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Featured News
Canadian Centre for Research Analysis and Methods hosts third-annual Rocky Mountain Methodology Academy
Experts offer data analysis and research design sessions from July 15 – 22, 2025
Meet the exemplary educators who are this year's Teaching Awards recipients
The 10th year of the University of Calgary Teaching Awards honours recipients for their excellent contributions to teaching and learning
Bringing Creativity to Life in Assessments
An advanced topic, Sociology of Blackness (SOCI 401-01), was taught for the first time in the fall term of 2024 by Gbenga Adejare as an in-person class. The course was designed to explore the context of being Black in the social world. There were multiple assessments in the course aimed at reifying concepts, internalization of abstract issues, and bringing out the creativity in students.
The ripple effect: Mentorship lessons from UCalgary Alumni
We asked some notable UCalgary alumni to reflect on the mentors who shaped their journeys from career-defining advice to life-changing support
2024 Asian Law & Society Association Distinguished Article Award
Dr. Qian Liu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, receives the award for the article "Relational Legal Consciousness in the One-Child Nation."
UCalgary undergraduate students begin their transdisciplinary research journeys
Apply for your PURE award by Jan. 27
In the news
In the News CBC Listen - Got scammed? What to watch out for.
CBC Saskatchewan Blue Sky interview with Dr. Michael Adorjan on scams
In the News YouTube
Podcast Interview with Michael Adorjan on Crime Prevention
In the News Alberta Crime Prevention
Upcoming Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association Conference to Feature Talk by Michael Adorjan
In the News Alex Bierman, Sociology, in CBC Radio-Canada
Proclamer ses résolutions de Nouvel An peut être une source de stress
In the News Qian Liu, Sociology, in CTV News
The rent-a-friend industry is booming among Canada's Chinese diaspora
In the News Michael Adorjan, Sociology, in MediaSmarts | HabiloMédias
Experiences Researching Artificial Intelligence Literacy | Media Literacy Week 2024 event
Featured publications
In the News History of Education Quarterly
Scott McLean in History of Education Quarterly: From Missionary Zeal to Holiday Appeal: Summer School, Professionalization, and Teachers in Canada, 1915 – 1959
In the News Gender Work Organization, Wiley Online Library
Pallavi Banerjee and Carieta Thomas, “The Migrant Care Work Regime and the Making of the Constant-Care Worker Among Indian Immigrant Nurses.”
In the News Michael Adorjan, Sociology, in Routlegde, Taylor & Francis Group
Parenting Cyber-Risk: Opportunities and Challenges Raising Children with Digital Environments
In the News Sharla Alegria and Pallavi Banerjee - Oxford Academic, Social Problems
Time Won’t Give Me Time: Intersections of Racialized and Gendered Organization of Work in Tech
ALCHEMY: Festival of Student Work
From bold new creations to the culmination of years of artistic development, experience an exciting range of dance, drama, music and interdisciplinary performances.
March 25–April 5
University Theatre, Rozsa Centre and more