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SOCIOLOGYANDANTHROPOLOGY

ATCONCORDIA

A Commemorative Volume with Essaysby

Pieter J. de Vries, Gerald Dewey,oberta !amilton, and John D. Ja"#son

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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia. CommemorativeVolume with Essays by Pieter J. de Vries, Gerald Dewey, oberta !amilton,and John D. Ja"#son. Edited by Jean-Philippe Warren, Anou# (%lan)er, 5allyCole, Christine Jourdan, Joseph 5mu"#er, and Anthony 5ynnott. 'ontr%al /Department o* 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y, Con"ordia $niversity, :;;pour 'a"intosh.

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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;;sociologists had taught a &ew courses the )revious year '789?;9:( withlittle success so the contrast with ohn6s lectures was @uite dramatic. As &ar as

I was concerned, he had done everything that was as"ed o& him and then some.

A*ter ane8s return to Botre Dame in ?H, 4as"one be"ame the a"tin)"hairperson o* the new Department o* 5o"iolo)y. F* ane had laid a *irm*oundation *or a new Department, 4as"one8s pro@e"t was to "arry on with thetas# o* buildin) upon that *oundation. Ft was a "hallen)e he set about meetin)with evident enthusiasm. !ere he re"alls those early years.

4y the time I arrived, students were hungry &or more sociology courses. Inthose days, courses at 0oyola were 6&ull= or 6hal& courses roughly e@uivalentto our credit and 9 credit courses. I don6t remember s)eci&ically what courses

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(y the end o* the ?6 a"ademi" year the 5o"iolo)y Department at3oyola be)an to ta#e on the loo# o* what it was to be in the years leadin) to themer)er with 5ir Geor)e Williams $niversity. 4he *a"ulty )rew, enrolmentsin"reased, and a "urri"ulum too# shape. (e*ore this the 5o"iolo)y Department,as seen by the lar)er 3oyola "ommunity, had been pretty mu"h a re*le"tion o*ane8s personal verve and style Q but now it was be"omin) a more "omple

pro@e"t under the wat"h*ul tutela)e o* 4as"one. F re"all that he had "ome to beseen, not un#indly, as the )ater &amilias o* the very new Department o*5o"iolo)y. Fndeed, he was "learly prote"tive o* his "ollea)ues and students

be"ause he understood that it would ta#e some time to lo"ate themselves in the3oyola situation.

Kne thin) that espe"ially helped this alon), oddly enou)h, was therelo"ation o* the Department8s o**i"es in the Centennial (uildin) @ust east o*the "ampus at the "orner o* 5herbroo#e and Coronation in 'ontr%al West. 4hiswas a partially "onverted apartment buildin) under lease to 3oyola. 4he westwin) o* Centennial housed several other departments as well I Philosophy,Politi"al 5"ien"e, !istory, and Classi"s I all older and well established in theColle)e. F thin# it helped immeasurably *or our new un"ertain Department toshare a home with su"h auspi"ious nei)hbors. Bow the Department o*5o"iolo)y "ould pro*it *rom eposure to truly )i*ted *a"ulty members o* the

a"ademi" "ommunity. And parti"ipation in various on)oin) intra-"olle)e"ollo&uia or simply the daily "onta"t with *ine s"holars in these otherdis"iplines "ontributed mu"h to the *led)lin) Department.

4hen, too, there was the physi"al layout o* the Centennial (uildin). As are*urbished apartment "omple, ea"h *loor "omprised the e&uivalent o* small*lats or units, ea"h well lit throu)h lar)e windows and ea"h havin) its own 8*ull8

bathroom with tub, sin# and toilette. Where else "ould one *ind a lo"ale ina"ademia that in"luded separate *ull bathrooms on a sin)le level, *or eample,with spa"e *or private o**i"es and seminar rooms, and yet en@oy "onta"ts with)i*ted "ollea)ues. 5pea# about utopia. 5o what i* the buildin)8s a)in) *loors

had be)un to sa) and slant a bit, that the noisy plumbin) was somethin) shorto* modern, 9eviden"ed by burstin) pipes in the 'ontr%al winter= or that theheatin) system operated less than per*e"tly. 4his was home and we loved it.9A*ter we moved to the new Vanier 3ibrary Anne several years later, a *armore ideal lo"ation, F thin# some o* us still missed the old &uarters inCentennial I as re*le"ted by some o* the 8souvenirs8 we "olle"ted / wor#tables, a"hal# board, a drawer o* *iles, even a sin#, et".=. Fn short, this mar#ed our real

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Geor)e Williams. K* the latter, thou)h, thin)s be)an to bri)hten as F )ot to#now them better.

