. She is likely outdoors, on campus with people moving behind her but she is the focus of the image.
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Prof. David Tindall analyzes the UN climate summit in a new dispatch for The Tyee

December 2, 2025
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PhD candidate Rose Xueqing Zhang receives FHSS Congress Student Merit Award

June 18, 2025
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