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News Archive
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October 09, 2024
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology proudly celebrates the hard work, dedication, and...
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October 24, 2024
Ordering the City: Gender, Religion, and the Spatial Politics of Control Guest Speaker: Dr....
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October 02, 2024
Ty Bryant and Geri Lee, Sociology and Anthropology master’s students, as well as Cynthia Cui, a...
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August 06, 2024
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June 21, 2024
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology are pleased to announce the recipients of this...
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June 12, 2024
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology proudly acknowledges the hard work, dedication, and...
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May 24, 2024
Nat Begg is currently in their fourth year of the honours degree in anthropology. They previously...
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May 03, 2024
Members of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at SFU stand with our colleagues and...
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March 22, 2024
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February 09, 2024
In this Black History Month series, we share the stories of Black community members at SFU. In...
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January 11, 2024
Join us for the Spring 2024 Colloquium Series Part I - Corporate Governance and the ‘New...
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January 05, 2024
Meet our new Assistant Professor, Prof-Collins Ifeonu, a scholar with a passion for research and...
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December 21, 2023
We recently interviewed the President of SFU’s Sociology and Anthropology Student Union (SASU),...
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December 05, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Evelyn Encalada Grez for being recognized as one of the Top 10 TLN’s...
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October 19, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Evelyn Encalada Grez on receiving the Social Sciences and Humanities...
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October 12, 2023
What is your research about? How you defined your research subject and questions for the...
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September 22, 2023
Contact Information: Email: sarah_law@sfu.ca Instagram: @sarahxlaw LinkedIn:...
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January 15, 2024
Right-wing Religious Movements, Power and Politics: Insights from Brazil Watch recording Guest...
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August 31, 2023
We are thrilled to share that Dr. Barbara Mitchell, professor of sociology & gerontology at...
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August 29, 2023
Congratulations to Anthropology Professor Jie Yang, the recipient of a $199,699 Social Sciences and...
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October 23, 2023
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August 16, 2023
A monthly summary of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology’s most recent news, events, and...
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July 27, 2023
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July 14, 2023
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July 07, 2023
We are pleased to announce the publication of Professor Emeritus Parin Dossa's book: The Circle...
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June 28, 2023
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is proud of our graduates and recognise their hard...
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June 16, 2023
Congratulations, Mariana! The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is excited to announce that...
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June 16, 2023
We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Outstanding Graduating Student...
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June 14, 2023
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of this year's prestigious Canadian Sociological...
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June 14, 2023
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April 26, 2023
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April 25, 2023
INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER AND RACE IN IRISH GENEALOGIES OF SLAVERY IN COLONIAL CUBA Please join us...
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April 19, 2023
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March 22, 2023
We are thrilled to share the news that two Professors of Sociology - Dr. Lindsey Freeman &...
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March 22, 2023
The Simon Fraser University has been ranked fourth in Canada in the QS World University...
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March 17, 2023
This article explores how e-micromobility (EMM) can produce 'good' active travel together with...
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March 16, 2023
Can robots express or even “have” emotion? This online lecture will explore this question by...
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March 08, 2023
Amanda Watson, a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, has received an...
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March 03, 2023
Congratulations to Sociology Professor Evelyn Encalada Grez, the recipient of CERi Emerging...
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March 03, 2023
This 2-day workshop explores the mental health model focused on the indigenous concept of the...
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March 02, 2023
Why is Canada snubbing internationally trained doctors during a health-care crisis? Our Assistant...
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March 02, 2023
Dr. Keziah Wallis (Kāi Tahu) Department of Social, Cultural and Media Studies, University of the...
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March 06, 2023
In Running, former NCAA Division I track athlete Lindsey A. Freeman presents the feminist and queer...
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February 08, 2023
Our warmest congratulations to our M.A. student, Asli Ozer, on receiving the 2023 David and...
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January 18, 2023
The Department of Sociology & Anthropology is honoured to host Andrea Hoff as one of this...
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January 04, 2023
The application deadline is January 13, 2023 (Friday). This year's award is $2000 and requires a...
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January 06, 2023
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December 22, 2022
Warmest wishes for a happy holiday season! Our office will be closed from Dec 23 to Jan 2, and will...
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December 19, 2022
Applications are now open for Undergraduate Scholarships, Awards and Bursary. Apply before January...
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November 17, 2022
We wish to congratulate 16 Public Anthropology Award Winners in Professor Bascom Guffin's SA 101...
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Sonja Luehrmann Memorial Lecture
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October 31, 2022
Book Launch Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students Dr. Benita Bunjun, Editor Associate...
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June 29, 2022
We interviewed some of the students and recent graduates from the Department of Sociology and...
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June 14, 2022
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology excited to share the recipients of this...
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June 01, 2022
To all the sociology and anthropology students walking the stage in June –...
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May 17, 2022
Sociology lecturer Amanda Watson was recently interviewed for CBC On the Coast and CBC Radio West...
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April 21, 2022
Two Simon Fraser University faculty members are among the prestigious list of 2022 Guggenheim...
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March 24, 2022
In an interview with Aarushie Sharma of Somatosphere, Professor of Anthropology Stacy...
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March 11, 2022
Sociology Assistant Professor Kyle Willmott was recently interviewed by APTN News, a national news...
