Teaching and Learning

Emotion in Learning: Managing Negative Emotions and Creating Positive Spaces when Teaching Environmental Crises

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Thursday May 19 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

Teaching the sociology of the sixth mass extinction, the climate crisis, and other forms of dramatic and wide-reaching environmental problems can present students with a problem: difficult emotions of grief, ... more

Sociology Outside the Classroom

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Thursday May 19 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

Experiential learning courses are promoted by universities and colleges across the country as opportunities for students to gain real-world experiences to connect them to their discipline and their communities. Experiential ... more

Teaching and Learning

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Friday May 20 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

Sociologists bring into their classrooms a variety of teaching and learning strategies and techniques. The Teaching and Learning Cluster invited papers that broadly highlight current issues in student learning or ... more

Teaching and Learning Cluster

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Friday May 20 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

We welcome all sociologists who are interested in teaching sociology from first year through graduate school. As more and more post-secondary institutions across Canada are creating faculty positions focused on ... more

Teaching Innovations that Increase Equity

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Friday May 20 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

In 2019, there were 1.36 million undergraduate students attending Canadian Universities. Further, just under one-third (31.6%) of the Canadian population under 65 has attended a university in their lifetime (Statistics Canada, 2021). These figures underline ... more