Department of Sociology and Criminology News Archive
Banting Fellows and Vanier Scholars awarded to UM
July 15, 2021 —
UM welcomes two Banting Postdoctoral Fellows to its ranks and congratulates four doctoral students on receiving Vanier Scholarships
Faculty of Arts
Signs of improvement, but further work needed to create more inclusive secondary schools: 2SLGBTQ report
June 21, 2021 —
New research shows that, while there have been some important improvements in the last decade, there is still a long way to go in creating safer and more accepting Canadian schools for Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Questioning (2SLGBTQ) youths
Faculty of Arts
Meet the 2021 Faculty of Arts Gold Medal Recipients
June 15, 2021 —
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to present the 2021 undergraduate academic medal winners
Three new Distinguished Professors at UM
July 27, 2020 —
Congratulations Drs. Tina Chen, Elizabeth Comack and Roberta Woodgate
Faculty of Arts
Meet the 2020 Faculty of Arts Gold Medal Recipients
June 26, 2020 —
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to present the 2020 academic medal winners. Their achievements are recognized in the Spring 2020 virtual convocation ceremony.
The Canadian Press: ‘Tips on steroids:’ Social media both a help, hurdle for police investigations
August 16, 2019 —
Social media can help or hurt police investigations such as the one into three homicides in northern British Columbia, says a criminologist
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Arts 2019 Teaching Awards Announced
July 29, 2019 —
The 2019 Faculty of Arts annual teaching awards have been announced. Arts congratulates the award winners on their commitment to students, higher learning and quality instruction.
Research and International
A critical lens on legal reconciliation
July 15, 2019 —
Dr. Jeremy Patzer credits his early interest in law, in part, to a duck
The Conversation: Canada’s MMIWG report spurs debate on the shifting definitions of genocide
June 7, 2019 —
'One genocide is never the same as another, and therefore a static law or a fixed concept of genocide is of little use to protect us from its horrors'
Honours bestowed on two faculty members at Fort Garry convocation ceremonies
June 5, 2019 —
Dr. Rick Linden will have the title of Distinguished Professor conferred upon him, and Professor Aaran Caza will receive the Olive Beatrice Stanton Award for Excellence in Teaching.