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Prof. Renisa Mawani awarded 2022 UBC Killam Research Prize

 
Prof. Mawani is among the six Arts scholars to receive a 2022 UBC Faculty Research Award for her work relating to colonial legal history, the interplay between critical theory and legal history, and the idea of legalities of nature.

PhD student Manlin Cai publishes first-author paper on online dating preferences among Chinese immigrant communities in Vancouver in the Canadian Review of Sociology

 
Monica Manlin Cai is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on family and work, gender, migration, and social inequality in Chinese and Canadian societies. She has recently published

Prof. Kimberly Huyser among 2022/23 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award Recipients

 
Prof. Huyser’s research focuses on understanding the social determinants of health problems faced by Indigenous peoples, furthering our comprehension of the social mechanisms that undergird population health
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PhD student Colter Uscola publishes paper on drinker identity development in Society and Mental Health

March 24, 2023
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Prof. Renisa Mawani awarded 2022 UBC Killam Research Prize

March 22, 2023
Research, Students

PhD student Manlin Cai publishes first-author paper on online dating preferences among Chinese immigrant communities in Vancouver in the Canadian Review of Sociology

March 15, 2023
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