Looking for an elective or an upper-level course? We currently have space available in the following courses: SOSC 2000 6.0 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Social InquirySOSC 2007 6.0 Representing Climate ChangeSOSC 2110 6.0 Critical Study of Health and SocietySOSC 2210 6.0 Labour Relations and ResistanceSOSC 2345 6.0 Corporations that Changed the WorldSOSC 2346 6.0 Ethics and […]
Looking for an approved Social Science Gen. Ed.? We are offering the following courses in Fall/Winter 2024-2025: SOSC 1000 6.0, Introduction to Social ScienceSOSC 1000 9.0, Introduction to Social ScienceSOSC 1140 9.0, Self, Culture, and SocietySOSC 1142 9.0, Climate Change and Society (NEW!)SOSC 1340 9.0, Introduction to Business and SocietySOSC 1341 9.0, The Social EconomySOSC […]
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 […]
Dr. Lillian Lerman, Professor Emerita and former Undergraduate Program Director of the Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts (now Liberal Arts & Professional Studies), passed away on January 26, 2024. Lillian was a longtime and beloved member of the Division of Social Science, both as a lecturer and academic leader who could […]
Kroker received the AMS History of Healthcare Project Grant, worth $20,000, for his historical study titled “Innovation, Expertise, and Equity: Creating Sleep Medicine within Canada’s Universal Health Care System, 1970 – 2000.” Kroker asks what effects Canada’s evolving system of universal health care had on sleep medicine since 1970. “I’m thrilled to use this grant […]
HESO is pleased to announce its 2021-2022 student award recipients! Health & Society Founders Prize: Second-year: Amen Okungbowa Third-year: Jennifer Santin Fourth-year: Jennifer Santin Gina Feldberg Prize: Amanda Cowen Congratulations to the winners for their outstanding work.
Faduma Ali is a Junior Professional Officer at Environmental Co-operation Unit at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Secretariat. Read the interview with Faduma Ali on OSCE website.
Department of Social Science mourns Jan Krouzil's passing and we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, colleagues.
World Pain Day, Oct. 17, invites us to think about the ways that chronic pain and disability show up in day-to-day life. How does pain impact our ability to work, play, and interact? What do we need to live in a society where people living with chronic pain are valued and feel valuable? These are […]
Author: Uwafiokun Idemudia (Professor of African Studies and International Development Studies) Contributor: NNenna Okoli (PhD Candidate) “Most countries have anti-trafficking laws, policies and programmes to prevent human trafficking. There are also international treaties to address the problem. Yet it’s still thriving. Human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and control of a person using force […]