Welcome to the Department of Sociology
Featured News
Arts researchers included in NSERC funding announcement
Five projects from the departments of Psychology and Anthropology and Archaeology share over $1M in federal grants
PhD student wins two awards at the Canadian Sociological Association 2026 annual meeting
Sociology PhD student Anuneeta Chatterjee wins the overall CSA graduate student paper award and student presentation award.
In Memoriam: Dr. Robert Stebbins, Faculty of Arts
Professor emeritus and former head of the Department of Sociology; campus flag to be lowered June 11, 2026
In the news
In the News Alex Bierman, Sociology, on CTV News Calgary
Calgary group delivers house plants to seniors to help fight loneliness
In the News CityNews
Alex Bierman interviewed about loneliness in Albertan older adults
In the News Alex Bierman, Sociology, on CityNews
New study reveals persistent isolation among Alberta seniors
Featured publications
In the News International Journal of Drug Policy
Lucy Harry in Journal of Drug Policy: Necropolitics and state-sponsored drug violence: the death penalty for drug offences in Indonesia
In the News The Gerontologist
Fahimeh Mehrabi - Wired for Companionship: A Meta-Analysis on Social Robots Filling the Void of Loneliness in Later Life
Understanding Arctic Sea Ice
Dr. John Yackel, PhD, professor in the Department of Geography in the Faculty of Arts, is leading an international team studying Arctic sea ice in the High Arctic. The project will improve satellite measurements to better understand climate change.