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Lakehead Sociology News Sociology Department News Letter
February 2014 Volume 4
Inside this Issue:
2013 Faculty Books
Faculty Awards and Distinctions
Research Funding
Graduating MA Students 2013
Graduate Awards and Scholarships
Graduate Student Research Activities
Faculty Research and Community Service Activity
Speakers Series 2013-2014
Faculty Profile: Dr. Pamela Wakewich
Around the University
Contact Us
Message from the Chair WelcometotheannualissueofLakeheadSociologyNews.Thiseditionreviewstheyear2013:somechangesandalsomuchactivity.
Oneofthedepartment’firstofficialactivitiesof2013wastogothemall(!)–notforshoppingbuttotakepartinLakehead’sResearchandInnovationWeekdisplayatIntercityMallonaSaturday.Wehadafantasticposterondisplaytosynopsizesomeofourresearchactivities,whilefacultyandstudentswereavailablealldaytodiscusssociologyandanswerquestions.
AfteralongcareeratLakehead,wesaidafondfarewelltoDr.BruceMinorewhoretiredattheendofJune.Wewishhimagreatretirement!Meanwhile,wewerefortunatetobeabletokeepthepopularDr.DaliborMišinaforathirdyear.Hehasproventobeagreatassettoourprogramsanddepartmentingeneral.Thisyear,heistakingoveralotoftheteachingthatDr.TonyPuddephattusuallydoesinsocialtheory,asTonybeganawell‐deservedsabbaticalyearinJuly2013.
AtourOrilliacampus,wehavewelcomedtwonewcontractlecturers:AndreaQuinlanandMichelleGilbert.TheyjoinDr.KevinWillison,whohasbeenteachingasacontractlecturerinSociologyformanyyears(andwho,bytheway,wasthefirsttoteachSociologyinOrillia),Dr.PaulCarr,ourfull‐timeappointmentinOrillia,andDr.CurtisFogel,whoistheheadofCriminologyandadjunctinSociology.WearedelightedtoseethecontinuedgrowthofinterestinSociologyattheOrilliacampus,andlookforwardtoevenfurtherexpansion.
InSeptemberwetookinahealthycohortof11newgraduatestudents(seeinsideformoreaboutourstudents),andatFallPreviewDayinNovember,weintroducedapproximately60potentialnewstudentstothedisciplineandwhattoexpect.
Morenewsaboutfaculty,students,events,researchandotheractivitiescanbefoundinsidethisissue.
Sharon‐DaleStone
Chair
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2013 Faculty Books
PaulR.Carr,andAliA.Abdi(eds).EducatingForDemocraticConsciousness:Counter‐HegemonicPossibilities.NewYork:PeterLangPublishing.
ThisbookhasreceivedtheAESA(AmericanEducationalStudiesAssociation)Critics
ChoiceAward2013.Extendingbeyondatheoreticalanalysisofdemocraticeducation,thebooktapsintothesubstantialexperiences,perspectivesandresearchofawiderange
ofleadingscholarsfromdiversevantagepoints,whobringthemselvesandtheirworkintothedebateconnectingdemocracyandeducation,whichelucidatescounter‐
hegemonicpossibilities.
DaliborMišina.‘Shake,Rattle&Roll’:YugoslavRockMusicandthePoeticsofSocialCritique.Surrey,U.K.:Ashgate.ThisbookfocusesonrockmusicinYugoslaviafromthelate‐1970stothelate‐1980stoarguethatithadanimportantsocialandpoliticalpurposeofproviding
apopularculturaloutletfortheuniqueformsofsocio‐culturalcritiquethatengagedwiththerealitiesandproblemsoflifeinYugoslavsociety.Thebook's
principalargumentisthatthedrivingforcebehindthe“musicofcommitment”was,althoughcritical,afundamentallyconstructivedispositiontowardsthe
progressiveidealofsocialistYugoslavia.
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Faculty Awards and Distinctions Dr.PaulCarrAward–RecipientoftheCritic’sChoiceAwardoftheAmericanEducationalStudiesAssociation2013.
