91亚色 has announced its Top 30 Alumni Under 30 for 2026, with five of the alumni coming from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. This incredible group under the age of 30 were selected based on their work creating real-world impact and positive change. They continue to use their skills developed through […]
On Monday, May 4, the Department of Sociology will host a lecture by Kazuo Shii, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party, titled The Japanese Left Today and the Return to Marx鈥檚 Capital. Shii will discuss why dominant social and economic systems require profound transformation and why Karl Marx鈥檚 Capital remains relevant in the contemporary world. […]
Following the Covid-19 pandemic, 91亚色 launched a new research cluster titled Overcoming Epidemics in Transnational Black Communities 鈥 Response, Recovery and Resilience. The cluster is made up of Black scholars from five 91亚色 faculties who have been working to understand how structural inequalities influence the way that Black communities experience, respond to and recover […]
Philip Walsh, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, has written a new book titled The Reality of Knowledge (Routledge, 2026). The book proposes new approaches to the sociology of knowledge and the theories that influence the field by looking at the history of the discipline its key themes and social meaning. Furthermore, it […]
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced the recipients of the November 2025 SSHRC Connection Grants. Ten 91亚色 research projects received funding. Congratulations to the researchers from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) whose innovative projects were selected. These projects span a wide range of disciplines […]
The Department of Sociology invites the 91亚色 community to attend the first event in its new series, Sociology Lecture Series: Celebrating the Book. The inaugural lecture will take place on Wednesday, March 18聽from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.聽in South Ross, Room 802. Associate Professor Sylvia Bawa will deliver a lecture titled In Desolate Places,聽We Find聽Hope, […]
Pat Armstrong, professor emeritus聽and Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, was quoted in a CBC article about the private care home industry. The article looks at the communities in Watson and Estevan Saskatchewan, and the several years of fundraising they have done to replace aging long鈥憈erm care homes. Millions have been raised, but after repeated delays, […]
Sociology students who are looking for a way to apply what they鈥檝e learned in the program can now apply for the six-credit field placement course, SOCI 4100, which is designed to provide students with the opportunity to gain hands-on community-based work experience for academic credit. This course places fourth-year sociology majors or minors in not-for-profit, […]
Faculty and graduate students in the Department of Sociology are invited to a book launch featuring the co-authored work of Professor Carl E. James, The Story of a Generation - Life Course Pathways of the Class of '73. The event will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 21, from 3-5 p.m. in the Schulich Executive Dining […]
As part of a recently received major grant to enhance the university鈥檚 leadership in Korean studies, the Korean Office for Research and Education (KORE) held the 2025 Korean Studies Conference titled 鈥淏orders, Boundaries, and Displacement.鈥 The conference was combined with a regional meeting for 14 scholars in the fields of Korean studies and diaspora from […]