CSA Applied Sociology

From The Converation, a thought-provoking editorial by Becki Ross (Sociology and Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice at UBC) on queer women in sport.

From the description in the Tyee “In the opening scenes of Crip Camp, a documentary available on Netflix, school buses pull into the entrance of Jened, a summer camp in the New York [...]

An article by colleagues Emily Milne (MacEwan University) and Sara Cumming (Sheridan College) introducing a Special Edition of the Journal of Applied Social Sciences available here.

A great video on music, mental health, and acceptance.

A wonderful resource about LGBTQ+ and school. Thanks to my departmental colleague (Dr. Katelin Albert) for putting me on to this.

A wonderful work edited by my department colleague, William K. Carroll. The entire book is available as a free download here.

A new documentary from Deeyah Khan about Neo-Nazis and White Nationalists in the USA. Not easy to watch, but that is when you know you have to. Available here. For my students, there is so much [...]

Here is a good PBS documentary on the US medical system (Canadian experience with COVID-19 around the 45 minute mark), as well as a 2020 report from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

New Statistics released from Statistics Canada. Note the sharp decline in prosecutions after the legislation was changed and the steep increase in charging those who procure and materially [...]

A site with tons of resources on Indigenous languages including their First Voices initiative.