Archive
Department News
Events
Apr. 5, 2019 Ingrid Connidis delivers her Ultimate Lecture
Oct. 3, 2018 Where does the gender revolution stand?
Sept. 24, 2018 Bringing wrongful convictions out of the shadows
Apr. 12, 2018 Anton Allahar delivers his Ultimate Lecture
Mar. 15, 2013 5th Annual Sociology Graduate Student Conference
Research News
Project News
Sept. 16, 2019 Health of multiracial children is more than just black and white
July 17, 2019 Wolfgang Lehmann on education and the working class
July 16, 2019 What does it mean to be working class in Canada?
Apr. 25, 2019 University students feel they need better basic skills
Jan. 11, 2019 Use of parental leave unequal, despite policy objectives
Dec. 13, 2018 Denice research shows labour unions benefit all workers
June 21, 2018 Willson, Shuey and Heidinger trace the lasting impact of experiences
Jan. 18, 2018 Quan-Haase finds seniors are more connected than many of us think
Mar. 2012 CIHR Grant awarded for Longitudinal Health Research Project
Publications
Aug. 2018 Tracey L. Adams' in-depth research on self-regulating professions in Canada provides a clear picture of the creation of the professional landscape and how impotant this has been in building Canadian institutions and society in her new book, Regulating Professions: The Emergence of Professional Self-Regulation in Four Canadian Provinces .
Jan. 2018 Trower and Lehmann's article "Strategic Escapes: Negotiating motivations of personal growth and instrumental benefits in the decision to study abroad" was one of the British Educational Research Journal's top 20 most downloaded papers in the 12 months after online publication.
Jan. 2016 Lehmann and Taylor's article "On the Role of Habitus and Field in Apprenticeships" was shortlisted for WES 2016 SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence
Jan. 2015 Wolfgang Lehmann's article
Aug 2012 Huey, Fthenos, Hryniewicz article on resiliency of victimized homeless women
May 2012 Huey, Fthenos, Hryniewicz article on access to mental health services for traumatized homeless women
Workshops & Conferences
People News
Honours and Promotions
Sept. 27, 2019 Jerry White to be honoured with Atlohsa Peace Award
Sept. 10, 2019 Janice Forsyth named to College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
May 8, 2019 Tracey Adams receives John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award
Sept. 26, 2018 NCFR recognizes Paul Amato and Sarah Patterson for outstanding family research
Apr. 5, 2018 Dr. Sarah Patterson won 1st place in the 2018 3-Minute Research Competition of the Postdoctoral Research Forum
Mar. 27, 2018 Margolis named Western University Faculty Scholar for 2018
Nov 2013 Connidis awarded Wiley's Inaugural Alexis Walker Award
May 2013 Corrigall-Brown to receive CSA Early Investigator Award
Sept 2012 Avison elected Chair of Council for Canadian Child Health Research
Sept 2012 Avison elected CAHS Fellow
June 2012 Connidis elected Fellow of Gerontological Society of America
May 2012 Adams wins Best Article Award
May 2012 McMullin named to top international post
Nov 2011 Huey and Paré promoted
Student Achievements
Sept. 17, 2019 Bertina Lou commended in Undergraduate Awards 2019
June 6, 2019 Stephen Sartor wins Graduate Teaching Award
Apr. 19, 2018 Eugena Kwon was in the top 25 SSHRC storytellers for Congress 2018 competition. Watch her video: Examining the Role of Food Literacy in Shaping Immigrant Integration Experiences in Canada
Apr. 25, 2018 Leona Bruijns receives 2018 Vanier Canada Scholarship to research engaging men allies to transform a rape culture: Social Science feature, Western News story .
Mar. 26, 2018 PhD student Awish Aslam was an award winner in the 2016-17 Ontario Graduate Policy Research Challenge. Read Turning the paper into policy
July 2013 Annaliese Pope invited by Zapatistas
May 2013 Nicole Etherington earns Women's Health Scholars Award
Nov 2012 Muhammad Raza successfully completed PhD thesis
Sept 2012 Ryan Broll, Robert Nonomura and Hart Walker awarded external scholarships
Sept 2012 Claire Henderson successfully completed MA thesis
Aug 2012 Ph.D. students Fthenos and Hryniewicz published
June 2012 Jason Novick successfully completed MA thesis
June 2012 Sociology TAs recognized for excellence
June 2012 Pamela Glatt successfully completed MA thesis
May 2012 Ph.D. students Fthenos and Hryniewicz published
Apr 2012 Diana Szabo successfully completed MA thesis
Apr 2012 Secil Erdogan sucessfully completed PhD thesis
Apr 2012 Heather Maddocks successfully completed PhD thesis
Apr 2012 Zach Young successfully completed MA thesis
Apr 2012 Lauren Korosec successfully completed MA thesis
Apr 2012 Sara Driessens successfully completed MA thesis
Mar 2012 Thesis Research Grant awarded to Annaliese Pope
Mar 2012 Ching Jiangqin Du successfully completed PhD thesis
Mar 2012 Aisha Birani to join workshop in Spain to further dissertation research
Exits and Entrances
June 30, 2019 Ingrid Connidis retired from full-time service and is now Professor Emerita ... more time for art
June 30, 2019 James Cote retired from full-time service and is now Professor Emeritus.
June 30, 2019 Bill Marshall retired
Aug. 14, 2019 Sarah Patterson finished her post-doc
Aug. 30, 2019 Julie McMullin left Western to serve as Vice-President Academic & Provost at Mount Saint Vincent University
Dec. 11, 2018 In Memoriam: Rajulton Fernando
July 1, 2018 Patrick Denice joins Sociology
June 30, 2018 Anton Allahar retired from full-time service and is now Professor Emeritus
June 30, 2018 Charles G. Levine retired from full-time service and is now Professor Emeritus
Jan. 1, 2018 David Calnitsky joins Sociology
Sept. 1, 2017 Sarah Patterson arrived in Sept. 2017 as Postdoctoral Fellow
June 30, 2013 Paul Whitehead retired from full-time service and is now Professor Emeritus
June 2013 Danièle Bélanger left Western to join Laval University faculty
