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Featured News
Doctoral student studies the complexities of caregiving in the age of apps
Carieta Thomas one of 9 winners of the 2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship...
In the news
In the News: Naomi Lightman, Sociology, in CBC News
COVID-19 has taken 'heavy toll' on female immigrants working in health care, report says
In the News: Pallavi Banerjee and Isabel Fandino, Sociology, in Canadian Dimension
OP-ED: Canada’s International Graduate Students and COVID-19: Beyond the Rhetoric of Welcome
In the News: Matt Patterson, Sociology, on Global News
Making a plan for the future of Chinatown
In the News: Pallavi Banerjee, Sociology, in Conversation Canada
Trump’s suspension of H-1B visas is a racist attack on immigrants — and a bad move for the economy June 29, 2020 12.27pm EDT
Featured publications
In the News: Social Politics
Lightman, Naomi. (2020). "Comparing Care Regimes: Worker Characteristics and Wage Penalties in the Global Care Chain.” Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society.
In the News: Springer
Brainer, Amy, Mignon Moore, and Pallavi Banerjee. (2020) “Race and ethnicity in the lives of sexual minority parents and their children: Perspectives from North America and Beyond.” in LGBT-Parent Families: Innovations in Research and Implications for P
In the News: BMJ Open
Aktary ML, Caron-Roy S, Sajobi T, O'Hara H, Leblanc P, Dunn S, McCormack GRM, Timmins D, Ball K, Downs S, Minaker LM, Nykiforuk CIJ, Godley J, Milaney K, Lashewicz B, Fournier B, Elliott C, Raine KD, Prouse RJL, and Olstad, DL. "
In the News: Gender and Society
Kristen Myers and Pallavi Banerjee, Invited Blog for Gender and Society Blog, Benefits of Peer Reviewing in Academia. March 11, 2020.
Livestream: A Celebration of Music by Black Composers
Join the School of Creative and Performing Arts online for a live concert from the Rozsa Centre, featuring music by black composers, performed by UCalgary faculty, students, alumni and guests.