York University has made it in the top 100 worldwide for key subject areas in the prestigious Shanghai Ranking Consultancy’s Global ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS). Included in the subject list is the LA&PS Sociology program, ranked top five in Canada and in the top 100 worldwide. The Shanghai Ranking, also known as the Academic […]
By Joanne Ong On October 21st, 2024, LA&PS hosted the YRC Political Sociology of Health Speaker Series, sponsored by the York Research Chair Program, the Resource Centre for Public Sociology and the Department of Sociology, featuring Professor Amanda Cheong talk on Omitted Births and their Consequences. Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of British […]
Associate Professor Cary Wu, in the Department of Sociology, received acknowledgement in both the Notable Early Career Awards category and in the York Research Chairs category during the 2024 York University Research Awards Celebration. The York University Research Award Celebration honours York’s scholars across all faculties and schools for their remarkable achievements and contributions to […]
Date: June 4, 2024 Time: 10 - 11 a.m. Format: HybridVenue: Vari Hall 2101 (York University) Women in Ghana, as in many parts of Africa, face serious socioeconomic and health barriers daily: Not only do they have limited access to land, credit, healthcare, and other social protection programs, but they also do most of the household activities […]
Criminology Annual Lecture 2024 Date: March 14, 2024 Time: 3 - 5 p.m. Location: CLH (Curtis Lecture Halls) B Speaker: Professor David Lyon (Queen’s University). Professor David Lyon is the former Director of the Surveillance Studies Centre, and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and of Law at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. A pioneer in the field of Surveillance Studies, he has authored or […]
Thursday January 25, 2024 1:00-3:30 via Zoom This workshop will introduce attendees to archival research and provide tools for using archives in research. The workshop is built around two (2) themes: archival research about work and successes and challenges in doing archival research. Panelists will speak from experiences as archivists with expertise in social history, […]
SUSA is a student organization catering to the academic and social life of sociology undergraduates. We function as a liaison between the Department of Sociology and undergraduate students. SUSA provides support and a voice for undergraduates, as well as guiding students to helpful resources. Take a break and join us at our destressing with dogs […]
Fall 2023 Newsletter Hi all We're running this digest since the global pandemic hit in March 2020. You can find previous newsletters on the UPDigest page. When looking back, it seems that each iteration of the digest has been framed around some major crisis. The evocation of such crises has certainly to do with our […]
Date and time: Thursday, April 6, 2023. Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Virtual Event via Zoom This is a registered event. See below for link. Speaker: Professor Cary Wu, Department of Sociology, York University Visualizing Intersectionality One way to capture how social categories and their associated identities and experiences intersect to create advantages or disadvantages […]
Date and time: Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EDT Virtual Event via Zoom. Register here: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqceirrj4sGdWv0K8naWY2JJBZ3xgFb0GB Statements from panelists: Sharon Henry, PhD Candidate, Sociology: As another year of the international day of the elimination of racial discrimination begins on March 21st, 2023, let us not forget our ancestors that have gone […]