Schedule

Applied and Community Engaged Sociology Cluster

In this panel, we will explore how to involve community members in research. Using the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury (RAACWI) as a case example. RAACWI was an eight year initiative with a strong community-university partnership that helped create positive outcomes for individual workers with disabilities, new policies and practices in government and increased capacity in the academic community. RAACWI was unique in that people with lived experience initiated this project and led the knowledge mobilization activities. We will share our experiences with two of our knowledge translation initiatives: Easy Money - a theatre production based on the lived experiences of community members, plus a peer reviewed journal article. A collaborative project to reduce injured worker stigma within Ontario's Workers Compensation Board. Because of the negative impact of stigma, many workers’ mental health can diminish to such as degree that their ability to return to work and function is compromised. If their downward spiral continues, their capacity to enjoy life and to contribute to their family, community and the economy decreases even further. Session Organizer and Chair: Steve Mantis, Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG)

Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster

The presentations in this session explore research in gender and masculinities. Session Organizers and Chairs: Toby Anne Finlay, York University Chris Tatham, University of Guelph

Indigenous-Settler Relations and Decolonization Research Cluster

This session features insightful and important scholarly works, projects and reflections on Indigenous-Settler Relations and Decolonization so that we can centre these important issues for learning and discussion. Session Organizer and Chair: Kerry Bailey, McMaster University

Social Theory Cluster

This session features a range of research which addresses issues in sociological and wider social theory, broadly defined. Session Organizer and Chair: Tara Milbrandt, University of Alberta

Applied and Community Engaged Sociology Cluster

Community engaged sociology creates opportunities for sociologists, community members, and the public to connect, to motivate social changes, and to ‘commit sociology’ on a ground level. This type of sociology requires dedication, time, and passion for the ‘work’ and can construct new challenges for sociologists to overcome. This session features presentations which show that ‘work,’ providing a glimpse of the behind the scenes of community engaged sociology. The session will also aspire (time allowing) for broader discussion on community engaged sociology, so abstracts can consider points of discussion they hope to evoke. Community engaged sociology is a critical field within the discipline and this session seeks to continue to build community amongst those dedicated to creating change. Session Organizer and Chair: Ashley Berard, University of Victoria

Feminist Sociology Research Cluster

This session brings together papers that examine the dynamic intersections of gender, nation, coloniality, labour, and power across various social contexts. Session Organizers: Sonia D'Angelo, Wilfrid Laurier University Ronnie Joy Leah, Athabasca University Rashmee Karnad-Jani, Public Scholar Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Saint Mary's University

Sociology of Housing Research Cluster

The Sociology of Housing Research Cluster meeting is open to current members and those interested in learning more about our cluster activities. Attendees will have an opportunity to network with others working in this field of research and/or teaching. We welcome feedback on our current activities and encourage suggestions for future initiatives. Session Organizer: Katie MacDonald, Athabasca University

Social Theory Cluster

This session features a range of research which addresses issues in sociological and wider social theory, broadly defined. Session Organizer: Tara Milbrandt, University of Alberta Session Chair: Sarah Badr, McGill University

Applied and Community Engaged Sociology Cluster

Community engaged sociology creates opportunities for sociologists, community members, and the public to connect, to motivate social changes, and to ‘commit sociology’ on a ground level. This type of sociology requires dedication, time, and passion for the ‘work’ and can construct new challenges for sociologists to overcome. This session features presentations which show that ‘work,’ providing a glimpse of the behind the scenes of community engaged sociology. The session will also aspire (time allowing) for broader discussion on community engaged sociology, so abstracts can consider points of discussion they hope to evoke. Community engaged sociology is a critical field within the discipline and this session seeks to continue to build community amongst those dedicated to creating change. Session Organizer and Chair: Ashley Berard, University of Victoria

Feminist Sociology Research Cluster

In 2017, MeToo was sparked in Hollywood (Lamy, 2022). Setting in motion a wave of denunciations by survivors of sexual assaults, this emblem of the renewal of feminist discourse (Diallo, 2022) paved the way for the indictment of rape culture. The latter can be described as a set of beliefs that trivialize, justify, and promote misogynistic sexual violence (Haas, 2022; Zaccour 2019). Rekindled by the feminist socio-political and cultural mobilization that followed, multiple claims emerged in various fields (#MeTooStandUp; #MeTooPolitics; etc.). Among them are the militant feminist struggles targeting media representations of women, their sexualities and their intimacies (erotic, amorous, conjugal (Piazzesi, 2020; Renard, 2018)). Their strong resonance has translated into substantial social transformations, marking a rupture, not only in discourses, but also in social relations with regard to the issue of women’s portrayal in cultural production (Gardey, 2011). Major criticisms address persistent sexist practices which propagate pejorative media images of women's bodies (hypersexualisation; slutshaming, etc.) (Cochrane, 2013). Simultaneously, there is collective enthusiasm regarding the renewal of representations of female sexuality and the inclusive, empowered, de-dramatised and intersectional plurality of the new aesthetics of desire, pleasure and love (Brey, 2018; Padjemi, 2021). Consequently, the reciprocal impact of feminist movements on cultural productions (serial, cinematographic, digital) is now apparent. If they constantly and porously nourish each other (Brey, 2018), their articulations oscillate on our screens between warnings/denunciations of power mechanisms and the elaboration of innovative, progressive, and resistant discourses of knowledge (Brey, 2018; Morin, 2022). Session Organizer: Lamia Djemoui, Université du Québec à Montréal

Sociology of Health Research Cluster

Despite decades of research on social determinants of health, inequalities persist and are widening. Political sociology—the study of power and its social organization—offers valuable tools to understand health disparities, especially those not fully explained by the social determinants approach. A political sociology of health perspective examines how the distribution of social determinants (often political), rather than just their effects, shapes health outcomes. This session features research that applies this perspective, exploring how interactions between individuals, societies, and political institutions influence health disparities. Session Organizers: Joanne Ong, York University Cary Wu, York University

Research Methods

Session description pending Session Chair: Danielle E. Lorenz, University of Alberta

Applied and Community Engaged Sociology Cluster

This meeting of the Applied and Community Engaged Sociology cluster is open to current members and those interested in learning more about our cluster activities. Attendees will have an opportunity to network with others working in this field of research and/or teaching. We welcome feedback on our current activities and encourage suggestions for future initiatives. Session Organizer: Ashley Berard, University of Victoria

Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster

This Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster meeting is open to current members and those interested in learning more about our cluster activities. Attendees will have an opportunity to network with others working in this field of research and/or teaching. We welcome feedback on our current activities and encourage suggestions for future initiatives. Session Organizers: Jamilah Dei-Sharpe, Concordia University Secil E. Ertorer, Canisius University

Social Theory Cluster

The Social Theory Cluster meeting is open to current members and those interested in learning more about our cluster activities. Attendees will have an opportunity to network with others working in this field of research and/or teaching. We welcome feedback on our current activities and encourage suggestions for future initiatives. Session Organizer: Tara Milbrandt, University of Alberta

Feminist Sociology Research Cluster

The CSA-SCS Women’s Caucus is a space that provides opportunities for women to reflect together on diverse and shared features of our lives and professional work that are shaped by contemporary EuroPatriarchy and women’s movements for change. The grounded and collaborative thinking of the Caucus helps members/attendees to identify emergent issues and action priorities that aim to change discriminatory and/or biased practices, especially within Congress and scholarly institutions. Session Organizers: Sonia D'Angelo, Wilfrid Laurier University Ronnie Joy Leah, Athabasca University Rashmee Karnad-Jani, Public Scholar Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Saint Mary's University