May2013–VisitingScholar,MonashUniversity, Melbourne,Australia
Dr.PamWakewichAward–“DiversityonCampusAward,”MuslimStudentsAssociation,LakeheadUniversity.
Acknowledgement‐Profiledasoneof“40FabulousFeminists”bytheNorthernWomen’sCentreinits40th
Anniversarybookpublication.
Research Funding: New and Continuing Dr.PaulCarr2012‐2017‐SSHRCAward‐Democracy,PoliticalLiteracyandtheQuestforTransformativeEducation,$265,500.Dr.JenniferJarman2013SSHRCAward–ResearchDevelopmentFund.OriginsandCareerAspirationsofRuralandUrbanTeleserviceWorkersinCanadaandthePhilippines.$5,000.00.
2013SSHRCAward–LakeheadVicePresident’sStrategicResearchFund.Pathways,BarrierstoandEnablersofAboriginalLabourForceParticipationinNorthernOntario.$2000.00.
Dr.JianyeLiu2011‐2014SSHRCAward(co‐investigator)‐VulnerableFamiliesandIndividuals:RiskandResilienceOvertheAdultLifeCourse,$74,150.Dr.ChrisSouthcott2011–2015‐CanadaFoundationforInnovation(PI)‐NorthernSocialScienceLaboratories,$282,764.2011‐2018‐SSHRCMCRI(PI)‐ResourcesandSustainableDevelopmentintheArctic,$2,500,000.
2009‐2014‐SSHRC(CollaboratorwithVictoriaEsses,Western,asPI)‐Welcomingcommunities:WorkingtoimprovetheinclusionofvisibleminoritiesandimmigrantsinsecondandthirdtierOntariocities,$999,000.
Dr.PamelaWakewich2013‐15MOHLTCHealthHumanResourcesBranch,PrincipalInvestigator(withMaryEllenHillandDarleneRaftis)‐TrackingStudyfortheNorthernOntarioDieteticInternshipProgram:CohortFour.$5,100.2013‐VPStrategicResearchFund,LakeheadUniversity,Co‐investigator(withPaulineSameshimaandElaineWiersma)‐’MakingSpecial’:LivingwithDignity,HopeandJoyintheMidstofDementia.$3,000.2013‐SRCTeamResearchGrant,LakeheadUniversity,Co‐Investigator(withMarthaDowsley,HelleMoellerandKristinBurnett)‐MulticulturalandIndigenousExperienceswithBirthinThunderBay.$5,000
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Graduating M.A. Students 2013 DiljyotATWALSociologywithSpecializationinWomen'sStudies.Researchpapertitle:TheShafiaHonourKillings.
LakhdipATWALSociologywithSpecializationinWomen'sStudies.Researchpapertitle:SafeStreetsandCommunitiesAct(BillC‐10):AStepForwardorBackwardsinModernYouthJustice?
MaxBERNOSKYSociologywithDiplomainHealthServicesandPolicyResearch.Researchpapertitle:NutritionalReformintheLakehead
DistrictSchoolBoard:AnAnalysisofPolicyDevelopmentandImplementation
HeatherCAMERONSociologywithSpecializationinWomen'sStudiesThesistitle:ExpertonherownBody:ContestedFramingsofRiskandExpertiseinDiscoursesonUnassistedChildbirth
VanessaLUCKYSociologywithSpecializationinWomen'sStudiesThesistitle:AnOstensibleExerciseinModernity:Law,ReligiousInterventionandSocialScienceintheCaseofBedfordv.Canada
AmandaMCINTOSHSociologywithSpecializationinGerontology.Researchpapertitle:TheEffectsofAgeingatHomeVersusAgeinginaLongTermCareFacility
Graduate Awards and Scholarships ReginaBelloso2013–2014SSHRCMastersScholarship,$17,500.
VanessaLuckyWinneroftheCanadianSociologicalAssociationOutstandingGraduatingStudentAward–MADegree
LauraPriorWinneroftheCanadianSociologicalAssociationOutstandingGraduatingStudentAward–HBADegreeWinnerofthe2013Dean’sScholarAward
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Graduate Student Research Activities
LisaAlaimo
SociologywithSpecializationinWomen’sStudiesMaster’sThesisMarieCurie:ASocio‐historicalandContextualBiography.
