{"id":84082,"date":"2023-03-09T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T14:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=84082"},"modified":"2023-03-09T22:13:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T03:13:26","slug":"alumni-to-share-career-journeys-at-sociology-critical-criminology-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/03\/alumni-to-share-career-journeys-at-sociology-critical-criminology-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni to share career journeys at Sociology, Critical Criminology event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Sociology is inviting Brock students to learn more about where studies in Sociology and Critical Criminology can lead at an upcoming career event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Can I Do (And Who Can I Be) with a Sociology or Critical Criminology Degree?\u201d takes place Wednesday, March 15 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Sankey Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The event is primarily designed for those taking Sociology, Critical Criminology or general Social Sciences, but all are welcome to attend and learn more from alumni working in education, research, business and social services. Participating alumni include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vince Pacilli (BA \u201921), Gay Men\u2019s Sexual Health and Harm Reduction Co-ordinator at AIDS Committee of Toronto<\/li>\n<li>Kailene Jackson (BA \u201920, MA \u201921), Co-Founder and Director of Programming at Civiconnect and Instructor at Niagara College<\/li>\n<li>Lindsay Hayhurst (BA \u201905), Curriculum Development Specialist eLearnng at Brock\u2019s Learning Services<\/li>\n<li>Tassia Gabbidon (BA \u201920), Gender and Sexual Violence Intake and Support Co-ordinator for Brock Human Rights and Equity and Associate Therapist at Niagara Wellness Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Academic Advisor Lindsay Shaw says the event aims to \u201cdisrupt preconceived notions\u201d about where students can take a degree in these fields.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents have a unique and incredibly privileged opportunity to cultivate their intellectual curiosity and social awareness and develop their capacity to engage in a critical, informed and self-reflective way with social institutions,\u201d says Shaw. \u201cAs alumni working in important social institutions, we believe our speakers have a lot to say about this lifelong learning process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Department Chair Mary-Beth Raddon hopes the event will help students gain perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany students are understandably anxious about uncertain futures,\u201d she says. \u201cAt Career Night, students can take inspiration from the stories of alumni and be reminded that their degree learning equips them well for many endeavours in work and life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To help students understand future possibilities, the Department is also running an alumni spotlight series on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BrockSociology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brock_sociology\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Sociology is inviting Brock students to learn more about where studies in Sociology and Critical Criminology can lead at an upcoming career event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":84084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,7,38],"tags":[3333,1271,2524,522],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84082"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84094,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84082\/revisions\/84094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}