The Department of Sociology at UBC is a research powerhouse—involved in a wide scope of research examining areas such as gender and sexuality, ethnicity, family and life course, environments, knowledge, and health and healthcare.
Our faculty and graduate students are dedicated to theoretically strong and empirically-oriented research representing our commitment to excellent scholarship.
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Achievement, Announcements, Faculty, Research, Students
UBC Sociology professor and graduate students receive 2024 awards from the Canadian Sociological Association
July 11, 2024
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Faculty, Research, Students
Professor Andrew Jorgenson and graduate student co-authors examine carbon intensity of human well-being in Canadian provinces
July 9, 2024
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Research, Students
PhD student Sonali (Alyy) Patel theorizes a denial reaction to coming out in her new paper
July 8, 2024
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