JackiAlto
SociologywithSpecializationinWomen’sStudiesResearchPaper:RestorativeJusticeCirclesforFirstNationWomeninthePrisonSysteminThunderBay
JeffreyArruda
ResearchPaper:(In)AuthenticityandSymbolicDomination:TheCaseoftheFemaleBoxerCommunities?
SimBadesha
SociologywithSpecializationinWomen’sStudiesThesisTitle:IdentityinaLoveMarriage?ExploringtheConsequencesofSouthAsianWomen’sChoicetoTakePartinInterracialRelationships
ReginaBelloso
SociologywithSpecializationinWomen’sStudiesThesisTitle:“IWanttoFindMyVoiceAgain”:ACaseStudyoftheNewDirectionsSpeakers’SchoolinCombattingPovertyandVulnerabilityinThunderBay,Ontario
ChrisGash
SociologywithSpecializationinGerontologyThesisTitle:EducatingTowardsImprovingWholePersonCare
CheyenneJohns
SociologywithSpecializationinWomen’sStudiesThesisTitle:Illness&Embodiment:TheEffectsofFeminineBeautyIdealsExperiencedbyWomenwithBreastCancer
ChrisJones
Thesistitle:MobileMiners:Work,HomeandHazardsintheMiningIndustry
RobinLintner
ThesisTitle:CanadianForcesVeteransandOperationalStressInjuries:Beliefs,Attitudes,andNegotiatedMeanings
SarahMcCullough
ResearchPaper:SexualViolenceandSportHazingamongstCollegeandUniversityLevelAthletes
Sarahhardatwork!
BriellePersall
ThesisTitle:Skippedgenerationfamilies:Changingrolesandcommunitysupport
BrendaSedgwick
ThesisTitle:Oppression,Pain,Prescriptions,andPractices:CaregiverAccountsofCulturalSafetyandResilienceinIsolatedFirstNationsCommunitiesinNorthwesternOntario
KentSpiers
ThesisTitle:DefiningCommunityWell‐BeingintheCanadianNorth
JayStapleton
ResearchPaper:Socialstructuresandalternativefoodsystems
SateniaZimmermann
SociologywithSpecializationinWomen’sStudiesThesisTitle:MissedOpportunitiesinRingofFireNegotiations:Ontario’sRevisedMiningActFailstoIncludeAnishinaabe/OmushkegoWomenin‘DutytoConsultandAccommodate’Legislation
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Faculty Research and Community Service Activity
Paul Carr
Aswellashisbookprofiledonp.2,andinadditiontoconferencepresentations,Dr.Carr’spublicationsinclude:
WithDanBecker.TheLanguageofHegemonicDemocracy,andtheProspectsforanEducationforDemocracy,TheSocialEducator31(1):22‐34.
WithBradJ.Porfilio.TheArchitectureofwarframingananti‐hegemonicpeaceeducation,PeaceStudiesJournal6(1):3‐14.
Thinkingabouttheconnectionbetweendemocratizingeducationandeducatorexperience:Canweteachwhatwepreach?,Scholar‐PractitionerQuarterly6(1):196‐218.
Themediatizationofdemocracy,andthespecterofcriticalmedialiteracy:Arethemediumandthemessagestillrelevant?InShultz,L.&Kajner,T.(eds),EngagedScholarship:ThePoliticsofEngagementandDisengagement(pp.163‐182).Rotterdam:SensePublishers.
WithAliA.Abdi.Framingcontemporarydemocracyandthepotentialforcounter‐hegemonicpossibilities.InAbdi,AliA.&Carr,PaulR.(eds),Educatingfordemocraticconsciousness:Counter‐hegemonicpossibilities.NewYork:PeterLang.
