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Professor David Pettinicchio on Canadians with disabilities and chronic health conditions feeling left behind amid the COVID-19 pandemic

July 21, 2020

Professor David Pettinicchio recently co-wrote an op-ed in The Toronto Star discussing the negative impacts wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadians with disabilities and long-term chronic health conditions.

Congratulations to recent PhD graduate Atsushi Narisada on receiving the Best Dissertation Award in the Sociology of Mental Health section

June 26, 2020

Congratulations to recent PhD graduate Atsushi Narisada who recently received the Best Dissertation Award for his thesis titled "The Social Antecedents and Consequences of the Sense of Distributive Justice." This award honours dissertations with excellence of writing and discussion in a sociological topic in the Sociology of Mental Hea

Professor Ito Peng on the implementation of public insurance plans and strong regulations to support long-term care

June 12, 2020

Professor Ito Peng recently wrote an article for Policy Options, the newsletter of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP). In it, she discusses the lessons that Canada can gain from studying long-term care schemes in Japan, Korea and Germany.

Professor Scott Schieman on the impact of work amid the COVID-19 pandemic

June 12, 2020

Professor Scott Schieman recently spoke to U of T News about his research on the impact of work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Schieman's recently funded project will build on work he had already begun tracking the changing work and family lives of Canadians.

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah on defunding the police

June 05, 2020

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah recently spoke to the Toronto Star about the movement to defund police in favour of community organizations especially in the cases of mental health calls. We have included an excerpt of the article below.

Sociology Research Contributes to Lessening the Impact of COVID-19

April 23, 2020

Many of the Faculty in the Sociology Department have recently adjusted their research to address issues arising as a result of COVID-19 as well as the social distancing and economic shutdown that have been put in place to contain the pandemic.

Professor Joe Hermer on the impact of COVID-19 on the Homeless in Ontario

April 23, 2020

Professor Joe Hermer has recently co-authored an article in The Conversation discussing the need to protect the homeless during the pandemic. The article warns that police enforcing Ontario's Safe Streets Act that targets homeless people will put them in danger, not only with the law, but also risk spreading the pandemic.

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