Sociology

Did they earn it? Study looks at “nepo babies” debate

February 27, 2025

Media stories tend to chalk up celebrity children’s success to hard work and talent while downplaying privilege, sociologists find.
January 29, 2025

Lisa Strohschein (Sociology) explains that if parents are preferring one child over another, it can have toxic effects.
January 27, 2025

Marta-Marika Urbanik, associate professor in the Department of Sociology, has been studying the homelessness situation in 12 Canadian cities.
Webinar: 50th Anniversary of the Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission

January 16, 2025

Online event with Dt. Dominique Clément
Scholarships open doors to justice reform

January 13, 2025

Donor generosity enables law student Alex Gagnon to make change in Canada’s prison system
Congratulations to Temitope Oriola

January 9, 2025

Dr. Oriola is the recipient of the 2024 J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research
November 26, 2024

A new documentary has been released as part of the Gordon Hirabayashi Anti-Racism Project, a campus-community collaboration built on the legacy of Dr. Hirabayashi's work towards human rights and civil society in Canada.
What is parenting like today compared to the past?

November 15, 2024

Dr. Lisa Strohschein explores how parenthood and parenting are different in Canada today than was the case in the past.
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