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This new paper from our trainee Mari Aaltonen examines dementia and delayed discharge and the association of delayed discharge with discharge destination and with the continuity of primary care prior to urgent admission. The study used data from our partner .

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Published on: 25 Jan 2021

Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a from researchers at ĢƵ. In recent years, an increasing number of child marriages have been common-law unions.

Classified as: child marriage, Canada, children, common-law, Alissa Koski, shelley clark
Published on: 8 Jan 2021

The spread of the Internet is shaping migration in profound ways. A ĢƵ-led of over 150 countries links Internet penetration with migration intentions and behaviours, suggesting that digital connectivity plays a key role in migration decisions and actively supports the migration process.

Classified as: migration, internet, technology, digital connectivity, Luca Maria Pesando
Published on: 16 Dec 2020

In ""(published inEthnic and Racial Studies)Maike Isaac andProf.Jennifer Elrick assess the potential impact of COVID-19 on the precarious legal statuses of “essential” migrant workers in countries of the Global North.

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Published on: 24 Nov 2020

Assistant Professor Barry Eidlin offered commentary on the November 3, 2020 U.S. presidential election inLa Presse.On November 4, hepublished a morning-after analysis of the results entitled « » (“This election will not be the end of Trumpism”).

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Published on: 4 Nov 2020

Professor Poulami Roychowdhury’s new book (Oxford University Press) shows how illegality is central to the exercise of citizenship rights in India. Women stake claims by mobilizing organized support, threatening law enforcement personnel, and doing the work of the state themselves.

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Published on: 13 Sep 2020

Professor Shor's book, , was written together with ĢƵ Sociology PhD student Kimberly Seida and published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). It examines what we know, what we think we know, and what are some surprising research findings and insights about the place of aggression within pornography today.

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Published on: 13 Sep 2020

Professor Jan Doering’s new book (Oxford University Press) examines conflicts about over policing, crime, and gentrification in racially diverse neighborhoods.

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Published on: 13 Sep 2020

Professor Barry Eidlin uses some basic tools of sociological analysis (relying particularly on Erik Olin Wright and Howard Kimeldorf) to think through the broader implications of the recent strikesfor racial justiceby professional athletes in a piece published on August 30 inJacobinentitled“”

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Published on: 4 Sep 2020

Professor Barry Eidlin’s bookLabor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canadahas been given the distinction of Honorable Mention for the2020 Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award competition of the American Political Science Association Canadian Politics Section.

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Published on: 4 Sep 2020

"The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently unveiled the recipients of its fall 2019 round ofPartnership Grants, including two ĢƵ-led projects, totalling $5 million. SSHRC also unveiled the recipients of the round’sPartnership Development GrantsandPostdoctoral Fellowships, in which 18 ĢƵ applicants received over $2 million in funding."

Classified as: Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making, CAnD3, amélie quesnel-vallée, In the Headlines
Published on: 25 Aug 2020

Read the ĢƵ Reporter's coverage of CAnD3's formation under the leadership of Prof. Amélie Quesnel-Vallée.

"The Canadian population is aging. For the first time in our history, people 65 and up outnumber those 14 and under. To adapt to this unprecedented demographic shift, we must reimagine our health and social systems.

Classified as: Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making, CAnD3, amélie quesnel-vallée, In the Headlines
Published on: 25 Aug 2020

Acknowledged as the "" of political polling in Quebec, Emeritus Professor Maurice Pinard published a book .

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Published on: 29 Jun 2020

Assistant Professor Luca Pesando was awarded the Best PhD Dissertation Prize in Demography by the Italian Statistical Society.This prize was instituted in the memory of, an Italian Sociologist and Demographer working in France, who lost her life in the 2015 terrorist attack in Paris.

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Published on: 29 Jun 2020

ĢƵ’s Department of Sociology expresses full support for the ongoing protests against police brutality and institutionalized racism in the aftermath of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many others. We, the faculty, are in awe of and inspired by the peaceful mobilization against racism around the world and feel that this is an important time for self-reflection and listening.

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Published on: 29 Jun 2020

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