The author of Principles of Sociological Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods, Amy …
The author of Principles of Sociological Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods, Amy Blackstone, started envisioning this textbook while sitting in her own undergraduate sociology research methods class. She enjoyed the material but wondered about its relevance to her everyday life and future plans (the idea that one day she would be teaching such a class hadn't yet occurred to her).
Bar chart of incarceration rate by country as of 2003. Shows the …
Bar chart of incarceration rate by country as of 2003. Shows the United States to be the overwhelming leader in world incarceration. Comes with a rather unhelpfully colored graph.
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This course examines the theories and policy debates over who can own …
This course examines the theories and policy debates over who can own real property, how to communicate and enforce property rights, and the range of liberties that they confer. It explores alternative economic, political, and sociological perspectives of property rights and their policy and planning implications.
For students and teams who have started a sustainable-development project in D-Lab …
For students and teams who have started a sustainable-development project in D-Lab (EC.701J or EC.720J), Product Engineering Processes (2.009), or elsewhere, this class provides a setting to continue developing projects for field implementation. Topics covered include prototyping techniques, materials selection, design-for-manufacturing, field-testing, and project management. All classwork will directly relate to the students’ projects, and the instructor will consult on the projects during weekly lab time. There are no exams. Teams are encouraged to enroll together.
Short Description: This open educational resource is developed as a third-year level, …
Short Description: This open educational resource is developed as a third-year level, university course on Psychoactive Substance Use and Social Policy. It includes 10 weeks of digital course content, usable as a stand-alone or supplemental course package, or single chapters can be incorporated into courses on related topics. The course is designed so that it can be taught in several ways: as a fully online asynchronous course, or as a flipped learning hybrid course combining asynchronous learning via the Pressbook content with face-to-face class and small group discussion (either online or in person). Course materials innovatively combine chapter content, with embedded links to audio/video material and short readings. A set of required additional readings are included at the end of each chapter. Materials come from a variety of sources (e.g., scholarly publications, government and non-governmental reports, the Conversation, media reports, other internet content, etc.). Each chapter starts with several questions for students to think about as they complete the chapter materials and ends with an assignment designed to enhance critical engagement with issues relevant to the topic. Chapter assignments can be assigned as individual or group projects (face-to-face or via synchronous breakout groups during class time) or some combination of the two. The questions at the start of each chapter can also be used to guide class discussion.
Long Description: This open educational resource is developed as a third-year level, university course on Psychoactive Substance Use and Social Policy. It includes 10 weeks of digital course content, usable as a stand-alone or supplemental course package, or single chapters can be incorporated into courses on related topics. The course is designed so that it can be taught in several ways: as a fully online asynchronous course, or as a flipped learning hybrid course combining asynchronous learning via the Pressbook content with face-to-face class and small group discussion (either online or in person). Course materials innovatively combine chapter content, with embedded links to audio/video material and short readings. A set of required additional readings are included at the end of each chapter. Materials come from a variety of sources (e.g., scholarly publications, government and non-governmental reports, the Conversation, media reports, other internet content, etc.). Each chapter starts with several questions for students to think about as they complete the chapter materials and ends with an assignment designed to enhance critical engagement with issues relevant to the topic. Chapter assignments can be assigned as individual or group projects (face-to-face or via synchronous breakout groups during class time) or some combination of the two. The questions at the start of each chapter can also be used to guide class discussion.
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First Edition Short Description: In this resource, readers will learn about key …
First Edition
Short Description: In this resource, readers will learn about key topics related to professional communication using a psychological lens. Readers will have the opportunity to examine how communication and workplace behaviours are influenced by individual differences in emotion motivation, learning, memory, decision-making behaviour, and personality as they relate to communication and interpersonal relationships in the Canadian workplace.
Long Description: In this Open Educational Resource (OER), readers will learn about key topics related to professional communication using a psychological lens. Readers will have the opportunity to examine how communication and workplace behaviours are influenced by individual differences in emotion motivation, learning, memory, decision-making behaviour, and personality.