Walid Chahal
In2013WalidChahalcontinuedhisactivitiesintheThunderBaycommunity.Hespokeatandhelpedorganizeseveralevents:
Feb.14,2013–presenterGeorgeJ.SefaDei,“TowardsaverymessyUtopia:theChallengeofAnti‐RacistEducationinthe21stCentury”LakeheadUniversity.
WithProf.GeorgeDei&TakwanaNhauofAfCASA
March28,2013–presenterAbdulKarimBangura,“IssuesofEducationalandReligiousDiversityandEverydayAnti‐RacistPractices”LakeheadUniversity.
HeremainstheCo‐chairofDiversityThunderBayandorganizedtheSeventhAnnualBreakfasttocombatracialdiscrimination,heldonMarch21st,2013.
Othercommunityactivities/positionsinclude:
President,ThunderBayMulticulturalAssociation;
Boardmember,ThunderBayMulticulturalAssociation;
Vice‐PresidentofCanadianInternationalCouncil(ThunderBayBranch);
PublicEducation&MediaAwarenessStrategy–CityofThunderBayAnti‐Racismcommittee.
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Dalibor Mišina
Inadditiontothebookmentionedonp.2,publicationsinclude:
‘(What’sSoFunny’bout)Peace,LoveandUnderstanding’:RockMusicandtheRebuildingofCivicIdentityinthePost‐ConflictBalkans.Identities:GlobalStudiesinCultureandPower20(3):304‐325.
‘AnarchyAlloverBaščaršija’:Yugoslavia’snewsocialistcultureandtheNewPrimitivespoeticsofthelocal.TheJournalofHistoricalSociology.
‘Who’sThatSingingoverThere’:GlobalMélangeandtheRiseofYugoslav‘MusicofCommitment’.AIG+C:TheAdvancedInstituteforGlobalizationandCulture(http://theagency.lakeheadu.ca/),LakeheadUniversity.
ProfessionallyDr.MišinaisinvolvedwiththeASN(AssociationfortheStudyofNationalities):WorldConventionoftheAssociationfortheStudyofNationalitiesandtheCSA(CanadianSociologicalAssociation):CSAConferenceatCFHSSCongress.
Curtis Fogel Aswellashisbookprofiledonp.2,andinadditiontoconferencepresentations,Dr.Fogelhaspublished:
Bio‐medicalwarsinsport:Ongoingissuesindopingpreventionandcontrol.JournalofPhysicalEducationandSport13(3):283‐286.
On‐iceassault:DifficultiesindiscerningconsentinCanadianhockey.InternationalLawResearch2(1):96‐101.
WithJ.Lipovsek.GreencrimeintheCanadiancourts:Issuesandcontroversies.JournalofPoliticsandLaw6(2):3‐12.
WithC.Sine.PublicresponsestothelegalhandlingofsexualviolenceinyouthsportinCanada.InternationalLawResearch2(1):116‐128.
Jennifer Jarman Dr.Jarmanpresentedthefollowingpapersatconferencesthisyear:
June7,‐GenderSegregationintheNorthwestOntarioMiningIndustryUniversityofVictoria,VictoriaCanada.
September4,‐TheDutytoAccommodate'AboriginalPeopleintheCanadianMiningIndustry:IsthisProvisionfailingAboriginalPeopleandtheirCommunities?UniversityofWarwick,Warwick,England.
SheiscurrentlytheResearchClusterCo‐ordinator,"RuralSocieties",CanadianSociologyAssociation.
Jianye Liu WithRodBeaujotandZenaidaRavanera."Sharingthedoubleburden:Anewmodelofdomestichappiness"TransitionVol43(2).
David Nock Dr.Nockcelebrated40yearsofacademicproductionthisyearwhenthefollowingbookchapterwaspublished:
‘Chicago’sProclivitytoQualitativeSociology:MythorReality?Pp.61‐78inJacquelineLowandGaryBowden(eds.),TheChicagoSchoolDiaspora:EpistemologyandSubstance.McGill‐Queen’sPress.
Inconsultation:JianyeLiu,Sharon‐DaleStone,TonyPuddephatt,DaliborMišina,PamWakewich.
