Upcoming Events
John Porter Lecture: Dr. Nathanael Lauster
Conference Highlights, Keynote Speakers
The Death and Life of the Single-Family House The single-family house dominates North American cities, but Vancouver has broken away from this pattern more completely than any other metropolis. I … Read more
For the Long Haul What We Can Learn from Long-Term Indigenous-Settler Alliances
Conference Highlights, Panels and PlenaryThis invited panel examines how long-term Indigenous-settler alliances emerge and unfold in particular spatial and historical contexts in Canada. Using a case study approach informed by Indigenous and anticolonial research … Read more
The Sociology of Fossil Fuels: A Glimpse into Power, Politics and Inequality in Canada
Conference Highlights, Panels and PlenaryContentious politics plague the fossil fuel industry in North America. The Coastal GasLink pipeline in Northern British Columbia has met with opposition from Indigenous communities and many others in civil … Read more
John Porter Lecture: Dr. Geneviève Zubrzycki
Keynote Speakers
Beheading the Saint: Nationalism, Religion and Secularism in Quebec This award winning book analyzes the discursive, ritual and visual genesis of a Catholic French-Canadian ethnic identity in the 19th century, and … Read more
Welcome Reception
Banquet, Award Ceremony and ReceptionsWelcome Reception hosted by the Sociology Department at the University of British Columbia.
