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Featured News
New study examines impact of pandemic on immigrant women care workers
UCalgary sociologist Naomi Lightman embarks on project as winner of Thelma Margaret Horte Memorial Fellowship in Women and Society...
In the news
In the News: Jenny Godley, Sociology, in CBC News
Hundreds of COVID care packages to be handed out in northeast Calgary
In the News: Jenny Godley, Sociology, CBC
Hundreds of COVID care packages to be handed out in northeast Calgary
In the News: Naomi Lightman and Ted McCoy, Sociology, in rabble.ca
OPINION: Canada's she-cession: COVID-19, care work and the decline of the service sector
In the News: Naomi Lightman, Sociology, The Philippine Reporter
Social Planning Toronto Report: Racialized groups in housing crisis
Featured publications
In the News: Ted McCoy, Canadian Dimension
Resisting education cuts in Alberta: Drawing on recent historical examples
In the News: Alex Bierman, Sage Journals
Chai L, Schieman S, Bierman A. Financial Strain and Psychological Distress: Do Strains in the Work-Family Interface Mediate the Effects? Society and Mental Health. August 2020.
In the News: Alex Bierman, The Journals of Gerontology
Yeonjung Lee, PhD, Alex Bierman, PhD, Margaret Penning, PhD, Psychological Well-Being Among Informal Caregivers in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: Why the Location of Care Matters
In the News: Alex Bierman, Sage Journals
Schieman S, Badawy PJ, A. Milkie M, Bierman A. Work-Life Conflict During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Socius. January 2021
ArtsCast 7: Stingless beekeeping in the Ancient Mayan world
Archaeology professor Dr. Elizabeth Paris discusses her recent discoveries on the business of stingless beekeeping in the Ancient Mayan world and how it reflects the Mayans' advanced understanding of the ecological importance of beekeeping.