Friday, July 12, 2019

Kelly Fritsch has published a new piece in Body & Society

Kelly Fritsch has published a new piece in Body & Society, titled, “Risk and the Spectral Politics of Disability.” Check out the video-abstract, available here, which sums up her new... More

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Congratulations to Sociology PhD candidate Lauren Montgomery who has published a chapter in the Alberta Alternative Budget

Congratulations to Sociology PhD candidate Lauren Montgomery who has published a chapter in the Alberta Alternative Budget. Researchers put out the Alternative Budget every year to articulate a progressive vision for Alberta social policy. Lauren is currently working as a research officer for the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. Please click... More

Friday, June 28, 2019

Sociology PhD candidate Samantha McAleese has published a new piece in the popular academic blog The Conversation

Sociology PhD candidate Samantha McAleese has published a new piece in the popular academic blog The Conversation titled, "Canada's new lackluster law for cannabis... More

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Congratulations to Frankie Di Renzo, who successfully defended his MA in Anthropology on June 25

Congratulations to Frankie Di Renzo, who successfully defended his MA in Anthropology on June 25. Frankie’s thesis was, “No hay comunistas en Cuba There are no communists in... More

Friday, June 21, 2019

Sociology PhD student Abigail Curlew is one of two Carleton winners of the prestigious Trudeau Scholarship

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Sociology PhD candidate Michael Bueckert publishes article in Radical History Review

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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Kat Huybregts, Natalia Manning, Steve Campbell, and Abra Wenzel awarded SSHRC scholarship

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Friday, June 14, 2019

Sociology and Anthropology undergraduate students awarded Senate Medal at convocation

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Thursday, June 13, 2019

Kimberley Seguin defends MA in Education at University of Ottawa

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Monday, June 3, 2019

Graduate students and faculty presenting at the Canadian Sociological Association conference at Congress in Vancouver June 3-6

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Thursday, May 23, 2019

Zoe Todd wins $250,000 New Frontiers in Research Fund grant

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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Congratulations to Valerie Stam on defending her Sociology PhD dissertation

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Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Anthropology PhD candidate Megan Muller’s work featured in Nuu-Chah-Nulth newspaper Ha-Shilth-Sa

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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Donna Patrick part of team launching the first Ottawa Inuit radio show Wednesday May 15

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Monday, May 6, 2019

Congratulations to Jiyoung Lee-An for completing her PhD in Sociology, and to Trina Krantz for completing her MA in Sociology

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Congratulations to Sarah Bond and Gavin Ward on completing their Sociology MAs

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Anthropology PhD graduate Marieka Sax wins SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship

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Monday, April 29, 2019

Xiaobei Chen elected President of the Canadian Sociological Association

Congratulations to Xiaobei Chen, who has been elected President of the Canadian Sociological Association. Xiaobei will be formally appointed at the Canadian Sociological Association annual conference, one part of the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of British Columbia on June 1-7. Many people from the department... More

Friday, April 26, 2019

Ryan Bathurst, Jasmine Macaulay, and Elle Reid complete their MAs

Congratulations to three more of our MA students on finishing: Ryan Bathurst completed his MRP in Sociology, “Vulnerable Users: Affect and fringe politics in a post-truth web 2.0.” Jasmine Macaulay defended her MA thesis in Anthropology, “Reframing MAiD in the Media: Rationalizing and Normalizing a New Mode of Dying in Canada.” Elle Reid... More

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Alexandra Hine, Mikayla Sherry, and Hanna Stewart win Soc-Anth Outstanding TA Awards

Congratulations to this year's Soc-Anth Outstanding TA Award winners, Alexandra Hine, Mikayla Sherry, and Hanna Stewart. They were praised in their nominations by faculty and their students for their dedication, passion for teaching, and caring and supportive approaches to all their students. The commitment, hard work, and skill of TAs like Alex,... More

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Stephen Campbell, Dani Normandeau, and Eloy Rivas Sanchez win Canadian Sociological Association Outstanding Graduating Student Awards

Congratulations to the Canadian Sociological Association Outstanding Graduating Student Award winners for 2019 from our department: Stephen Campbell (BA), Dani Normandeau (MA), and Eloy Rivas Sanchez... More

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Xiaobei Chen was recently interviewed by South China Morning Post about Chinese immigration and Chinese-Canadians’ claim for belonging

Xiaobei Chen was recently interviewed by South China Morning Post about Chinese immigration and Chinese-Canadians' claim for belonging. The article can be found... More

