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As members of Western’s Sociology Department, we strongly condemn structural racism and the recent violence against Black Americans, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. We share in the collective grief, anger, and pain over these murders, and we stand in solidarity with the protests that have followed them. ... As sociologists, scholars, teachers, and people, we cannot stay silent. We are responsible for speaking out against racism and all other forms of oppression. Please read our commitments in the Department of Sociology Solidarity Statement.
Service Interruptions
Sociology Department service changes due to COVID-19
Mar. 18: As you know, courses will resume Wed. Mar. 19 online, and residences remain open. For other services, Western has transitioned to its required services mode. This means Sociology's staff will be working from home during regular business hours, and can be contacted by email. See Sociology Current Contacts.
Media Buzz
June 23, 2020 "Grant sharpens student focus on aging Boomers" Western News
June 17, 2020 "Visible minorities make up 27% of London's COVID-19 cases" CBC News
June 11, 2020 "Montreal's poorest and most racially diverse neighbourhoods hit hardest by COVID-19, data analysis shows" CBC News
June 11, 2020 "Questions around systemic racism in policing show reluctance to engage in talks, change, says former officer" The Current
June 10, 2020 "Researchers unite to explore family leave nationwide" Mirage News
June 10, 2020 "Researchers unite to explore family leave nationwide" Western News
June 4, 2020 "2,000 COVID-19 cases missing from Toronto's map of hot spots" CBC News
June 3, 2020 
"On The Line... With Janice Forsyth" CKSN
June 2, 2020 "How Black Canadians are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19" The Gazette
May 28, 2020 "Stress eating for two: we could be seeing the first signs of a pandemic baby boom" CBC News
May 27, 2020 
"The Pandemic Is Changing How We Use Technology To Communicate" Think Out Loud
May 20, 2020 "Data linking race and health predicts new COVID-19 hotspots" The Conversation
Apr. 28, 2020 "Should Cash Transfers Used as an Emergency Response Be Universal or Targeted?" Stanford Basic Income Lab
Apr. 27, 2020 "A Coronavirus Baby Boom: Myth or Reality?" Psychology Today
Apr. 26, 2020 "Ring, ring: Canadians are calling each other a lot more during COVID-19 pandemic, telecoms say" CBC News
Apr. 24, 2020 "I figli? Meglio averli tra i 35 e i 49 anni. La scoperta scientifica" Meteo Week
Apr. 24, 2020 "Pandemic exposes gaps between those with and without resources" St. Thomas Times-Journal
Apr. 22, 2020 "Western researchers earn SSHRC Insight Grants" Western News
Apr. 17, 2020 "Pandemic making Canada's economic future uncertain" Phys.org
Apr. 16, 2020 "Experts: Pandemic making economic future uncertain" Western News
Apr. 4, 2020 "LFP LONGFORM: COVID-19 is 'a defining moment' that will change our culture in ways large and small . . . or not" London Free Press
Apr. 2, 2020 "Yoshida focuses on Creating Dialogues between the Community and the Academic" Western Social Science
Apr. 2, 2020 "Ramos translates Social Science to Help Communities" Wester Social Science
Mar. 27, 2020 "Social media has positive possibilities in pandemic" TechXplore
Mar. 27, 2020 "Basic Income in a Pandemic and Beyond" Jacobin
Mar. 26, 2020 "Social media has positive possibilities in pandemic" Western News
Mar. 18, 2020 "Episode 8: Lorna Ferguson" NIRO Knowledge
Mar. 12, 2020 "The Startling Inequality Gap That Emerges After Age 65" Kaiser Health News
Mar. 12, 2020 "Eight faculty honoured for teaching excellence" Western News
Feb. 25, 2020 "Canadian sports groups have policed themselves for too long and it isn’t making sports safer" The Conversation
Feb. 21, 2020 "Canada cannot dust off gender roles in home" Phys.org
Feb. 19, 2020 "What's behind London's population growth?" London Morning
Feb. 18, 2020 "London population growth rate among fastest in Canada" CBC News
Feb. 17, 2020 "How often are people getting divorced in Canada?" London Morning
Feb. 13, 2020 "Canada's divorce is data revealing—and still murky" Phys.org
Feb. 13, 2020 "Divorce data revealing – and still murky" Western News
Feb. 10, 2020 "In Conversation: Rachel Margolis on Divorce Trends in Canada" Vanier Institute
Jan. 24, 2020 "Policing partnership puts big data on patrol" Western News
Jan. 1, 2020 "What's in a name? Looking back at the top N.B. baby names of the past 40 years" CBC News
Nov. 5, 2019 "Honourees for 2019 Atlohsa Peace Awards unveiled" CTV News
Oct. 13, 2019 "Who is Canada's middle class?" CBC News
Oct. 12, 2019 "Forsyth book chronicles Indigenous sport, politics" Western News
Sept. 27, 2019 "Honourees for 2019 Atlohsa Peace Awards unveiled" CTV News
Sept. 10, 2019 "Western emerging generation among New College" Western News
Aug. 7, 2019 "Estudio asegura que tener hijos hace miserables a las parejas" Grupo Fórmula
Aug. 1, 2019 "Transgender Canadian cyclist wins key battle in human-rights complaint over policing of athlete gender" National Post
July 31, 2019 "What does 'middle class' really mean, anyway?" The Big Story
July 16, 2019 "What does it mean to be working class in Canada?" Macleans
July 7, 2019 "Alone: The decline of the family has unleashed an epidemic of loneliness" Jewish World Review
July 4, 2019 "The Future of Canadian Policing Is Turning Teachers Into Cops" Vice
June 28, 2019 "Dying For A Photo" Connecticut Public Radio
June 14, 2019 "First Things First: Kinship and the breakdown of the family" Times Free Press