In the second half of the book, we explore how these individual differences impact our interactions with others in groups and how we lead. The final chapter of the book looks outward to society and discusses ethics from the perspective of individuals and organizations.
This resource also contains case studies that will allow readers to hone their critical thinking skills and apply theory to real-world scenarios. In addition, readers will have the opportunity to reflect on their own knowledge, skills, and abilities using self-assessments for each chapter.
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We will examine current research and theory regarding the validity and utility …
We will examine current research and theory regarding the validity and utility of commonly accepted gender differences in many realms. Topics include: gender differences in cognitive abilities; the social construction of gender; developmental, family, educational and medical influences; and political and economic forces.
This course will examine public opinion and assess its place in the …
This course will examine public opinion and assess its place in the American political system. The course will emphasize both how citizens’ thinking about politics is shaped and the role of public opinion in political campaigns, elections, and government.
This course analyzes mainstream, popular films produced in the post-World War II …
This course analyzes mainstream, popular films produced in the post-World War II 20th century U.S. as cultural texts that shed light on ongoing historical struggles over gender identity and appropriate sexual behaviors. It traces the history of LGBTQ/queer film through the 20th and into the 21st century. It also examines the effect of the Hollywood Production Code and censorship of sexual themes and content, and the subsequent subversion of queer cultural production in embedded codes and metaphors. In addition, this course also considers the significance of these films as artifacts and examples of various aspects of queer theory.
An Exhibition Catalog Short Description: Queer Fashion & Style: Stories from the …
An Exhibition Catalog
Short Description: Queer Fashion & Style: Stories from the Heartland—An Exhibition Catalog analyzes the recent history of fashion through a queer lens by examining how queer identities are negotiated in everyday styles by women in the Midwest part of the United States from the late twentieth century to the present.
Long Description: Queer Fashion & Style: Stories from the Heartland—An Exhibition Catalog analyzes the recent history of fashion through a queer lens by examining how queer identities are negotiated in everyday styles by women in the Midwest part of the United States from the late twentieth century to the present. This exhibition builds on the body of work on how queer identities, both personal and collective, are negotiated through dress and appearance practices. The catalog focuses on everyday styles and identity negotiations of queer women living in more rural areas where there is a lack of visible queer community.
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Queerness, Race, and Reproduction: Exploring the Politics of Childcare Through and Beyond …
Queerness, Race, and Reproduction: Exploring the Politics of Childcare Through and Beyond Lee Edelman and José Muñoz This open-access education resource explores the political, social, and theoretical issues surrounding children, childcare, and reproduction. It begins with a personal reflection on how my queer friends and I would speculate about the possibility of having children as undergraduate students. I observe that our queerness made these questions so salient to us as we recognized the unique challenges that we had as queer children. I then explore a tension within queer theory between scholars Lee Edelman, who characterizes childrearing as a necessarily heteronormative endeavor, and José Muñoz, who critiques Edelman’s argument for ignoring the fact that society does not value Black and brown children in the same way as it does white children. Despite Muñoz’s influential critique, I caution against assuming that critiques of the imperative to reproduce necessarily exclude racial analysis by drawing on the work of Black studies scholar Christina Sharpe, who calls attention to the ways that racist institutions have forced Black people to reproduce in certain contexts. By putting these scholars in conversation, the audio reflects on the wide-reaching practical and theoretical consequences of reproductive politics.
Short Description: Portraits d'hommes et de femmes issues d'un pays d'Amérique latine …
Short Description: Portraits d'hommes et de femmes issues d'un pays d'Amérique latine vivant dans la ville de Québec, réalisés par des étudiants et étudiantes de l'Université Laval.
