Earlier this week, the SSA executives met and chose the recipients to divide our $600 total Research Grant amongst! It was a difficult decision to make, so thank you to the wonderful sociologists that applied.
Here are this year’s winners!
Andy Holmes to support research towards an Honours thesis, “Competing Perceptions of Safety inPride Parades”, which will explore the intersections between the diverse social movements, including the anti-racist Black Lives Matter movement and the LGBT2Q+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, two-spirit) movement.
Tina Chenyang Jiang to help present research on place identity during rapid social change, titled “Practice of Transnational Mobilities: WhiteSpot Family Restaurant in Vancouver as a Case Study”, at Transforming Urbanity: People and Cities on the Move, a 4-day international conference in Malaysia.
Anangons Johnson-Owl to help conduct interviews for a research project in the course Sociology 382: Qualitative Methods, with the project topic focusing on exploring themes of hardship and resilience in the university setting as they are understood by Indigenous and Indigenous-focused professors at UBC.
Kacey Ng to support the presentation of a research paper examining the current and significant challenges of degradation faced by Vancouver’s Chinatown, which will take place at this year’s annual Canadian Sociological Association conference in Toronto.
Siqi Xiao to support participation in this year’s Urban Ethnographic Field School.
Congratulations, Andy, Tina, Anangons, Kacey and Siqi! Best of luck in your sociological endeavours!