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Governing Visibility: Zihao Zhou’s New Research on Media Censorship and Digital Homonormativity in China

December 09, 2025

Zihao (Joseph) Zhou, a PhD student in the Department of Sociology, recently published two complementary articles that collectively theorize the precarious state of homosexual citizenship in contemporary China.

Jan Doering

Professor Jan Doering Discusses "Sound and Social Conflict" on Happy Space Podcast

December 02, 2025

Professor Jan Doering and advocate Clare Kumar explore why our responses to sound are highly subjective and how this often creates tension in urban life. Sound can delight one person and distress another. Hearing is a sense we cannot turn off, making sound a constant shared experience. Noise is more than volume.

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Professor Kristin Plys featured in Special Issue of Social Science History, 'What Was the Cold War?'

December 02, 2025

Professot Kristin Plys' new article, "The Cold War from the Global South: Maoism and the Future of Liberalism," was recently published in a special issue of Social Science History on 'What Was the Cold War?' co-edited by Mitchell Stevens and University of Toronto Sociology PhD alum Ioana Sendroiu.

Toronto Population Network Organizers; Leafia Ye, Ridhi Kashyap, Monica Alexander, and Joanna Peppin

Toronto Population Network Launches with Successful Inaugural Mini-Conference

November 28, 2025

On November 6, the Toronto Population Network (TPN) hosted its inaugural mini-conference at Hart House, drawing over 80 participants from the University of Toronto’s three campuses and a wide array of disciplines, including sociology, geography, public health, social

Jillian Sunderland

Global News / 980 CKNW’s Morning with Simi interviewed Jillian Sunderland about her new article

November 27, 2025

Global News / 980 CKNW’s Morning with Simi interviewed Jillian Sunderland about her new article in The Conversation Canada on the rise of “performative” men. The segment is available on Spotify.

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The rise of the ‘performative male:’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online

November 19, 2025

Jillian Sunderland recently published a new article in The Conversation titled “The rise of the performative male: How young men are experimenting with masculinity online.” The piece examines a growing cultural phenomenon in which young men publicly adopt a softer, more emotionally expressive, and aesthetically curated style of masculi

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Professor Kristin Plys Explores the Uneven Terrain of Labour and Capital in Digital Era

November 12, 2025

Professor Kristin Plys has published a new article in Critical Sociology that reframes how scholars understand labour, capital, and resistance in the Global South. "The Gramsci-Mao debate on antifascism during India’s emergency (1975–1977) and beyond: Towards an anti-imperialist critique," reconsiders the Gramsci-Mao debate on a

Professor Jerry Flores Featured in U of T Impact for Research on Systemic Barriers Facing Indigenous Women

October 28, 2025

The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is pleased to share that Professor Jerry Flores is featured in the latest campaign of U of T Impact.

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Jillian Sunderland Publishes New Article: From “Bad Apples” to “Toxic Masculinity”: Framing Blame in Media Narratives of Elite Boy Violence

August 14, 2025

In this paper, Sunderland analyzes how mainstream Canadian newspapers framed a gang sexual assault at Toronto’s elite St. Michael’s College School. Departing from typical “bad apples” or “boys will be boys” tropes, coverage adopted a gendered and sociological lens, invoking toxic masculinity, school culture, and systemic bullying.

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Youngrong Lee is the winner of the 2025 AKSA Graduate Student Paper Award

July 24, 2025

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