how healing and illness is related to social structures, social processes and the social determinants of health. As well as the political, social and economic circumstances that shape the experiences of those involved Session Organizer: [...]
Research that combines the sociology of health with media analysis has expanded considerably in the last ten years. The relationship between health, illness, and the media is complex including, among other topics, representations, information, communication, [...]
Recently, federal government policies regarding international migration changed in three fundamental areas: a) in provincial allocations of settlement funding with shifts away from Ontario towards Prairie provinces and British Columbia; b) in the immigration policy [...]
This is the session for any students of historical and contemporary imperialism and its connection to other social phenomena such as war, social class, migration, decolonization, genocide, law, religion, environment, globalization and other social development [...]
Indigenous and Settler peoples in what is now North America have long interacted across porous and rigid boundaries, in conflict and cooperation, and these historic and present-day dynamics play a critical role in shaping collective [...]