Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Feminist Reflexivity on Positionality and Knowledge Production

Blog by Jiyoung Lee-An I realized much later that coming to Canada to pursue my PhD was not a simple decision that resulted in a geographical shift, but a shift of my... More

Sunday, June 10, 2018

The Complexities of Unknowns: Knowledge Contestations and Occupation Disease Recognition

Blog by Christine Pich One of the stories that I followed in the media while doing my doctoral research was the situation at the General... More

Thursday, May 10, 2018

The Second Meech Lake

Blog by Michael Lait In the minds of most Canadians, “Meech Lake” refers to the failed constitutional accord that grappled with recognizing Quebec as a “distinct society.” Through my PhD studies, I have come to recognize that... More

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Why Are Palestinian Political Prisoners on a Hunger Strike?

Blog by Nahla Abdo Palestinian political prisoners are in their fourth week of a hunger strike. What little media coverage there is has not answered the fundamental questions of "Who are... More

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Teaching Sociology Through Stand-up Comedy

Blog by JZ Garrod I’d like to start by thanking everyone who came out to the Brown Bag Teaching Talk on March 3rd. The talk was based around a course I taught in the Winter of 2016 called “Sociology Through Stand-up.”... More

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Navigating the Political

Blog by Professor Justin Paulson The following is a lightly-edited transcript of Prof. Justin Paulson’s address to the Sociology & Anthropology Graduate Student Conference 2017. The conference theme was “Navigating the Social:... More

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

The Matter of Penal Standards: Material Politics of Penal Government in Haiti and Nunavut

Blog by Kara Brisson-Boivin Had you asked me five years ago, when I started my PhD studies, what my research was about, not in my wildest... More

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Academics for Peace and Beyond: Freedom of Speech in Turkey

Blog by Gülden Özcan As immigrant/international students/scholars we often find ourselves living in-between two countries, which, to be sure, has its advantages and disadvantages. Among... More

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Michael Bueckert’s Photo Blog While Traveling in Israel

In November 2016, I had the opportunity of spending two weeks in Israel and the West Bank (Occupied Palestinian Territories), meeting dozens of people and organizations who are... More

Monday, October 10, 2016

Talking About Teaching Research Design

During this brown bag series in October 2016, Janet Siltanen talked about teaching research design.  Thanks to those who participated in our first teaching brown bag of the term. I was very pleased to have the opportunity to talk... More

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Palestinian Creative Resistance: Narrating Boldly from the Exit

Emerging Scholars presentation made by Madalena Santos “Arts cannot free you from your chains. Art can generate and mobilize discourses of freedom. Art can create debates. Art... More