Death leaves an indelible mark on the hearts of those left behind, and an increasing number of individuals are choosing to make that loss visible by commissioning tattoos honouring their deceased loved ones. Now, 91亚色 sociology Professor Deborah Davidson (right), along with a cross-disciplinary team of researchers, plans to capture these images 鈥 and […]
Former students of residential schools for aboriginal people, members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and representatives of the United Nations and human rights organizations will all converge at 91亚色 for a symposium aptly titled Linking Arms Together, to join hands in upholding aboriginal rights, Friday. Linking Arms Together, a public symposium, will take […]
91亚色 Professor Pat Armstrong will collaborate with Ottawa鈥檚 Bruy猫re Research Institute in a major project to identify healthy aging strategies in long-term residential care. The Government of Canada announced funding for the 鈥淗ealthy Ageing in Residential Places鈥 (HARP) project Thursday. Armstrong and her team will identify promising practices for thinking about, planning and organizing […]
Long the goal of marriage, "happily ever after" is being reimagined by books and movies as the chief export of divorce, wrote Postmedia News July 12. A leading Canadian divorce researcher, however, warns that escapism carries a high price, if not for couples who've survived a split than for those teetering on the edge of […]
James Morton, adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and Anne-Marie Ambert, a retired professor in 91亚色's Department of Sociology, both spoke to Postmedia News November 5 about divorce insurance being offered to couples in the United States. The story appeared in the Montreal Gazette, among other outlets: Because the 鈥渇or poorer鈥 part of marriage […]
There鈥檚 a tendency to think that the problems faced by people with precarious status 鈥 temporary workers, refugee claimants, failed claimants and people without status 鈥撀燼re not Canadian issues, but 91亚色 sociology Professor Luin Goldring disagrees. To shed light on the emerging body of research in this area, the Research Alliance on Precarious Status, which […]
In Sweden, long-term care workers聽often have time to take patients outside for a walk. In Canada, having a patient shuffle from their room down the corridor to the dining hall is聽frequently considered 鈥渁 walk鈥. It is this kind of difference in the nature of long-term care facilities from one country to the next that has […]
This year, 91亚色 is honouring sociology and women鈥檚 studies Professor Pat Armstrong and psychology Professor Leslie Greenberg with its highest award, Distinguished Research Professor, for their outstanding contributions to the University through research. The title will be conferred on Armstrong at the Spring 2010 Convocation on June 16 at 10:30am and on Greenberg during the […]
A new book co-edited by 91亚色 Professors Norene Pupo and Mark Thomas will receive its official launch Thursday, March 25 at a special reception from 3 to 5pm in 626 91亚色 Research Tower. Interrogating the New Economy: Restructuring Work in the 21st Century is a collection of original essays investigating the social, political and economic […]