Long Description: Le racisme et la discrimination sont attisés par l’ignorance mutuelle. « Qui sont ces étrangers qui viennent s’installer dans ma ville? », se demandent les habitants qui y sont nés ou qui y ont grandi. « Comment vont m’accueillir ces personnes qui habitent la ville où je souhaite m’établir? », se demandent les immigrantes et immigrants. L’absence de réponse à ces questions peut engendrer la méfiance, le rejet et le repli sur soi et nuire à la construction collective du vivre-ensemble harmonieux auquel tous et toutes aspirent.
Ce livre, comme l’ensemble de la série Québec ville ouverte, répond de manière concrète et simple à ce besoin de mieux se connaître et se comprendre. Il propose des portraits d’hommes et de femmes originaires d’Amérique latine qui, pour une raison ou pour une autre, vivent à Québec en 2017, que ce soit depuis 40 ans ou depuis quelques mois, avec le statut d’immigrant, de réfugié ou d’étudiant. Ces courts portraits, réalisés par des étudiantes et étudiants en communication publique de l’Université Laval, nous montrent à la fois les différences, mais aussi les ressemblances entre les aspirations, les rêves, les manières de vivre et les valeurs de tous les citoyens et citoyennes de Québec, nées dans la ville ou ailleurs.
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ISBN: 978-2-924661-45-1
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Short Description: Série de portraits de personnes et de familles réfugiées à …
Short Description: Série de portraits de personnes et de familles réfugiées à Québec, de bénévoles engagés dans des organismes d'appui, de personnes employées par des organismes qui appuient les réfugiées, de chercheurs et chercheuses ayant étudié la question des réfugiés et de journalistes l'ayant couverte.
Word Count: 95096
ISBN: 978-2-924661-28-4
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Describe different sociological models for understanding global stratificationUnderstand how studies of global …
Describe different sociological models for understanding global stratificationUnderstand how studies of global stratification identify worldwide inequalities
This seminar looks at key issues in the historical development and current …
This seminar looks at key issues in the historical development and current state of modern American criminal justice, with an emphasis on its relationship to citizenship, nationhood, and race/ethnicity. We begin with a range of perspectives on the rise of what is often called “mass incarceration”: how did our current system of criminal punishment take shape, and what role did race play in that process? Part Two takes up a series of case studies, including racial disparities in the administration of the death penalty, enforcement of the drug laws, and the regulation of police investigations. The third and final part of the seminar looks at national security policing: the development of a constitutional law governing the intersection of ethnicity, religion, and counter-terrorism, and the impact of counter-terrorism policy on domestic police practices.
What’s the difference between race and ethnicity? Today we’ll look at how …
What’s the difference between race and ethnicity? Today we’ll look at how definitions of races and ethnicities have changed over time and across places. We also discuss the terms minority and minority-majority and how races are defined in the United States.
This course provides an introduction to the issues of immigrants, planning, and …
This course provides an introduction to the issues of immigrants, planning, and race. It identifies the complexities and identities of immigrant populations emerging in the United States context and how different community groups negotiate that complexity. It explores the critical differences and commonalities between immigrant and non-immigrant communities, as well as how the planning profession does and should respond to those differences. Finally, the course explores the intersection of immigrant communities’ formation and their interactions with African Americans and the idea of race in the United States.
This multi-media and open access course tells the story of Canada through …
This multi-media and open access course tells the story of Canada through the twin lenses of race and migration with tactical inclusions of indigeneity. We uncover buried histories, restore neglected and silenced voices, and map alternate geographies of nation. The modules consider immigration and citizenship laws, mobility and settlement, the experience of migrants in Canada (including temporary labourers), and struggles over recognition, memory, rights, and belonging. We trace the progress of “white civility,” the trajectories of hostility, acceptance, and assimilation, the impact of multiculturalism, the failures of humanitarian sentiment, the violations of the rights of Indigenous and racialized peoples and their struggle against and resistance to the power of the nation-state. We capture both the myth and reality of Canada in recording its past, living its present, and imagining its future.
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