News and events

  • 2025 SOCI/CRIM Spring and Summer Courses

    Whether you want to jump on the fast track to graduation, reduce next year’s course load, satisfy a program requirement or pick up an elective, Brock’s Department of Sociology is offering a wide array of Spring/Summer courses to help you advance your area of study and explore topics of interest.

    Course Spotlight: Introduction to Sociology I and II (SOCI/CRIM 1P90 and 1P91)

    Do you want to learn more about the social institutions, relationships and conditions that shape our world? Develop foundational academic skills for future sociology and critical criminology studies in these introductory Spring classes!

    • Analyze social interaction, social institutions, and social change across many contexts, such as work, politics, law, criminal justice, families, intimacies, education, race, gender, sexuality, health, the environment, religion, mass media and digital life.
    • Study major theoretical paradigms, core concepts and research methodologies of sociology as a critical discipline with potential to inform social policy and influence societal change.
    • Develop your critical thinking, research and writing skills.

    Recommended for Majors in Sociology, Critical Criminology and Child and Youth Studies, and Minors in Black Studies, Sociology, Critical Criminology and Critical Animal Studies.

    Prerequisite(s): none

    These courses may also be of interest to students in Canadian Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Labour Studies, Psychology, Political Science, Environmental Sustainability and Law Plus.

    Other Spring/Summer SOCI/CRIM Courses

    Spring:

    • SOCI/CRIM 2P00: Foundations in Sociological Thinking
    • CRIM 2P33: Law and Social Justice
    • CRIM 3P97: Liberties, Rights and Protections

    Summer:

    • SOCI 2P95: Troubling Identities
    • SOCI 3P56: Sociology of Sport

    Cross-listed (Spring):

    • WGST/SOCI 3P92: Gender, Environment, and Technology
    • LABR/SOCI 2Q95: Animals at Work
    • LABR/SOCI 3Q95: Sex Work and Sex Workers

    Cross-listed (Summer):

    • WGST/SOCI 2P86: Women, Gender & the Economy

    Learn more about our Spring and Summer courses.

    Registration opens March 5!

    For more information or to register for Brock’s Spring/Summer courses, visit brocku.ca/springsummer

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  • MA in Critical Sociology Information Session on Jan. 9

    Join us for an online information session about the MA in Critical Sociology on Thursday, Jan. 9th, 2025 at 1 p.m. Representatives from the program and from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs will be online to answer questions. Registration required.

    RSVP here.

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  • MACS Program on Display at Tower Takeover

    The MACS program was well-represented at the Tower Takeover on Tuesday, Nov 19, in the Rankin Family Pavilion. Organized by Becky White-Côté from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, the event showcased the strength and diversity of graduate programs at Brock.

    Our table was manned by our MACS Graduate Ambassadors, Edmond Adabanka, Olivia Schmidt, Luiza Mattos, and Alyssa Brew; our Graduate Program Director, Dr. Tamari Kitossa; the Chair of the Department of Sociology, Dr. Mary-Beth Raddon; and the interim Administrative Coordinator and Graduate Advisor, Lisa Betts. Well done, Team!

    Dr. Mary-Beth Raddon, Luiza Mattos, and Alyssa Brew

     

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  • Congratulations to our Graduates!

    On Friday, October 18th, two of our MACS students crossed the stage to receive their degrees. Congratulations to Mackenzie Lapierre and Antonia Magnotta!

    Mackenzie Lapierre

    Antonia Magnotta

     

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  • MACS Student Achievement: Justine McKay

    Congratulations goes out to graduating MACS student Justine McKay who has been accepted to York University’s Sociology PhD program this Fall! Justine will be continuing her studies, using the sociological skills gained through the MACS program. Justine’s research areas of interest include ADHD/mental health, educational inequities, political economy, and understanding their relationship to institutional policies and practices that can support or hinder individuals. Justine hopes to further this research by exploring the evolution of ADHD/mental health in relation to the economic organization of society and the pharmaceutical industry. We wish Justine the best of luck both in her studies and future career endeavors! For more information about the MACS program, please visit here.

  • Horizon scholarship recipient aims to be a global scholar doing local good

    Adwoa Fosuaa Owusu aspires to “be the change” she wants to see. The Master of Arts student in Critical Sociology began her academic journey in Ghana, but says she chose to come to study at Brock and “in the global community” to obtain skills and knowledge she can use to make an impact in her home country.

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  • OPINION: Kim de Laat, Alyssa Gerhardt and Andrea Doucet discuss employment policies and fathers’ involvement at home

    While the COVID-19 pandemic had many detrimental socio-economic and health impacts, one silver lining has been the influence of remote work on men’s involvement in unpaid work at home.

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  • Students explore migration themes through international collaboration

    While learning about human migration, Brock Sociology and Critical Criminology students recently participated in a collaborative project that saw them connecting with peers across the U.S. border.

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  • Research highlights challenges faced by young Black mothers

    A collaborative Brock University research project is amplifying the voices of young Black mothers in Canada and recommending changes to provide them better support.

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  • Brock grad thankful for student supports

    The journey may have taken longer than expected, but when Karli Woods received her undergraduate degree last week, the taste of success was just as sweet.

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