Dr. Sytsma's article titled, Exploring Barriers to Researching the Economics of Municipal Policing is now available in advance online format in the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. This article was co-authored with University of Toronto Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies PhD student, Erick Laming.
Congratulations to Dr. Rob Beamish and Postdoctoral Fellow, Lisa Carver on their recent publication: A Scoping Review: Social Participation as a Cornerstone of Successful Aging in Place among Rural Older Adults in the journal, Geriatrics.
“Living with Death in Rehabilitation” builds on Dr. Thomas Abrams ongoing work with young people with muscular dystrophies, their parents, and practitioners in the rehabilitation clinic. Working with health psychologist Dr. Jenny Setchell (University of 91TVsland/University of Toronto), Dr. Abrams applied an existential sociological lens to discussions of death and dying in the clinical space.
Congratulations to Dr. David Lyon who published in On_Culture. His piece summarizes some ideas from The Culture of Surveillance: Watching as a Way of Life (Polity 2018) as an intro to the special issue of the journal.
Dr. Fiona Kay's research on the Canadian legal profession was featured in the December issue cover story for Precedent Magazine on the topic of racism and sexism in the legal profession and authored by Mai Nguyen.
Dr. Nicole Myers and Dr. Victoria Sytsma, both have articles in the January issue of the .
Dr. David Lyon talked about his 2018 book, The Culture of Surveillance, on the BBC Radio 4 show 'Thinking Allowed' with Sociologist Laurie Taylor. The other guest, Kristie Ball from St Andrew's University Scotland, was a member of the Surveillance Studies Centre research team. The show can be heard
Toronto Star: Civil liberties association threatens legal action to block Sidewalk Labs smart city project.
Toronto Star: Man who called the Star to say he’d taken a hostage launches unusual GoFundMe for post-release expenses, basic needs. Dr. Myers says discharge planning might work for everyone.
Dr. Norma Möllers gave a talk on March 15 at the Digital Sociology mini-conference which takes place as part of the . The paper's title is "The internet, digital capitalism, and the state: How the material stuff of information became a problem for state power." It also presents findings from her current SSHRC project.
