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2 Minutes, 3 Questions with Prof. Christopher Kyriakides

Canada Research Chair in Socially Engaged Research in Race and Racialization discusses language change from “economic migrant” to “refugee” in light of European culture where newcomers are viewed as existential threats.

Marcello Musto on the rise of the radical left in Europe

Sociology professor Marcello Musto on the rise of the radical left in Europe.

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Rule and resistance beyond the nation state: Contestation, escalation, exit - book cover

Lesley J. Wood
Chapter in Edited Book

Wood, L. J. (2020). Lethal repression and transnational solidarity. In F. Anderl, C. Daase, N. Deitelhoff, V. Kempf, J. Pfister, & P. Wallmeier (Eds.), Rule and resistance beyond the nation state: Contestation, escalation, exit (pp. 115–134). Rowman & Littlefield International.  

Social movements and politics during COVID-19: Crisis, solidarity and change in a global pandemic. - book cover

Lesley J. Wood
Chapter in Edited Book

Wood, L. J. (2020). Social movements as essential services. In B. Bringel & G. Pleyers (Eds.), Social movements and politics during COVID-19: Crisis, solidarity and change in a global pandemic. Bristol University Press.  

Remaking radicalism: A grassroots documentary reader of the United States, 1973-2001 - book cover

Lesley J. Wood
Chapter in Edited Book

Wood, L., J. (2020). Anarchist gatherings, 1986–1998. In E. Hobson & D. Berger (Eds.), Remaking radicalism: A grassroots documentary reader of the United States, 1973-2001 (pp. 405–413). University of Georgia Press.  

Recasting caste: From the sacred to the profane book cover

Hira Singh
Translation

Singh, H. (2019a). Jaati vyavastha kee naee sameeksha: Pavitr se apavitr kee or [Hindi translation of Recasting caste: From the sacred to the profane] (K. Seth, Trans.). Sage Bhasha. (Original work published 2014).

Hira Singh
Translation

Singh, H. (2019b). Jaati vyavasthe chhee naavee sameeksha: Pavitr se apavitr thekare [Marathi translation of Recasting caste: From the sacred to the profane] (S. Y. Raikar, Trans.). Sage Bhasha. (Original work published 2014).

Social Movements 1768 - 2018 (4th ed.). book cover

Lesley J. Wood
Book

Castañeda, E., Tilly, C., & Wood, L. J. (2019). Social Movements 1768 - 2018 (4th ed.). Routledge.  

Governing the social in neoliberal times. book cover

Deborah R. Brock
Edited Book

Brock, D. (Ed.). (2019). Governing the social in neoliberal times. University of British Columbia Press.  

Power and everyday practices. book cover

Deborah R. Brock
Edited Book

Brock, D., Martin, A., Raby, R., & Thomas, M. P. (Eds.). (2019). Power and everyday practices. University of Toronto Press.  

Paul Anisef
Refereed Article

Robson, K., Anisef, P., Brown, R. S., & Nagaoka, J. A. (2019). A comparison of factors determining the transition to postsecondary education in Toronto and Chicago. Research in Comparative and International Education, 14(3), 338–356.  

Pat Armstrong
Refereed Article

Baines, D., & Armstrong, P. (2019). Nonjob work/unpaid caring: Gendered industrial relations in longterm care. Gender, Work, & Organization, 26(7), 934947.  

Pat Armstrong
Refereed Article

Pritlove, C., Safai, P., Angus, J. E., Armstrong, P., Jones, J. M., & Parsons, J. (2019). ‘It’s hard work’: A feminist political economy approach to reconceptualizing ‘work’; in the cancer context. Qualitative Health Research, 29(5), 758–771.  

Sheila Cavanagh
Refereed Article

Cavanagh, S. L. (2019a). Queer theory, psychoanalysis and the symptom: A Lacanian approach. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 20(4), 226–230.  

Sheila Cavanagh
Refereed Article

Cavanagh, S. L. (2019c). Transgender, hysteria, and the other sexual difference: An Ettingerian approach. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 20(1), 36–50.  

Deborah Davidson
Refereed Article

Davidson, D. (2019). Sibling loss - disenfranchised grief and forgotten mourners. Bereavement Care, 37(3), 124–130.

