ASA 2021 Presidential Address
A nice call-out to the work of W.E.B. DuBois. Here.
Why tensions are escalating on Wet’suwet’en territory over the Coastal GasLink pipeline
Another great piece in The Narwhal here.
Spousal violence in Canada, 2019
A new Statistics Canada report by Shana Conroy, available here. Photo by Sydney Sims.
‘Scientists don’t care about truth anymore’: the climate crisis and rejection of science in Canada’s oil country
Interesting article by Timothy Haney, here.
Bridging Agrarianism: The Potential of Value-Added Craft Cider Production to Support Rural Livelihoods in the Pacific Northwest
Just published from my departmental colleague, Dr. Anelyse Weiler. Article is here.
Judith Butler: ‘We need to rethink the category of woman’
Interesting article in The Guardian. “Gender is an assignment that does not just happen once: it is ongoing.”
How to study effectively
“Forget cramming, ditch the highlighter, and stop passively rereading. The psychology of learning offers better tactics” – by Paul Penn. Some great strategies here.
RuPaul’s Drag Race and lip-syncing: A once controversial practice is no longer taboo
A great read by a post-doc colleague at UVic Sadie Hochman-Ruiz. Article appeared in The Conversation.
The Waves of Feminism explained
A useful overview by Vox.
Revealing the long but hidden history of queer women in sport
From The Converation, a thought-provoking editorial by Becki Ross (Sociology and Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice at UBC) on queer women in sport.