Congratulations to Dr. David Lyon on his retirement
The Department of Sociology wishes to congratulate David Lyon on his retirement from 91TV on June 30, 2021.
Welcome Dr. Alana Saulnier
The Department of Sociology is delighted to announce that from July 1, Alana Saulnier joins the department as an Assistant Professor.
30DoS 2018 Day 23 with Dr. Thomas Abrams
Dr. Thomas Abrams had a little page come up on the Critical Physiotherapy Network’s 30 days of September, an annual event highlighting research done by members.
Dr. David Murakami Wood's new book: Surveillance Studies
Dr. David Murakami Wood's new book: Surveillance Studies: A Reader from Oxford University Press (co-edited with Torin Monahan of UNC Chapel Hill, USA) is available.
PhD Candidate, Karina Rider (first author) and Dr. David Murakami Wood on their recent publication
Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Karina Rider (first author) and Dr. David Murakami Wood on their recent publication, Condemned to connection? Network communitarianism in Mark Zuckerberg’s “Facebook Manifesto” in New Media and Society.
Becoming Your Own Device: Self-Tracking Challenges In The Workplace
The Canadian Journal of Sociology recently published an article by PhD Candidates, Steve Richardson and Debra Mackinnon. Congratulations!
Dr. Norma Möllers invited to become Fellow at The Weizenbaum-Institute for the Networked Society
The Weizenbaum-Institute for the Networked Society ("The German Internet Institute") invited Dr. Möllers to become a Fellow for 2018-2019. The Berlin-based institute one of the largest research centers world-wide dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of digitization and social change. While there, she will work on her current SSHRC-funded research on how information infrastructure shapes state sovereignty.
Drs. David Lyon, David Murakami Wood and PhD Candidate, Midori Ogasawara on CFRC Podcast Network
The scholars discuss the changing nature of surveillance studies. Dr. Lyon explains his concept of “social sorting” as dividing a population into groups so that they can be seen and treated differently. Ogasawara explores the colonial roots of the Japanese biometric ID system, arguing that it was grounded in perceptions of Chinese labour and internal resistance. While Dr.
Dr. Cynthia Levine-Rasky published opinion piece in The Star
With Nigel Barriffe, President of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, Dr. Cynthia Levine-Rasky published an opinion piece in about the Munk Debate featuring Steve Bannon and David Frum. She was also interviewed for a story about Bannon for the
Dr. David Murakami Wood started the Toronto Open Smart Cities Forum
Dr. David Murakami Wood and Bianca Wylia, of Tech Reset Canada, started the Toronto Open Smart Cities Forum (TOSCF). The Forum assists the public in responding to proposed and existing networked forms of urbanism like Sidewalk Toronto