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2025 Faculty of Arts Awards
Two of our Department of Sociology faculty members received recognition for their work in research and teaching at the 2025 Faculty of Arts Awards! Dr. Pallavi Banerjee, a UCalgary Research Excellence Chair, received an Impact Award, and Dr. Annette Tezli, associate professor (teaching), received a Teaching and Learning award. Congratulations Pallavi and Annette!
Outstanding members of UCalgary Arts honoured
Faculty awards recognize Arts community's achievements and influence
Olympic bidding and social license: a micro analysis of a public debate
Social license or public approval is often a major issue in the bid phase of the Olympic cycle and is typically sought through a referendum.
Senate Student-Athlete Community Leadership Awards Recipient: Willow Beyea
The Senate Student-Athlete Community Leadership Award recognizes a student-athlete who shows strong community engagement by demonstrating direct community involvement. Representing the University of Calgary Senate's vision of "Senate engaging community," the recipient is a student-athlete in good academic standing with a significant commitment and involvement in engaging with and improving their community.
UCalgary continues to expand transdisciplinary capacity on campus
New roles drive teaching, learning and research excellence in areas of focus
More Than a Meal: How Students Led UCalgary’s Food Security Movement
From subsidized groceries to food literacy programs, this is how grassroots student efforts evolved into a campus-wide ecosystem of support, dignity, and resilience.
In the news
In the News Calgary Herald
Opinion: A trade war as psychological warfare - Harry Hiller
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
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
The Myth of Jewish Humour
Join Dr. Roni Cohen, PhD (Goethe University), for a look at European Jewish popular culture and medieval Purim parodies in this exciting launch of the Jewish Culture Forum.
May 27, 12 p.m.
Online via Zoom