2011-12

SEPTEMBER
Sept. 21, 12:00-13:00 PM Laurent Martel,Demography, Statistics Canada, Demosim "Future Ethnocultural Composition of the Canadian Population : Key Findings from Demosim" Leacock 429
Sept. 28, 12:00-13:00 PM Jim Engle-Warnick, Economics, McGill University "Social Exchange and Risk and Ambiguity Preferences" Leacock 429
OCTOBER
Oct. 5, 12:00-13:00 PM Alison Comfort, Health Policy, Harvard University "Long-term effect of in-utero rainfall on maternal mortality: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa" Leacock 429
Oct. 12, 12:00-13:00 PM Benoît-Paul Hébert, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) "Life events and the timing of retirement: An event history analysis using the 2007 General Social Survey" Leacock 429
Oct. 19, 12:00-13:00 PM Andrea Willson, Sociology, University of Western Ontario "The Link Between Childhood Adversity and Adult Health Risk Trajectories" Leacock 429
Oct. 26, 12:00-13:00 PM Hicham Raïq, Sociology, Université de Montréal & Axel van den Berg, Sociology, McGill University

"Family type and Poverty under Different Welfare Regimes: A Comparison of Canadian Provinces and Select European Countries"

Leacock 429
NOVEMBER
Nov. 2, 12:00-13:00 PM David John Roelfs, Sociology, University of Louisville
"Unlikely Locations: Enclosed Malls Small Markets, and Civic Prestige" Leacock 429
Nov. 9, 12:00-13:00 PM Shelley Clark, Sociology, McGill University "Single motherhood and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: A life course perspective" Leacock 429
Nov. 16, 12:00-13:00 PM Stephen Obeng Gyimah, Sociology, Queen's University Family Structure, Ethnicity, and the Transition to First Sex in Ghana" Leacock 429
Nov. 23, 12:00-13:00 PM Jacques Ledent, Urbanisation, Culture et Société, INRS "Overeducation among salaried workers of immigrant origin in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver: a comparative analysis"
Leacock 429

 

JANUARY
Jan. 18, 12:00-13:00 PM Arnout van de Rijt, Sociology, Stony Brook University "The Social Stratification of Fame" Leacock 429
Jan. 25, 12:00-13:00 PM Philip Merrigan, Economics, Université du Québec à Montréal "The impact of the Quebec School Reform on Mathematics: results from NLSCY" Leacock 429
FEBRUARY
Feb. 1, 12:00-13:00 PM Arthur Spirling, Department of Government, Harvard University "Partisan Convergence in Executive-Legislative Interactions: Modeling Debates in the House of Commons, 1832-1915"
Leacock 429
Feb. 8, 12:00-13:00 PM Tom van der Meer, Political Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam "The (in)explicable (ir)rationality of political trust in Europe"
Leacock 429
Feb. 15, 12:00-13:00 PM Decio Coviello, Institute of Applied Economics, HEC "The Inefficiency of Worker Time Use"
Leacock 429
Feb. 22 Reading week, no talk
Feb. 29, 12:00-13:00 PM Hélène Vézina, Human Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi "Ancestral origins and the genetic heritage of Quebec_regional populations" Leacock 429
MARCH
March 7, 12:00-13:00 PM Jay Kaufman, Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University "Nature versus Nurture in the Explanations for Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities"
Leacock 429
March 14, 12:00-13:00 PM Sébastien Breau, Geography, McGill University "Unpacking the geographical dimensions of income inequality in Canada" Leacock 429
March 21, 12:00-13:00 PM Marc Frenette, Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC)  "Reducing Barriers to Postsecondary Education Through Innovative Interventions: Evidence from Canadian Field Experiments" Leacock 429
March 28, 12:00-13:00 PM Wendy D. Manning, Sociology, Bowling Green State University "Cohabitation and Marital Dissolution: Evidence from a Recent Marriage Cohort"
Leacock 429

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