Antony Puddephatt Dr.Puddephatthaspublishedseveralworksincluding:
“TowardaRadicalInteractionistAccountofScience,”inStudiesinSymbolicInteraction41:53‐82.
WithG.A.Fine,“ChessasArt,Science,andSport,”pp390‐404inD.AndrewsandB.Carrington(eds.)ACompaniontoSport.Maldan,MAandOxford,UK:Wiley‐Blackwell.
“FindingG.H.Mead’sSocialOntologyThroughhisEngagementwithKeyIntellectualInfluences”inG.BowdenandJ.Low(eds.)TheChicagoSchoolDiaspora:EpistemologyandSubstance.McGill‐QueensUniversityPress.
WithR.Nelsen:“Chapter2:ThePromiseofaSociologyDegreeinCanadianHigherEducation.”Pp.7‐17inJ.Macionis,N.Benokraitis,andP.Urmetzwer(eds.)SeeingOurselves:Classic,Contemporary,andCross‐CulturalReadingsinSociology,FourthCanadianEdition.Toronto,ON:Pearson.
WithH.A.Rasi,A.Moula,andT.Timpka.“EmpoweringNewlyMarriedWomeninIran:ANewMethodofSocialWorkInterventionthatusesaClient‐DirectedProblem‐SolvingModelinbothGroupandIndividualSessions,”QualitativeSocialWork12:765‐781.
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Sharon-Dale Stone
Dr.Stone’s2013publicationsinclude:
WithValorieA.CrooksandMichelleOwen.GoingThroughtheBackDoor:ChronicallyIllAcademics’Experiencesas“UnexpectedWorkers.”SocialTheoryandHealth11(2):151‐174
Age‐RelatedDisability–BelievingisSeeingisExperiencing.Pp.57‐inUllaKrieberneggandRobertaMaierhorfer(eds.),TheAgesofLife‐LivingandAginginConflict?Bielefeld,Germany:Transcript‐Verlag.
TheSituatedNatureofDisability.Pp.95‐106in MalcolmP.CutchinandVirginiaA.Dickie(eds.),RethinkingOccupation:TransactionalPerspectivesonOccupation.NewYork:Springer.[R]
Dr. Pamela Wakewich WithHelenSmith.“Trans/formingtheCitizenBodyinWartime:NationalandLocalPublicDiscourseonWomen’sBodiesand‘BodyWork’forWomenduringWorldWarTwo.”Pp.305‐327inP.GentileandJ.Nicholas,eds.ContestingBodiesandNationinCanadianHistory.Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress.
Dr.WakewichistheInterimDirectoroftheCentreforRuralandNorthernHealth,LakeheadUniversity,aswellasamemberoftheAdvisoryCommittee,CanadianSocietyfortheSociologyofHealth/SociétéCanadiennedeSociologiedelaSanté(CSSH/SCSS).
Shealsoremainsactiveinprovincialandnationalpeerandprofessionalserviceasmemberof:ECHO(OntarioWomen'sHealthCouncil)EquityandInclusivenessandResearchExpertiseCommitteesandservingasaMemberoftheExecutiveofCanadianSocietyfortheSociologyofHealth(CSSH).
Kevin Willison
Inadditiontopresentationsandcommunityactivities,Dr.Willisonpublished:
WithS.Lindsay,M.Taylor,H.Schroeder,andG.Andrews.ComplementaryandIntegrativeMedicine,AgingandChronicIllness:TowardsanInterprofessionalApproachinPrimaryHealthCare.ChapterTwoof:AdamsJ,MaginP,BroomA.(Editors)PrimaryHealthCareandComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine‐ResearchandPractice.London:ImperialCollegePress.Pages35‐50.
MaximizingChronicDiseasePreventionandManagementthroughCommunityBasedParticipatoryResearchandInter‐collaborativePractices.OpenJournalofSocialScienceResearch1(1):7‐14.
EndoftermgatheringwithProf.WalidChahaland
happystudents!
