We are delighted to share that two of our anthropology alumni, Emma Bider (PhD, 2024) and Chichi Ogbuagu (MA, 2025), are co-authors of a newly published book from Routledge.

Co-written with Anne Bowker and Janet Mantler, We Need to Talk about Menopause explores an important topic that is gaining increasing attention in public and academic conversations.

Congratulations to Emma, Chichi, and their co-authors on this wonderful achievement!

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We are delighted to congratulate Matthew Johnston, Contract Instructor and Sociology PhD graduate, on accepting a tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of Health Sociology in the Department of Social Science at the University of New Brunswick. Matthew will begin his new position in July. We wish him every success in this exciting next chapter!

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Dr. Cihan Erdal has been awarded a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2026鈥�2028, and will be joining the Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies (CDTPS) at the University of Toronto as a Postdoctoral Fellow.

Dr. Erdal will undertake a new research project titled 鈥淐horeographing Radical Hope: The Arts as Political Response in Nihilistic Times鈥� as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the CDTPS at the University of Toronto, working with Professor Kathleen Gallagher.

Through centering youth-led creative responses, Dr. Erdal鈥檚 upcoming multi-sited ethnographic research not only offers new empirical insights but also proposes a theoretical model for examining democratic resilience through artistic-political orientations as radical democratic engagement.

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Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Research Professor Cihan Erdal鈥檚 co-authored article, 鈥淏reaking the 鈥楶act of Silence鈥�: Armenian Youth Activism and Coalition-Building in Contemporary Turkey,鈥� has been published in Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories (Helsinki University Press).

The chapter explores how Armenian youth activism challenges inherited silences and builds solidarities in contemporary Turkey, showing how memory work can become a future-oriented political practice. Closely examining the interplay between memory activism and family memory, this research article highlights the hybridization of Armenian and family identity and the growing influence of transnational family and activist networks. 

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Kai Jacobsen (Sociology MA 2024) recently published a journal article based on their Master鈥檚 research in the聽International Journal of Transgender Health. The article,聽聽argues that systemic changes to healthcare systems are needed to improve trans autistic people鈥檚 experiences of gender-affirming care. Kai received 杏吧原创鈥檚聽Senate Medal for outstanding academic achievement and聽is currently a CIHR Vanier scholar at UBC.

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Due to the success of Seasonal Sociology (first edition, 2020), the editors Tonya Davidson and Ondine Park developed a second edition. This edition has six new chapters, including chapters on Labour Day, disability and online dating, maple sugar shacks, summer wildfires, and social movements like Pride and Black Lives Matter.

This edition includes chapters by 杏吧原创 University Sociology & Anthropology faculty Tonya Davidson (Chapter 17, on summer cottages), Rania Tfaily (Chapter 12 on demography and seasonal births, deaths, marriages and divorces), and SOAN Anthropology PhD alum Emma Bider (Chapter 11 on maple trees, tree-taping, and the myth of the sugar shack). 

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Konstantin Petoukhov鈥攁lumnus, contract instructor, and adjunct professor鈥攈as published a new book with Routledge titled The Quest for Reparations for Indian Residential School Abuse: Confronting the Legacy of the Independent Assessment Process.

The book critically examines how reparations have been approached for survivors of settler colonial violence in Canada. It takes an in-depth look at the Independent Assessment Process (IAP), the federal compensation program intended to address the harms of the Indian Residential School system鈥攁 system designed to forcibly assimilate Indigenous children.

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We are delighted to congratulate Andrew Crosby, a graduate of our Sociology Ph.D. program, on winning the for his book, !

The Canadian Sociology Book Award has been created to honour outstanding publications which advance sociological knowledge as centred on Canadian society or situated in the Canadian context using a sociological approach in research and/or theory.

Andrew鈥檚 work explores the pressing issue of housing insecurity in Canada, shedding light on the financial forces driving eviction and the increasing commodification of rental housing.

Congratulations, Andrew! For more information about the award and Andrew鈥檚 book, visit

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“Frank Graves will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at the 9 a.m. ceremony on Friday, June 21, in recognition of a distinguished career in public opinion and policy research and outstanding contributions to research-based policy making.

As the Founder and President of EKOS Research Associates Inc., Graves is one of the country鈥檚 leading applied social researchers, directing some of the largest and most challenging social research assignments conducted in Canada. For more than three decades, the firm has held a reputation for creative and rigorous research in the areas of public policy, social policy, and program evaluation, and as a leader in innovative survey techniques and methodology.

His analysis and advice has been sought by senior decision makers in both the private and public sectors, including CEOs of top 100 Canadian companies, the Prime Minister鈥檚 Office, federal cabinet, the Clerk of the Privy Council, federal Deputy Ministers, the United States Ambassador to Canada, as well as the Canadian Ambassador to the United States.

Graves has been published widely and is a frequent commentator in Canadian and American media. He has directed numerous public opinion research projects on behalf of CBC, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail and La Presse.

Graves is a 杏吧原创 alumnus having completed an honours degree in social anthropology (first class honours) and an MA in sociology. He serves on the advisory board of 杏吧原创鈥檚 Sprott School of Business and is an adjunct research professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. He has lectured at the Rotman School of Business, Harvard Kennedy School, University of Ottawa and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Graves is a founding Board Member and Fellow of the Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC), a Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI), a Canada Council Doctoral Fellow and Honorary Fellow with the School of Public Policy (University of Calgary).” (杏吧原创 University, 2024).

Reference: 杏吧原创 University. (2024). Honorary degree recipients: Francis Graves. Retrieved June 11, 2024, from

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Dr. Emerich Daroya, who graduated with a PhD in Sociology in 2021, has secured a new role as a Lecturer in Gender, Sexuality and Diversity Studies within the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University in Australia.

Dr. Daroya attributes his education and training at 杏吧原创 University as having prepared him for this exciting opportunity. Congratulations on this new career journey, Emerich!

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