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 Teaching in the New Normal: A professor addresses higher education during COVID-19
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By Bruce Ravelli
In Community Initiatives, CSA Applied Sociology, Links that Matter
Posted 21 March 2020

Teaching in the New Normal: A professor addresses higher education during COVID-19

Deborah J. Cohan, Ph.D., is a professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort. From her article, “If you ever wondered what the McDonaldization of education looks like, [...]

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 Capitalism’s Favorite Drug  The dark history of how coffee took over the world
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By Bruce Ravelli
In CSA Applied Sociology, Links that Matter, Social Research
Posted 20 March 2020

Capitalism’s Favorite Drug The dark history of how coffee took over the world

An interesting review of a new book by Michael Pollan on coffee – note the discussion of Marx (available here).

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 An important issue to consider during the pandemic: impact of ableism
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By Bruce Ravelli
In Community Initiatives, Links that Matter
Posted 20 March 2020

An important issue to consider during the pandemic: impact of ableism

In a New York Times article, My Life is more Disposable During This Pandemic (available here) highlights an issue we need to be vigilant against.

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 Canada 2019 Hunger Count
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By Bruce Ravelli
In Community Initiatives, CSA Applied Sociology, Links that Matter, Social Research
Posted 10 March 2020

Canada 2019 Hunger Count

Food Banks Canada just released data for 2019. Available here.

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 Children and Environmental Disasters
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By Bruce Ravelli
In CSA Applied Sociology, Links that Matter, Social Research
Posted 9 March 2020

Children and Environmental Disasters

No idea why it took me so long to find this video. This is an excellent exploration of community resilience, etc., by Dr. Caroline McDonald-Harker a sociologist working at Mount Royal University. [...]

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 Women Fighting Climate Change Are Targets For Misogynists
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By Bruce Ravelli
In Links that Matter, Social Research
Posted 7 March 2020

Women Fighting Climate Change Are Targets For Misogynists

Very good article in Chatelaine on the reality that women need to fight sexism while fighting climate change. Article is here.

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 “Gender disparities are a persistent form of inequality in every country.”
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By Bruce Ravelli
In CSA Applied Sociology, Links that Matter, Social Research
Posted 6 March 2020

“Gender disparities are a persistent form of inequality in every country.”

A UN Human Development Report, Tackling Social Norms: a game changer for gender inequalities (available here) finds that 9 out of 10 people are biased against women.

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