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Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah on persistent issues of systemic racism within RCMP in CBC News article

November 17, 2020

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah was recently featured in a CBC News article titled RCMP's diversity hiring remains stagnant, new figures show by Catharine Tunney. The article opens with an overview of the lack of diversity in RCMP hiring practices over the last decade.

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah opposes RCMP union's 'thin blue line' symbol endorsement, in The Star article

November 05, 2020

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah recently weighed in on the RCMP union's endorsement of the 'thin blue line' symbol in an article titled "RCMP union pushes back against ban on 'thin blue line' symbol, says it has ordered custom patches" by Douglas Quan on The Star.

Cannabis prohibition's racial and gender disparities continue to thrive in the legalized cannabis industry: Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah publishes new article on The Globe and Mail

October 16, 2020

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah recently co-authored an article titled "Who is profiting off of cannabis in Canada?

Professor Scott Schieman examines the work-from-home divide between parents and non-parents in two recent articles in The Star

October 15, 2020

Professor Scott Schieman recently published two articles on The Star about the changing work-life conflict and workplace culture for parents and non-parents during the pandemic.

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De-tasking police and restructuring community safety - Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah featured in discussion about police and public safety on The Agenda

October 06, 2020

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah recently appeared on an episode of The Agenda with Steve Paikin alongside former RCMP officer Chad Haggerty, London police chief Stephen Williams and staff lawyer at Black Legal Action Centre Fareeda Adam. They discussed the role of police in society, given recent events in the U.S. and Canada.

"The hidden ways working from home is affecting our health": Toronto Star Article by Professor Scott Schieman

October 02, 2020

Professor Scott Schieman recently wrote an article The hidden ways working from home is affecting our health in the Toronto Star. In the article, Professor Schieman looks at how COVID-19 is changing the way workers view flexible time arrangements at work.

"Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in premature and avoidable mortality in Canada, 1991–2016": Newly published journal article in the CMAJ co-authored by Sociology MA student Abtin Parnia

October 01, 2020

MA student Abtin Parnia recently co-authored a paper entitled, “Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in premature and avoidable mortality in Canada, 1991–2016” in the CMAJ.

"'You Gotta Be Able to Pay Your Own Way': Canadian News Media Discourse and Young Adults' Subjectivities of Successful Adulting" - Rebecca Lennox co-authored article in the Canadian Journal of Sociology

October 01, 2020

Ph.D. student Rebecca Lennox recently co-authored an article entitled, “‘You Gotta Be Able to Pay Your Own Way: Canadian News Media Discourse and Young Adults’ Subjectivities of Successful Adulting” in the Canadian Journal of Sociology.

Report shows police are key drivers of racism against Black people: Akwasi Owusu-Bempah of UTM discusses the cycle of criminalization

September 22, 2020

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah was recently featured in an opinion piece in The Toronto Star by columnist Shree Paradkar. The story discusses a new report by the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) detailing how Toronto Police are more likely to criminalize and use violence during encounters with Black people.

The distracted worker is the greatest perceived threat to employers despite all the benefits of working from home - by Prof. Scott Schieman

September 17, 2020

Professor Scott Schieman wrote an article in The Toronto Star, with University of Toronto undergraduate student Ryu Won Kang.

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