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Adriana Hernandez-Soriano and Ahmed Abdi win SOAN Undergraduate Citizenship Award

The department presented the second annual SOAN Undergraduate Citizenship Award to Adriana Hernandez-Soriano and Ahmed Abdi, to recognize all of their great work as co-presidents of the Sociology Anthropology Student Association this... More

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Matthew Sanscartier wins Carleton Outstanding TA Award

Congratulations to Sociology PhD candidate Matthew Sanscartier, who has won a Carleton Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Matthew is one of only five TAs among the hundreds at Carleton to receive this honour for 2018-19. The nominations praised Matthew's exceptional dedication, enthusiasm, creativity, communication skills, continual seeking of... More

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Congratulations to Kelly Fritsch on the publication of her guest edited issue of Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience on the topic of “Crip Technoscience”

Congratulations to Kelly Fritsch on the publication of her guest edited issue of Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience on the topic of “Crip Technoscience.” The issue opens with her article, “Crip Tecchnoscience Manifesto” which explores disabled peoples’ technoscientific maker practices. Click here to access the full... More

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Catch Kelly Fritsch tonight, April 2, in conversation with QueerCrip fashion designer Sky Cubacub at the Ottawa Art Gallery 7-9 pm.

Catch Kelly Fritsch tonight, April 2nd, in conversation with QueerCrip fashion designer Sky Cubacub at the Ottawa Art Gallery from 7:00 - 9:00... More

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Sociology PhD candidate Matthew Johnston publishes article in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Congratulations to Sociology PhD candidate Matthew Johnston, who has published a new article in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods, titled, "When madness meets madness: Insider reflections on doing mental health... More

Monday, March 25, 2019

Jackie Kennelly wins SSHRC Partnership Development Grant on school initiatives to help prevent youth homelessness

Congratulations to Jackie Kennelly, who has been awarded a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant of $199,550 over three years, for a project, "Working upstream to prevent and end youth homelessness: mapping existing policies and practices to build better educational responses in Canada". Jackie is the principal investigator for a project that will... More

Monday, March 25, 2019

Genevieve Johnston, Matthew Sanscartier, and Matthew Johnston publish article in the Journal of Sociology

Congratulations to Genevieve Johnston, Matthew Sanscartier, and Matthew Johnston, who have published a new article in the Journal of Sociology, "Retail therapy: Making meaning out of menial labour". The study explores how retail workers discursively resist their oppressive labour conditions through the means of digital... More

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Sociology PhD candidate Matthew Johnston wins SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship

Congratulations to Sociology PhD candidate Matthew Johnston, who has won a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship. It will be based at Concordia University, and supervised by Shelley Reuter. His project is "Making mental health stories count: A case study of a home treatment program in Kitchener,... More

Monday, March 18, 2019

Abbie Curlew publishes journal article in Social Media and Society

Congratulations to Sociology PhD student Abbie Curlew who has just published an article, “Undisciplined Performativity: A Sociological Approach to Anonymity", in the journal Social Media &... More

Monday, March 18, 2019

SOCI 4170 students’ event raises more than $2000 for Immigrant Women’s Services Ottawa

A small team of students from SOCI 4170 Community Engaged Sociology led by instructor Deb Conners staged a wonderful and very well-attended event called "She's More" on Saturday afternoon at Carleton's downtown space at Dominion Chalmers, featuring some great singers, poets, and dancers, afternoon, tea and a silent auction of many donated items... More

Friday, March 15, 2019

Capital Research Day, co-organized by Tonya Davidson, a big success

Co-organizer Tonya Davidson and students from her First Year Seminar "Sociology of Ottawa" class helped make the new Capital Research Day event at Dominion Chalmers last Wednesday March 13 a smashing success. The event drew a big crowd and featured student poster presentations from Tonya's class along with classes in Geography and Architecture,... More

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Blair Rutherford writes tribute to Pius Adesanmi

Blair Rutherford has written a beautiful tribute after the sudden loss of our colleague Professor Pius Adesanmi, who was Director of the Institute of African Studies and a faculty member in English Language and Literature at Carleton. Read the tribute... More

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Sociology PhD student Kory Smith has published an article in the Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research

Sociology PhD student Kory Smith has published an article, "Increasing Efficiency and Fairness in Applications for Court-Ordered Counsel: An Evaluation of Ontario’s Rowbotham Application Pilot Project", in the Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice... More