The Canadian Sociological Association fosters faculty and student professional development through many workshops and expert panels held during our annual conference.
Additional opportunities are offered through the Congress. See the congress website for further details.
Upcoming Events
Beyond equity policy: Searching for institutional procedures and practices that support Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) faculty
Conference Highlights, Panels and Plenary, Professional DevelopmentThe purpose of this session is to identify and share insights about how to address racism and related issues that affect Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) faculty at … Read more Beyond equity policy: Searching for institutional procedures and practices that support Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) faculty
Digital Data Management and Open Access: Implications for research and publishing
Conference Highlights, Panels and Plenary, Professional DevelopmentThe environment surrounding academic research and publishing is undergoing transformation. SSHRC (along with NSERC and CIHR) is putting in place a policy on research data management that will have significant … Read more Digital Data Management and Open Access: Implications for research and publishing
Best Practices in Teaching about Racism and Colonialism: Pedagogies for Pursuing Racial Justice and Decolonization
Conference Highlights, Panels and Plenary, Professional DevelopmentThis session examines best practices in teaching about racism and colonialism, primarily in a Canadian post-secondary context. How can universities become both sites of deep learning and critical reflection and … Read more Best Practices in Teaching about Racism and Colonialism: Pedagogies for Pursuing Racial Justice and Decolonization
Rethinking Statistics Training
Conference Highlights, Panels and Plenary, Professional DevelopmentNumeracy, data-literacy, and quantitative reasoning are key transferable skills that help make a degree in sociology worthwhile but, is statistics training in sociology at a crossroad? Our research questions, methods, … Read more Rethinking Statistics Training
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