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Speakers Series 2013-2014
November6,2013(co‐sponsoredwiththeWomen’sStudiesDepartment)
Dr.JessicaPolzer,HealthStudiesandWomen’sStudies,WesternUniversity
Re‐ToolingtheCerv(ar)ix:HumanPapillomavirus(HPV),Biomedicaliztion,andthePoliticalAnatomyoftheFemaleBody
Janaury28,2014(sponsoredbytheDepartmentofHealthSciencesSpeakerSeries)
Dr.Sharon‐DaleStone,Sociology,LakeheadUniversity
OnBeing'Othered':PsychosocialConsequencesofLivingwithanUnexpectedBody
February6,2014
Dr.DonKerr,DepartmentofSociology,King’sUniversityCollege,WesternUniversity
Energy,PopulationandtheEnvironment:ExploringCanada'sRecord
March6,2014,2:30
PoonamKathuria,founderanddirectorofSWATI(SocietyforWomen’sActionandTrainingInitiatives)Gujarat,India
SocialActivismandResearchfromaFeministLens–TheCaseofIndianWomen’sAdvocacyAroundtheRapeLaw
September26,2013
Dr.GarryPotter,DepartmentofSociology,WilfridLaurierUniversity
WhispersofRevolution:SignsofHopeinaDesperateTime
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Faculty Profile
Dr. Pamela Wakewich
Dr.WakewichisjointlyappointedtothedepartmentsofSociologyandWomen’sStudies,holdsacross‐
appointmentinHumanScienceswiththeNorthernOntarioSchoolofMedicine,andistheInterimDirectorofthe
CentreforRuralandNorthernHealthResearch(CRaNHR).SheisoneoftheoriginalfoundersofWomen’sStudies
programmingatLakeheadUniversityinthe1990sandwasinstrumentalinintroducingfeministcontentinto
Sociologyprogramming.
Herteachingandgraduate
supervisionisprimarilyinthe
areasofgenderandhealth,
sociologyofthebody,
qualitativeandfeminist
methodologies,andfeminist,
Foucauldianand
decolonizationtheory.Her
currentresearchprojects
exploretheinterfacebetween
gender,cultureandhealthin
ruralandnorthern
communitiesworkingfroma
criticalhealthstudies
perspective.Withamulti‐
disciplinaryteamfrom
Lakeheaduniversitysheisresearchingbarriersand
facilitatorstomidwiferyaccessandbirthingcare
experiencesofIndigenouswomen,recentmigrant
women,andEuro‐CanadianwomeninNWOntario.
SheisalsoworkingaspartofanationalCIHRfunded
team(I.Zehbe,P.I.)doingparticipatoryaction
researchwithcommunitiesintheRobinsonSuperior
Treatyareatoimprovecervicalcancerscreening
accessandeducationfor
Anishnawbekwomenof
theregion.
Dr.Wakewichsupervises
graduatestudentsin
Sociology,PublicHealth
andHealthSciencesas
wellastheCollaborative
Master’sinWomen’s
Studiesprogram,forwhich
sheistheGraduate
Coordinator.Sheis
delightedtobeworking
withadynamicgroupof
graduatestudentsin
sociologywhoseresearch
interestsspanfromsymbolicdominationand
genderedconstructionsofthefemaleboxer,to
‘colourism’intheBlackcommunityinThunderBay,
toSouthAsianwomen’sexperiencesof
stigmatizationinmixed‐marriages,andperspectives
onculturalsafetyinsubstanceuseandmental
healthserviceprovisioninNorthernFirstNation
communities.
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Around the University
AttendeesatatalkbyProfAbdulBangura,“IssuesofEducationalandReligiousDiversityandEverydayAnti‐RacistPractices”organizedbyWalidChahal,ThunderBayMulticulturalAssociation,alongwithLakeheadUniversityDepartmentsofSociologyandPoliticalScience,
andtheMuslimStudentsAssociation
SocialJusticeDisplayintheAgora
Standinglefttoright:SarahMcCullough,TerriClement,aka“Theresina”,Dr.SusanForbes
Seatedlefttoright:ReginaBelloso,BriellePersall,NancyBediako
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