Department of Sociology

 

March 2012 – The Department of Sociology is proud to announce that Laurel O’Gorman, a student of our M.A. program, was presented with the Youth Activism Award at the Jack Layton Award for Social Justice 2012 inaugural banquet last Thursday, March 1st. 

 

Laurel’s relentless social justice campaigns are an inspiration to her peers and professors at Laurentian University.  In 2009, Laurel helped to organize Laurentian’s 233 graduate teaching assistants, who joined the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), in March of the following year – an historic first.  Shortly thereafter Laurel was elected President of CUPE Local 5011 and launched into a successful first set of negotiations with a ratified contract the following year.

 

A single mother of two children, Justice and Jonathan, Laurel participated in Sudbury’s ‘Occupy’ movement, one of the smallest and feistiest in the country.  Last fall, she joined a student contingent that bussed to a rally in Toronto.  She was publicly attacked in a Globe and Mail column by Margaret Wente, who wrote:  ‘‘Ms. O’Gorman is in a fix.  But I can’t help wondering whether she, and not the greedy Wall Street bankers, is the author of her own misfortune.’’  Laurel responded with a wry sense of humour and keen wit and she took on the Globe’s challenge with vigour and delight.

 

During his lifetime, Jack Layton was known for his dedication to social justice and his love of Tommy Douglas’ well-known aphorism ‘‘Courage, my friend; `tis not too late to build a better world.’’  Laurel is a social justice fighter and follows in these deep footsteps.

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Laurel O’Gorman is awarded a 2011-2012

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

 

May 2011 – The Department of Sociology is proud to announce that Laurel O’Gorman was awarded the OGS Master’s Scholarship.  The value of the award is $15,000 for 12 months.  Laurel is presently enrolled in the Masters in Sociology -  Applied Social Research under the supervision of Dr. Gary Kinsman and Dr. Reuben Roth.  Her thesis will be based on access to post-secondary education for single mother students. Congratulations Laurel!

 

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Laurel O’Gorman is awarded a 2010-2011

SSHRC Master’s Scholarship

 

May 2010 – The Department of Sociology is proud to announce that Laurel O’Gorman was awarded the SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Master’s Scholarship.  The value of the award is $17,500 for 12 months.  Laurel is presently enrolled in the Masters of Sociology - Applied Social Research under the supervision of Dr. Gary Kinsman and Dr. Reuben Roth.  Congratulations Laurel!

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Hildegard Hechler is awarded a 2009-2010

CGS Master’s Scholarship

 

February 2010 – The Department of Sociology is proud to announce that Hildegard Hechler was awarded the SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Master’s Scholarship.  The value of the award is $17,500 for 12 months.  Hildegard is presently enrolled in the Masters of Sociology - Applied Social Research under the supervision of Dr. François Depelteau.  Her thesis will be based on how the MOE’s Management of Environmental Risk, as seen through Port Colborne’s CBRA and Sudbury’s SSS, discourages political engagement from the public. Congratulations Hildegard!

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Elisabeth Labrie is awarded a 2009-2010

Graduate Studies Scholarship

 

February 2010 – The Department of Sociology is proud to announce that Elisabeth Labrie was awarded the Watson Family Graduate Master’s Scholarship if $1000.   Elisabeth is presently enrolled in the Masters of  Sociology - Applied Social Research under the supervision of Dr. Rachid Bagaoui.  Her thesis will be based on the construction of the Franco-Ontarian identity.   Congratulations Elisabeth!

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Anna Harbulick is awarded the 2009-2010

Ontario Graduate Scholarship

 

April 17,  2009 – The Department of Sociology is proud to announce that Anna Harbulick was awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.  The value of the award is $5,000 per term for up to three consecutive term.  Anna is presently enrolled in the Masters of Sociology - Applied Social Research under the supervision of Dr. François Depelteau and Dr. Reuben Roth.  Her thesis will be based on the experience of working class students in universities.  Congratulations Anna!

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Christian Howald is awarded the SSHRC bursary

 

April 2008 – The Department of Sociology is proud to announce that Christian Howald was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council bursary in the amount of $17,500 for the 2008-2009 academic year.  Christian is presently enrolled in the Masters of Sociology - Applied Social Research under the supervision of Dr. Rachid Bagaoui.  His thesis will be based on ‘La mobilisation autour de l’économie sociale dans le Nord de l’Ontario.  Congratulations Christian!

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