Congress and Research Cluster Awards
Several Canadian Sociological Association Research Clusters feature Best Student Paper initiatives as part of our annual Conference. In 2021, Congress also introduced a Graduate Student Merit Award program. Visit our Conference Website - awards section for further information about these opportunities.
Learn more about the Canadian Sociological Association's Best Student Paper Award.
Recipients
2021 Congress
Congress Graduate Student Merit Award
- Carlo Charles, McMaster University
- Andrew Crosby, Carleton University
- Ayesha Mian Akram, University of Windsor
- Karine Coen-Sanchez, University of Ottawa
- William Schultz, University of Alberta
- Olivia Peters, University of Guelph
Visit the Congress 2021 website to view their profiles
Research Cluster Awards
Animals in Society - Maybe Memorial Award
- Yasmin Koop-Monteiro, University of British Columbia
- Metabolic Rifts and Alienation in the Animal Agriculture Industry
Political Sociology and Social Movements
- Kristen Bass, University of Toronto
- Étudiants en grève: Cultural Repertoires of Labour Organizing in the 2012 Quebec Student Strikes
Sociology of Disability
- Danielle Landry, York University
- Honourable Mention - Megan Linton, Carleton University
Work, Professions and Occupations
- Sareh Nazari, University of Saskatchewan
- Employment income gap in the Canadian labour market: Intersection of gender, religion, and visible minority status
2020 Congress
Research Cluster Awards
Sociology of Education
- Emerson LaCroix, University of Guelph
- Institutional Culture of Delegating & Decentralizing Control: A Case of Experiential Education in Ontario Higher Education
2019 Congress
Research Cluster Awards
Economic Sociology
- Anouck Alary, Université de Montréal)
- Family-directed cord blood banking and the (re)privatization of social reproduction.
- Ningzi Li, University of Colorado & Abdullah Shahid, Cornell University
- Liberalization and Legitimacy: Relationship Formation in A Newly Liberalized Market
Sociology of Development
- Jeffrey Swindle, University of Michigan
- Exposure to Global Cultural Scripts through Media and Attitudes toward Violence against Women
Sociology of Education
- Rod Missaghian, University of Waterloo
- University dreams are made of these: exploring the role of social capital in the postsecondary decision-making process of a group of at-risk Canadian students
Violence and Society
- Lily Ivanova, University of British Columbia
- Teaching Empathy, Teaching Politics: The Cultural Limitations of ‘Never Again’ in Canadian Education about Genocide
Work, Professions and Occupations
- Philip Badawy and Scott Schieman, University of Toronto
- With Greater Power comes Greater Stress? Supervisor Support and the Role Strains Associated with Job Authority
- Katelyn D. Mitri, University of Western Ontario
- Does Higher Education Make a Difference? The Influence of Educational Attainment on Women’s and Men’s Employment Outcomes
2017 Congress
Research Clusters
Political Sociology and Social Movements
- Anna Slavina, University of Toronto
- Cultures of Engagement: Cross-National Differences in Political Action Repertoires
2016 Congress
Research Clusters
Environmental Sociology
Doctoral Award:
- Georgia Piggot, University of British Columbia
- Getting to Zero: Organizational Responses to British Columbia’s Carbon Neutral Policy
Masters Award:
- Amanda Evans, University of Alberta
- An Ecological Habitus on the Oilfield? Climate Change and Green Technology Perspectives in the Lifestyles of Alberta Oilsands Mine Workers
Political Sociology and Social Movements
- Max Chewinski, University of British Columbia
- Knots that Strain & Threads that Bind: NGO-Grassroots Dynamics in the Movement Web Challenging Canadian Resource Extractivism
2015 Congress
Research Clusters
Environmental Sociology
Doctoral Award:
- Mihai Sarbu, University of Ottawa
- (Re)defining Climate Change as a Cultural Phenomenon
Masters Award:
- Marianne Corriveau, University of Ottawa
- Idea-driven environmental mobility: The Case of Goletta Verde
Sociology of Development
- Amm Quamruzzaman, McGill University
- Economic Growth or Good Governance: What is More Important to Reduce Poverty and Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Work, Professions and Occupations
- Eugena Kwon,
- Exploring factors influencing career and family choices of female medical students and residents
2014 Congress
Research Clusters
Environmental Sociology
Doctoral Award:
- Mihai Sarbu, University of Ottawa
- Instrumental Rationality and Climate Change
Masters Award:
- Max Chewinski, Carleton University
- Whither the State? Globalization, Citizenship Regimes, and Canadian Mining as Nation-Building