The Canadian Sociological Association conference highlights current issues from a sociological perspective. Expect scholarly debates on a variety of topics ranging from the theoretical to the political. The following list of plenaries are scheduled for Congress 2020 at Western University.
Additional plenaries such as “Big Thinking” lectures will also be held during Congress. See the Congress website for further details.
Upcoming Events
Teaching Social Movements in an Age of Social and Political Upheaval
Conference Highlights, Panels and Plenary, Professional DevelopmentUniversity-level teaching on the topic of social movements brings several inherent decision-making dilemmas. The changing nature of the student body, combined with the urgency of several contemporary issues on which … Read more Teaching Social Movements in an Age of Social and Political Upheaval
Navigating the non-academic job market as an Applied Sociologist
Conference Highlights, Panels and Plenary, Professional DevelopmentGraduate training helps students develop skills and competencies that can be applied in non-academic work settings, however, students often have little awareness around how to leverage their training in the … Read more Navigating the non-academic job market as an Applied Sociologist
“We are dropping like flies”: The professional and physiological implications of doing equity work.
Conference Highlights, Panels and Plenary, Professional DevelopmentPatricia Monture (2009:26) correctly identified academia as a carceral space which is “exclusionary, silencing and perhaps even violent.” It has been long established that academia as a discursive and material … Read more “We are dropping like flies”: The professional and physiological implications of doing equity work.
Recent developments in relation sociology
Conference Highlights, Panels and PlenaryThe purpose of this panel is to recognize and discuss four recent or upcoming major publications in the field of relational sociology: Beyond Leadership: A Relational Approach to Organizational Theory … Read more Recent developments in relation sociology
How do Quebec health and social care workers strive to better meet the needs of asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants?
Conference Highlights, Panels and Plenary, Regular SessionsIn the context of growing anti-migrant sentiment and where care-providers (e.g., social workers, nurses, psychologists) are faced with budgetary and time constraints and policies that limit access to care and … Read more How do Quebec health and social care workers strive to better meet the needs of asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants?
