Welcome to the Applied Sociology Research Cluster of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)

This research cluster is open to academics and practitioners, whether or not you are a member of the CSA. Please check out the About page for more about us and about applied sociology.

About the Applied Sociology Cluster

The Applied Sociology Research Cluster of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) was established in 2014 by co-chairs Marika Morris and Kristyn Frank. Since then we have grown from zero to over 60 members, organized five sessions at the 2015 CSA conference in Ottawa, started a list-serv, Facebook page and LinkedIn group.

We have recently assigned new positions and executive members for the Applied Sociology Research Cluster:

Co-Chairs:

Ashley Berard, University of Victoria

Rachael Barton-Bridges, University of Victoria

Vice chair/Past chair:

Kristyn Frank, Statistics Canada 

Executive Members: Bruce Ravelli, University of Victoria; Emily Milne, MacEwan University; Brittany Etmanski, University of Waterloo;   Sara Cumming, Sheridan College

Secretary: Jessica Pulis, Sheridan College

Graduate Student Representative: Vacant

Undergraduate Student Representative: Erika Dubrule, MacEwan University

Please contact Ashley Berard if you would like to become a member or are interested in taking on a leadership position in our cluster.