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.

Professor Zoua Vang comments on Hmong American Sunisa Lee's olympic gold medal win in an NBC article.

Professor Zoua Vang was recently interviewed for a NBC News article about Sunisa Lee's Olympic gold medal win and what it says about the Hmong American community, resilience and the model minority stereotype.

[Link: : https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/hmong-americans-are-often-obscured-model-minority-myth-why-suni-n1275567]

Congratulations to McGill Ph.D. Nicole Denier who has been awarded the Arts Research Excellence (Early Achievement) Award of the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta.

Nicole Denier received her Ph.D. in 2016 (Essays on job loss and stratification in Canada and the United States), spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Colby College, and then took up an assistant professorship at the University of Alberta. She has published extensively on labour markets and is currently continuing her widely cited work with Sean Waite (also a McGill Ph.D.) on the employment outcomes of gays and lesbians.

Congratulations to Chi-Ian Winnie Yang who won the 2021 Canadian Population Society graduate student paper award.

Chi-Ian Winnie Yang’s paper, entitled “Marriage Equality or Socioeconomic Inequality? Couple-Level Socioeconomic Predictors of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada between 2006 and 2016", examines whether labour market characteristics and economic resources are associated with marriage among Canadian same-sex couples.

Congratulations to Professor Amélie Quesnel-Vallée who was awarded the 2021 Fieldhouse Teaching Award from the Faculty of Arts.

Professor Amélie Quesnel-Vallée was awarded the 2021 Fieldhouse Teaching Award from the Faculty of Arts that recognizes excellence in teaching and mentoring students.

Professor Barry Eidlin writes in the Washington Post about the undemocratic nature of union representation elections in the United States.

Labour unions in the United States have suffered a series of high-profile defeats in union representation elections in recent years, most recently at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama. While some might think this indicates that workers are not interested in unionizing, available polling data suggests that far more workers want unions than currently have them.