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Professor Akwasi Owusu Bempah: Defunding the police: what does it mean?

June 22, 2020

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah recently spoke to CTV News about what it means to defund the police as a way to end violent policing amongst Black communities. Professor Owusu-Bempah explained that defunding the police does not necessarily mean eliminating the police force.

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Alumnus Josh Rosenblum on "snowballing" your social network

June 16, 2020

Arts and Science alumnus Josh Rosenblum recently spoke to A&S News about how his sociology degree has continued to help him in his career in market research. Rosenblum still feels very connected to the Sociology community and uses the skills that he developed in the classroom in his work for Synqrinus.

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Professor Julius Haag on The New Normal

June 16, 2020

Professor Julius Haag recently appeared on The New Normal with Maydianne Andrade, a weekly podcast. Professor Haag appeared, alongside Mark Campbell, on Part I of 'Enough' - a two-part episode to discuss the impacts of systematic anti-Black racism.

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Professor Ito Peng on the implementation of public insurance plans and strong regulations to support long-term care

June 12, 2020

Professor Ito Peng recently wrote an article for Policy Options, the newsletter of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP). In it, she discusses the lessons that Canada can gain from studying long-term care schemes in Japan, Korea and Germany.

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Professor Scott Schieman on the impact of work amid the COVID-19 pandemic

June 12, 2020

Professor Scott Schieman recently spoke to U of T News about his research on the impact of work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Schieman's recently funded project will build on work he had already begun tracking the changing work and family lives of Canadians.

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Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah on the Agenda

June 12, 2020

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah recently appeared on an episode of The Agenda with Steve Paikin alongside Sandy Hudson, Kike Ojo-Thompson, and Roger Dundas to discuss solutions to stop anti-Black racism and systematic discrimination on a large scale.

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Statement Regarding Racialized Violence

June 08, 2020

Racialized violence is an endemic problem of Canadian society. The most recent examples of violence against Black people have sparked outrage around the world. Each instance of police brutality threatens not just individuals but the legitimacy of society as a whole. These instances are not isolated events.

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Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah on defunding the police

June 05, 2020

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah recently spoke to the Toronto Star about the movement to defund police in favour of community organizations especially in the cases of mental health calls. We have included an excerpt of the article below.

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Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah speaks on podcast about Cannabis and the Criminalization of Black Canadians

June 03, 2020

Professor Akwasi Owusu-Bempah recently contributed to a Policy Options podcast entitled "Cannabis and the Criminalization of Black Canadians." Policy Options is an online newsletter sponsored by the Institute for Public Policy Research. It airs podcasts every second Wednesday.

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Recent PhD Graduate, Katelin Albert, to begin new Tenure Track position at University of Victoria

June 03, 2020

Recent PhD graduate, Katelin Albert will begin a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Katelin graduated on June 13, 2019.

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