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.

In a newly published article in the journal Social Problems, Eran Shor found that women who break the glass ceiling receive a "paper cut", as their media coverage becomes disproportionally negative.

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Congratulations to Professor Eran Shor for receiving a SSHRC Insight Grant in the most recent competition for his research on racial disparities in the media.

Prof. Elrick's new book, Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism has been featured in a book symposium in the latest issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies

Prof. Elrick's new book, Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism has been featured in a book symposium in the latest issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Daniel Sailofksy accepted tenure track position

Congratulations to Daniel Sailofsky, one of our Ph.D. students, who has accepted a tenure track position as Lecturer (the equivalent of an Assistant Professor position in North America) at the Department of Criminology and Sociology, Middlesex University, London, UK. Daniel wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on athlete-perpetrated violence against women and its effects on their career outcomes.

Congratulations to Professor Jan Doering for receiving a SSHRC Insight Grant in the most recent competition for his research on accusations of racism.

Professor Jennifer Elrick comments on the 50th anniversary of Canada’s multiculturalism policy.

Professor Jennifer Elrick was invited to share her thoughts on the legacy of Canada’s official multiculturalism policy on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Her contribution appears in in a special edition of the Canadian Issues series published by the Association for Canadian Studies, which was guest edited by Prof. Will Kymlicka (Queen’s University).

Congratulations to Professor Pesando who was awarded a 2022-2024 Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship

Professor Pesando was awarded a 2022-2024 Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship, a globally competitive Fellowship dedicated to improving the development, learning, and living conditions of children and youth worldwide

The Department of Sociology at McGill is ranked among the top-50 in the world by multiple global university ranking publications

The Department of Sociology at McGill was ranked 40th in the 2020 QS World University Rankings and 50th in the 2021 recently-released Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy

Congratulations to recently Ph.D. graduated Golshan Golriz for accepting an Assistant Professor tenure track position at Queen's University's Department of Sociology

Congratulations to Golshan Golriz, one of our recent Ph.D. students, who graduated at the beginning of the year and has accepted an Assistant Professor tenure track position at Queen's University's Department of Sociology.