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March 29, 2022
2022 Spring Colloquium Series
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January 11, 2022
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January 06, 2022
Assistant Professor of Sociology Kyle Willmott's work has been featured in The Tyee. In...
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January 06, 2022
The next application deadline is January 14, 2022. This year's award is $1800 and requires a...
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2021 Fall Colloquium
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October 05, 2021
In the lead-up to our Fall 2021 Convocation, we'll be sharing stories from across our eight...
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October 05, 2021
Congratulations to those crossing the stage this fall! We caught up with a few of our top students...
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August 19, 2021
We are excited to share the news that in July of 2020, Cristina Moretti joined the Department of...
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July 26, 2021
Congratulations to sociology professor Yıldız Atasoy, the recipient of a $25,000 SSHRC...
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June 24, 2021
As one of SFU's most outstanding graduate students from the Faculty of Arts and Social...
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June 24, 2021
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is pleased to announce that the winner of...
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June 23, 2021
On behalf of the faculty and staff in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, congratulations...
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June 16, 2023
Ron Ignace, former chief of the Skeetchestn Indian Band, acclaimed researcher and...
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June 11, 2021
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April 27, 2021
Each year the Canadian Anthropology Society presents the Richard F. Salisbury...
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March 12, 2021
by Dasha Cotic-Ehn
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March 04, 2021
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February 17, 2021
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Labour Studies Program are excited...
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December 18, 2020
We are excited to welcome Evelyn Encalada Grez as an Assistant Professor in the Labour...
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December 03, 2020
When most of us think about what it means to conduct research, we imagine interviews, statistics...
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October 20, 2020
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September 17, 2020
Congratulations to Kathleen Millar! Her book, Reclaiming the Discarded: Life...
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September 03, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Jelena Golubovic, who successfully defended her PhD thesis in anthropology...
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August 19, 2020
The department of Sociology and Anthropology is pleased to congratulate Amanda...
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June 10, 2020
As one of SFU's most outstanding graduate students from the Faculty of Arts and Social...
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June 10, 2020
Sociology graduate Sarah Vanderveer wanted her master’s thesis topic to focus on an...
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June 08, 2020
Ataman Avdan is an urban and environmental sociologist who is graduating with a PhD in sociology...
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June 08, 2020
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is pleased to announce the winners of...
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May 11, 2020
PhD Anthropology student, Bicram Rijal's: reflective piece in Canadian Anthropology...
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April 15, 2020
Graduate Students, The Department of Sociology and Anthropology has established an Emergency Fund...
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October 01, 2019
As our sociology and anthropology graduands ready themselves for convocation, it is fitting to...
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September 24, 2019
The funeral is set for October 7 at 2pm, Christ Church Cathedral
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September 13, 2019
Our warmest congratulations to our faculty member, Kathleen Millar, on receiving the 2019...
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September 23, 2019
Congratulations to all of the SFU Sociology and Anthropology faculty, graduates and SFU members...
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September 19, 2019
We wish to welcome Zed (Zhipeng) Gao to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology as an SSHRC...
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June 12, 2019
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology congratulates all Sociology and Anthropology Doctoral,...
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May 28, 2019
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June 10, 2019
Jelena Golubovic, PhD candidate in the Anthropology program at Simon Fraser University...
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May 28, 2019
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology faculty is saddened by the recent passing of three...
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May 13, 2019
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April 04, 2019
Michelle La, a masters student at Simon Fraser University who researches the informal...
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February 10, 2019
I am very happy to announce that Noel Dyck will receive one of the highest honours in...
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January 29, 2019
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology congratulates Travers, one of the recipients of...
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December 11, 2020
Sociology student and community activist Domunique Booker is passionate about the power of...
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November 20, 2019
With globalization, Western biomedicine has come to China. The country's economic restructuring...
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November 19, 2019
It is a busy week for the department as our faculty members prepare for the joint American...
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The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) Are Creating a Gender Revolution
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2018 Outstanding Graduating Student and Usamah Ansari Top Student Awards
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Dr. Audra Simpson, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University
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Reclaiming the Discarded: Life and Labor in Rio's Garbage Dump
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Dara Culhane in conversation with Marianne Nicolson's, Oh, How I Long For Home (2016)
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Labor Regimes of Indenture – A Global Overview of Migrant Domestic Work
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Reclaiming the Discarded Life: Life and Labour on Rio's Garbarge Dump
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Crafting Carnival, Crafting Community: the new Mardi Gras in New Orleans
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Across Oceans of Law: the Komagata Maru and jurisdiction in the time of empire
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Canada 150 Speaking Series, Keeping Canada White: Immigration Enforcement in Canada - Wendy Chan
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Women's participation in post Fukushima radiation monitoring: exploring gendered scientization
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2017 Outstanding Graduating Student and Usamah Ansari Top Student Awards
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Jakub Burkowicz receives Outstanding Graduating Student Award
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Call for papers: Boundaries and Ties: The Place of Metal Music in Communities
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SSHRC Project ‘Workers in the aging city: Eldercare labor markets in Vancouver and Shanghai’
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2016 Outstanding Graduating Student and Usamah Ansari Top Student Awards
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Interview of Jeffrey Lowe (BA '79) grad of Sociology & Anthropology
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WAGS/UMI Master’s Thesis Award for Humanities, Social Sciences, Education and Business.