Don’t Panic: Population Projection is not a Crystal Ball

In response to the growing alarmism around the so-called "demographic cliff," Clark and colleagues explain population projections and why most demographers are not panicking.

FRQSC grant awarded to Prof. Isabel Pike

The FRQSC has awarded Isabel Pike, Assistant Professor in McGill’s Department of Sociology , a research grant through their Research Support for New Academics competition.

The grant spans three years and will go towards Pike’s project “The Demographic Dividend and the Re-Economization of Population.”

SSHRC Insight Development Grant awarded to Prof. Wang

Prof. Skyler Wang has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for his research on the growing integration of AI into dating apps.

Congratulations to Christopher Dietzel (Concordia), Stefanie Duguay (Concordia), David Myles (INRS) and Prof. Wang on receiving funding for this project. 

Chih-lan (Winnie) Yang receives Arts Insight Dissertation Award

Former Sociology graduate student Chih-lan (Winnie) Yang, who defended in 2024, has been awarded the Arts Insight Dissertation Award for her dissertation “Marriage, Cohabitation, and Family among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Post-Marriage Equality Canada.” The award was officially conferred at the Arts Faculty Council Meeting on May 20.

In a large faculty like Arts this is a major accomplishment and speaks to the rigorous and high-quality work of our students. 

Prof. Barry Eidlin authors opinion piece on the Amazon Quebec closures

Prof. Barry Eidlin has written an opinion piece for The Globe and Mail in response to Amazon's decision to close its Quebec operations. 

Read the article here: Why the union hate, Amazon? What's really behind the closing of Quebec Operations. 

Prof. Jennifer Elrick has been named Chair in Multiculturalism at McGill University

In May 2023, Prof. Jennifer Elrick began her appointment as Chair in Multiculturalism at McGill University. The Chair, which is endowed with funds from the Government of Canada, was first established in 1995 as the Chair in Canadian Ethnic Studies. Its purpose remains to support research on issues of diversity and multiculturalism.

PhD Candidate Gabriel Lévesque receives PSSM Best Student Paper award for 2023

Congratulations to PhD student in Sociology and Richard H. Tomlinson Doctoral Fellow at McGill University Gabriel Lévesque, who has been awarded the PSSM Best Student Paper award for 2023 in the Political Sociology and Social Movements cluster for his paper titled "Toxic Substance Regulations and the Structuration of Interdependent Policy Networks".

https://www.csa-scs.ca/conference/research-cluster-awards/

Graduate Awards and Publications

Congratulations to the following graduate students in the Sociology PhD program:

Michaela Michalopulos has been awarded the Vasileios Tsiolis Foundation Award from the Hellenic Scholarships Foundation.

Prof. Jennifer Elrick and Prof. Daniel Béland have published an article in Policy Options on what Canada can learn from Germany about managing the distribution of asylum claims in a federal system.

In an article for Policy Options, Prof. Jennifer Elrick and Prof. Daniel Béland (political science) respond to Québec Premier François Legault’s recent call to distribute asylum-seekers across provinces. They look to the case of Germany as an example of how it could be done, what it would take, and the kinds of benefits and risks involved.

Congratulations to Dr. Roychowdhury for receiving numerous book and article awards in 2022

American Sociological Association, Human Rights Section, Gordon Hirabayashi Book Award 2022

American Sociological Association, Distinguished Book Award, Honorable Mention 2022

Eastern Sociological Society, Mirra Komarovsky Book Award 2022

Law and Society Association, Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Honorable Mention 2022

Prof. Jennifer Elrick discusses immigration targets in The Conversation

In a recent article in The Conversation, Prof. Jennifer Elrick discusses the nature of immigration targets as a migration management tool and how the power of big numbers can lead to anti-immigrant sentiments unless they are contextualized in public debates.