CSA Applied Sociology

An Associated Press report (via CBC) on a disturbing case of “demographic genocide” on Uighurs, Kazakhs and other largely Muslim minorities by China. Report is here.

A Narwhal article that outlines how oil and gas money helps fund Canada Action. The piece also reveals the many ways energy companies promote media messages that are pro oil and gas. Article is [...]

Great article from Policynote.ca (co-authored by my departmental colleague, Bill Carroll) outlining university investments in fossil fuels and why UVic needs to do much more. I think they will [...]

If you already follow the NY Times podcast, The Daily, great if not, you might want to. Here is a link to a podcast highlighting the story of Reginald Dwayne Betts a poet, a lawyer, and a [...]

A great resource in Parade from Brea Baker, available here.

Former NFL football player, Emmanuel Acho, offers a series of YouTube videos to engage, educate and challenge White people. The conversations are not as uncomfortable as you might think, but, [...]

An interesting read. Assumption #4 is the one that resonates most powerfully for me. The authour, Honor Brabazon, says, “In particular, some of the essential social and humanizing [...]

See here for a pretty good YouTube production of Beck’s thesis (here).

Sociologists from Cornell are researching just how many connections exist on a university campus and question if hybrid delivery models (i.e., online & face-to-face instruction) will make [...]

Good for you Spain, the world is watching and I am pulling for you (i.e., first country to provide universal basic income – article here).