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.
In a new partnership with the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT), Dr. Aurini and her research team are investigating post-transfer experiences of university and college transfer students. This multi-year qualitative research study will capture university and college students' post-transfer experiences and how they may vary by pathway (e.g., vertical, lateral, reverse, and swirler) and region. This project incorporates a longitudinal design to capture student transfer as a multi-faceted social process.
Located in the heart of Waterloo Region, the University of Waterloo is at the forefront of innovation and home to world-class research and inspired teaching. The University is seeking exceptional scholars and researchers for up to six Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) opportunities, dependent on funding, across all six faculties (Arts, Engineering, Environment, Health, Mathematics, or Science).
Dr Schulenberg has co-authored (with Laura Huey and Jacek Koziarski) Policing Mental Health: Public Safety and Crime Prevention in Canada (Springer, 2022). Drawing on the results of two ethnographies on police practice, this book addresses the important question of why mental illness has become ‘police property’ and for decades the de facto response to a health and social problem.