Early this week, the SSA met and chose the recipients of our Undergraduate Peer Support Grant.. The $600 grant (in total) is awarded to passionate and well-rounded sociology majors who are in need of resources to support their academic project or engagement.
Although it was a difficult decision, congratulations to the 2016 recipients of the Undergraduate Peer Support Grant!
Emily Chan to support her Sociology Honours research. She is looking into how race and gender affects students’ likelihood of classroom participation for upper-level Sociology classrooms.
Narjes Sara Hashemi to go towards her registration fee for the Urban Ethnographic Field School program for the 2016 summer term.
Lauren Hindley to support her Sociology Honours. Lauren is hoping to research how being a ‘Third Culture Kid’ (TFK) affected the ‘university experience’ of UBC students.
Skyler Wang to take his research to present at the American Association Annual Conference. His paper involved him interviewing four activists who helped mobilize Singapore’s first LGBT movement via social media.
Thank you to everyone who applied this year! We offer the grant annually, so if you missed your chance this time you will have another opportunity in 2017.
Congrats Emily, Lauren, Sara, and Skyler!