{"id":29651,"date":"2024-04-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/?p=29651"},"modified":"2025-06-10T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T13:11:13","slug":"soci-1002s-sociology-in-action-competition-crowns-winning-student-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/2024\/soci-1002s-sociology-in-action-competition-crowns-winning-student-team\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCI 1002&#8217;s &#8216;Sociology in Action&#8217; Competition Crowns Winning Student Team!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        SOCI 1002&#8217;s &#8216;Sociology in Action&#8217; Competition Crowns Winning Student Team!\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>In this semester\u2019s SOCI 1002 C taught by Prof. Tonya Davidson, students were tasked with doing sociological research on a social problem on campus, and then developing a feasible intervention to address the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each tutorial chose the best pitch from their section to be presented in front of the full class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 3rd, we held a \u201cSociology in Action\u201d ideas competition that was evaluated by a panel of judges: Bernhard Leistle (Chair, Sociology and Anthropology), Laura Storey (Director, Housing and Residence Life), and Meghan Major (Office of Quality Initiatives). The panel thoughtfully adjudicated 12 of the best ideas from the class. Pitches included ideas on how to socially invigorate the quad, a system to quickly report tunnel maintenance issues, and interventions to improve student health in residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judges gave the prize of winning pitch to the team of Avery Craig, Caylum O\u2019Brien, James Hill-Kent, Michael McLaughlin, and Olivia Tousignant. This team\u2019s pitch, titled \u201cCarleton Computer Collection\u201d, proposes a student club to address the environmental issue of e-waste, and the social problem of the digital divide (inequitable access to necessary technology). The Carleton Computer Collection would accept donated old computers, wipe the computers, install basic operating systems, and give the computers to students needing computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2024\/04\/Carleton-Computer-Collection.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2024\/04\/Carleton-Computer-Collection.png 624w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2024\/04\/Carleton-Computer-Collection-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the winning team! And, many thanks to the judges for their participation (and prizes!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this semester\u2019s SOCI 1002 C taught by Prof. Tonya Davidson, students were tasked with doing sociological research on a social problem on campus, and then developing a feasible intervention to address the problem. Each tutorial chose the best pitch from their section to be presented in front of the full class. 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