Acadia Sociology

New article from Acadia Sociology's Dr. James Brittain in Studies in Political Economy:

"Academic (Un)Freedom in Nova Scotia: Signalling the Need for Dissent"

Academic (Un)Freedom in Nova Scotia: Signalling the Need for Dissent Capital increasingly seeks to control what can be done or said on university campuses, and its coercive acts have been hard to miss recently, particularly in the United States. In Nova Scotia, the ...

Dr. Lesley Frank's research team at the Fed Family Lab is sharing the results of their "Finding Formula" project via a website that will be released later this summer. Visit the site below to view the "teaser" video about their research and check back again soon for the full study results!

Congratulations to Ashley Armstrong and Katrina Hayes for being named as Acadia Sociology's recipients of the 2026 Canadian Sociological Association Outstanding Graduating Student Awards.

Well done Ashley and Katrina!

Acadia University Sociologists are busy at the 2026 Canadian Sociological Association Meetings this June!

The virtual meetings start today; with the in-person at Dalhousie University next week.

Check our our researchers @ CSA 2026 here:

2026 CSA-SCS Annual Conference Join 2026 CSA-SCS Annual Conference, June 1-13, 2026. Learn more on Fourwaves.

Acadia Sociology is seeking per-course instructors for 12 courses in Fall 2026/Winter 2027.

The advertisements are posted here: https://hr.acadiau.ca/employment/career-opportunities/faculty-per-course.html

All courses will be delivered in person on campus. The timetable is set and class dates and times are already established.

Preference will be given to candidates holding a PhD in Sociology or advanced progress towards a Sociology PhD.

Applications are due by midnight June 4, 2026.

Faculty Per Course - Human Resources Acadia University, per course faculty positions available

Please join us in congratulating Ashley Armstrong as the 2026 recipient of the University Medal in Sociology! This Medal is awarded each year to the Sociology major with the highest GPA in the graduating class. Bravo Ashley!

Dr. Foroogh Mohammadi has a new article out in Ethnic and Racial Studies:

"A racialized spiral of silence: Iranian immigrants negotiating racialization and whiteness in Atlantic Canadian cities"

Read and download here:

A racialized spiral of silence: Iranian immigrants negotiating racialization and whiteness in Atlantic Canadian cities This article focuses on the everyday racialization of Iranian immigrants in Canadian Atlantic cities to indicate their position on the Canadian racial hierarchy. Using postcolonial and critical rac...

Acadia Sociology's Dr. Rebecca Casey (with Acadia Politics' Dr. Rachel Brickner) has published a report with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (NS) on precarious work in Nova Scotia. Read more below:

New report on Long-term Care Workers in NS from Acadia Sociology's Dr. Rebecca Casey and Dr. Sarah Rudum, with Acadia Politics' Dr. Rachel Brickner for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives NS.