Deborah Davidson
Refereed Article

Davidson, D., & Letherby, G. (2019). Use of the internet and griefwork in perinatal loss: Motivations, methodolgoies and meaning making. Women’s Studies International Forum, 74, 52–58.

Deborah Davidson
Refereed Article

Vazquez, L. M., Khanlou, N., Davidson, D., & Aidarus, F. (2019). Strategies to promote the inclusion of young adults with developmental disabilities in community-based health studies. Qualitative Health Research, 29(7), 958–971.  

Deborah Davidson
Refereed Article

Davidson, D. (2018). The need for bereavement support following perinatal loss. Bereavement Care, 37(1), 31–34.  

Amber Gazso
Refereed Article

Smith, C., Smith-Carrier, T., Gazso, A., Baker Collins, S., & Saxby, C. (2019). The relationship between child maltreatment and social assistance use: A chain of adversities and transitions from a life course perspective. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 13(5), 556–577.  

Amber Gazso
Refereed Article

Smith-Carrier, T., Gazso, A., Baker Collins, S., & Smith, C. (2019). Myth or reality? Exploring intergenerational social assistance participation in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 46(1), 113–137, Article 8.  

J. Paul Grayson
Refereed Article

Grayson, J. P. (2019). Plus ça change…’: Graduates’ views of Canadian females’ opportunities after 50 years of change. The Canadian Review of Sociology / Revue canadienne de sociologie 56(1), 49–77.  

Ratiba Hadj-Moussa
Refereed Article

Hadj-Moussa, R. (2019). Région et génération: Le Sud Algérien et les enjeux de la visibilisation du politique [Region and Generation: Making Politics Visible (Southern Algeria)]. Année du Maghreb (21), 165–179.  

 

Guida Man
Refereed Article

Man, G. (2019). Social reproduction and transnational migration: Navigating institutional processes in childcare by women in middle-class Mainland Chinese immigrant families in Canada. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 51(3), 117–136.  

Guida Man
Refereed Article

Guruge, S., Sidani, S., Matsuoka, A., Man, G., & Pirner, D. (2019). Developing a comprehensive understanding of elder abuse prevention in immigrant communities: A comparative mixed methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 9(1), Article e022736. 

Eric Mykhalovskiy
Refereed Article

Mykhalovskiy, E., Frohlich, K., Poland, B., Di Ruggiero, E., Rock, M. J., & Comer, L. (2019). Critical social science with public health: Agonism, critique and engagement. Critical Public Health, 29(5), 522–533.  

Eric Mykhalovskiy
Refereed Article

Mykhalovskiy, E., Eakin, J., Beagan, B., Beausoleil, N., Gibson, B. E., Macdonald, M., & Rock, M. J. (2018). Beyond bare bones: Critical, theoretically-engaged qualitative research in public health. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 109, 613–621.  

Glenn J. Stalker
Refereed Article

Stalker, G. J. (2019). What is leaisure without becoming? Assemblages of active and reactive leisure. Leisure Sciences, 41(5), 348–365.  

Lesley J. Wood
Refereed Article

Wood, L. J. (2019). Anarchist gatherings 1986-2017. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 18(4), 892–908.  

Cary Wu
Refereed Article

Wilkes, R., & Wu, C. (2019). Immigration, discrimination, and trust: A simply complex relationship. Frontiers in Sociology, 32(4).  

Cary Wu
Refereed Article

Wu, C., Wilkes, R., Silver, D., & Clark, T. N. (2019). Current debates in urban theory from a scale perspective: Introducing a scenes approach. Urban Studies, 56(8), 1487–1497.  

Difficult terrain, sensitive subjects: Doing fieldwork in the Maghreb and the Middle East. Book cover

Ratiba Hadj-Moussa
Edited Book

Hadj-Moussa, R. (Ed.). (2019d). Terrains difficiles, sujets sensibles: Faire du Terrain au Maghreb et sur le Moyen-Orient [Difficult terrain, sensitive subjects: Doing fieldwork in the Maghreb and the Middle East]. Éditions du Croquant.