Sociology 433

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presentation by Michael, Mélissa and Asuka How has converging world affected your cultural identity? Will cultural boundaries exist in the future? What does belonging mean in the context of a converging world? Great job to everyone who presented today! We’ll be looking forward to the Day 2 of Group Presentations. Have a good weekend.

March 25 (Fri) – Elaine, Ellie, Selina, Chris – Michael, Melissa, Asuka March 28 (Mon) – Sara, Cel, Chafic – Hanae, Namzay, Morvarid

Hi all, it appears that for the remainder of this term we have to take our class to elsewhere; on Fridays (March 18, 25, and April 1), we will meet IBLC Room 265. The time we meet is unchanged (9:30-11a). We’ll let you know as soon as possible about the location for Mondays; we’re currently […]

Howe 1. Discuss some of the results of the study and whether you trust them. Discuss the methodology used in the paper and whether it is a good indication of rationalizing Quebec’s question of sovereignty. 2. The paper keeps making connections between having sovereignty and having better standards of living. Do you agree with this […]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12610268 Since we spent a lot of our time in classes discussing about the promotion of intercultural communication at universities,  here is an article that might interest you. Interestingly Canada is not listed under the top 11 countries with overseas friendly universities. FYI, we will be inviting the director of Go Global, Katherine Beaumont to […]

http://askakorean.blogspot.com/ This forum is operated by a Korean American lawyer who answers pretty much any question about Korea and its culture. “The Korean”, as he calls himself, does not claim that he is an expert in this field; he simply offers his take on the culture, and explains societal components that non-Koreans would find difficult […]

This short film talks about the foreign doctors struggling to get residencies in Canada even after they have obtained their Canadian medical qualifications. This raises the concern of ”systemic racism” in the evaluation of immigrant workers. Considering that Canada is currently suffering from doctor shortages, one would expect that Canada would welcome foreign doctors (who […]

Brain Abuse by Bauder 1. Bauder points out that “immigrants (under the “skilled-workers” category) are selected by a point system that gives credit to education and credentials that not not recognized in Cacada.” How do you feel about such de-skilling discrepancy? If occupations that are not highly desired by Canadian-born residents are filled up by […]

http://www.nfb.ca/film/sharia_in_canada_part_1/ http://www.nfb.ca/film/sharia_in_canada_part_2/