March 24, 2022 @ 3-4:30pm EST Register via Machform. Panelists: Ayça Çubukçu is Associate Professor in Human Rights and Co-Director of LSE Human Rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2020, she was appointed as a Senior Fellow of the Fung Global Fellows program at Princeton University. Dr Çubukçu leads the Internationalism, Cosmopolitanism and the Politics […]
We in the Department of Sociology at York University, where we often teach about the devastating consequences of war, violence, trauma, and displacement, are outraged by the shameless and brutal invasion of the Russian army into Ukraine. Among us are students, staff, and faculty with personal and family ties to Ukraine, who are deeply affected […]
Date: March 3, 2022 Time: 4pm Title: Feminist Political Economy; A promising approach to Public Sociology Format/Venue: Virtual Dr. Pat Armstrong is a Distinguished Research Professor in Sociology at York University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She has held a Canada Health Services Research Foundation/Canadian Institute of Health Research Chair in Health Services. Among her awards are the Ontario […]
Thursday, 24 February 2022 | 16:00 to 17:30 EST Panelists will discuss the contemporary realities of Black youth and their health and wellness. Panelists: Dr. Bukola Oladunni Salami (University of Alberta) Ginelle Skerritt (York Region Children’s Aid Society) Dr. Sophie Yohani (University of Alberta) Moderator: Henry Gomez (HTI Executive and Organization of Calypso Performing Artistes) […]
Thursday, 17 February 2022 | 16:00 to 17:30 EST This panel exposes the reflections of scholars and activists on the interconnection between racism, colonialism, and ableism and how the social structure contributes to the disablement of the Black communities and creates health inequalities. In addition, the panel will highlight the socio-determinants of people in the […]
Panel 2 | Black and Health in Canada Thursday, 10 February 2022 | 15:00 EST This panel presents an overview of Black Canadians' health and the challenges that they encounter in society that affect their health outcomes. The panelists will also share perspectives on how to improve health equity across the country. Panelists: Cheryl Prescod […]
The Mary-Jo Nadeau Activist Scholar Award (The M.J.) for Graduate Students in Sociology was established by family, friends, and colleagues of Dr. Mary-Jo Nadeau, a graduate (’05) of York University’s Graduate Program in Sociology. Her anti-racist feminist research and activism focused on white supremacy in the Canadian women’s movement, labour rights, anti-poverty campaigns, and Palestinian […]
Opening Panel | African/Black Knowledge and Wellness Thursday, 3 February 2022 | 15:00 EST Panellists: Pablo Idahosa (Social Science, York University); Wendy Jones (Toronto Catholic School Board and Pan Fantasy Steelband); Njoki Wane (University of Toronto) Moderator: Sylvia Bawa (York University) This event is co-presented by the Resource Center for Public Sociology and the African […]
Check out our full November 2021 Sociology UPDigest! Dear students, the COP26 United Nations Climate Summit just ended with a fragile attempt and compromise to keep the 1.5c warming target alive as a glimmer of hope. For people in the Global South who have had to endure the slow violence of global injustice and environmental […]
Friday 28th January 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of our mutual interdependence and the need for collective and coordinated global effort and action, anchored in solidarity, to combat this threat. Yet, despite the threat COVID-19 (as well as attendant climate change crisis) poses to our humanity, global responses to combat the pandemic mirror […]