If students are looking for temporary housing until they can secure a rental, there are a number of short term accommodations webpages, and some local hotels provide students with a special UW pricing which was mainly for quarantining, but in some cases has been extended to a non-Covid stay while the student finds more permanent housing.
The Department of Sociology and Legal Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo is seeking an exceptional scholar, teacher, and researcher for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Sociological Theory beginning July 1, 2023.
Congratulations to Professor Suzan Ilcan on being named University Research Chair by the University of Waterloo for a seven-year term. Her term will begin on 1 July 2022.
PhD student Robert Fantina’s recently published book chapter, ‘Government: Calling on Racism to Run Federal and State Governments,’ in Impacts of Racism on White Americans In the Age of Trump (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), edited by Duke W. Austin and Benjamin P. Bowser, can be downloaded here for free during March and April.
Sociology PhD student Emerson LaCroix had a book review published in the Canadian Journal of Education. Please see the entire review.
The Waterloo Catholic District School Board's use of police has been under scrutiny in recent weeks, after news broke that police were called to John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School last fall to deal with a four-year-old student's behaviour. Read the article here.
Assistant Professor Sarah Turnbull is featured in the Globe and Mail article, ‘No Way Out’ by Tom Cardoso, about systemic racism in the Canadian federal parole system. The research Dr Turnbull discusses in the story is based on her book, Parole in Canada: Gender and Diversity in the Federal System (UBC Press, 2016).
Protecting infrastructure from the ‘freedom convoy’ could forever silence legitimate dissent
By Philip Boyle Associate Professor | Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Legal Studies
We are holding a virtual LSAT logic games workshop this week for students at top colleges in the eastern Canada and are inviting everyone at UWaterloo who might be interested in attending.
You are invited to a Logic Games Workshop presented by TestMasters, the leader in high‑end LSAT preparation.
When: February 9th, 2022 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Eastern Time
Recent challenges on the use of School Resource Officers (SRO) brought to the forefront the absence of evidence on the effectiveness of police officers in schools and the negative impact on youth, especially for Black, Indigenous, racialized, and vulnerable youth. Our understanding is limited as prior research is largely culture and race absent.