F re"all one meetin) on the 3oyola "ampus, some "ommittee or another,

when 4aylor (u"#ner inadvertently put a lit pipe in his @a"#et po"#et andnearly in"inerated us all. 4hen the odd en"ounters with Borm line nearlyalways over the phone, usually in the dead o* ni)ht, over some pressin) matterhe had down "old and F #new virtually nothin) about. And there was 5imonChoda# who on"e be"ame so utterly animated in our "onversation about!ase#8s The Good 2oldier 2chwei"that he ran sma"# into a potted plant andmissed the doorway o* my o**i"e upon leavin). As well, F "ould also loo#*orward to the subversive intelle"tual mis"hie* li#ely to o""ur whenever Joe'ouledou happened on the s"ene. 4his seemed @ust too )ood to be true. Knemi)ht easily "ome to li#e this @ob when all is said and done. (ut then, Fthou)ht, nah not really. Net it would have its moments, some )ood others not.

'y uneasiness with members o* the senior administration, on the otherhand, proved well *ounded as F &ui"#ly "ame to dis"over. Mor instan"e, durin) ameetin) with the then Vi"e-e"tor o* Con"ordia, to dis"uss my appointment,he let me #now that "ertain de"isions on promotions and "ontra"t renewalswould be "omin) down soon "on"ernin) members o* 3oyola so"iolo)y. !ereminded me that F would be epe"ted to support and de*end these de"isions.4his seemed to me a re"ipe *or disaster. F pointed out that F "ould notreasonably de*end any de"ision without *irst bein) "onsulted. And it was surely)ratuitous *or him to assume F mi)ht. Ft was not a produ"tive meetin).

5imilarly, dealin) with ussell (reen entailed *rustration and stress. Mather(reen was a li#eable person in many ways I witty, bri)ht, even "harmin). (uthe had an eplosive temper, F noti"ed, whenever "ontentious issues arose. 4hisinevitably tri))ered a rea"tion that rendered reasoned dis"ourse virtuallyimpossible, at least *or me. F *ound it easier to deal with him *rom a distan"edurin) my term as "hairperson o* the Department. Put di**erently, F avoided"on*errin) with him unless it was absolutely ne"essary. 4his is not to su))est,however, that he did not ma#e si)ni*i"ant "ontributions to the evolution o*Con"ordia $niversity. (ut, as so"iolo)ists are wont to say, the de*inition o* asituation depends on a parti"ular point o* view. 4his was mine.

5o there you have it. Fn a little over ?; years, the Department o* 5o"iolo)ypassed *rom somethin) li#e a state o* )ra"e to somethin) more li#e a state o*nature. Early on a benevolent Jesuit administration provided abidin) supportand resour"es to sustain a *ra)ile addition to the Colle)e. 3ater a stron)er andtested department would need to see# to its own well bein) in a *ar less beni)nenvironment.


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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;;; years earlier. Fn doin)so, F8ve probably )iven *ar too mu"h attention to so"iolo)y *a"ulty membersespe"ially those at 3oyola in the early years o* the Department, and *ar toolittle to students and their obviously indispensable "ontributions to ma#in) theso"iolo)y Department into somethin) o* endurin) value. And, sadly, none at allto members o* the departmental sta**, !eather (owen in the early years and

Boreen 'a"Donou)h in the later years, who "ontributed so mu"h o* the day today a"tivity o* our shared pro@e"t. Mor this F "an only epress re)rets. Fn sum, Fam obli)ed to a"#nowled)e that 'emory is o*ten a *aulty )uide.

It wasn6t the )arties that made it such a gay time. There was such a&&ectionbetween everybody. Hou li"ed your &riends and wanted to see them every day, andusually you did see them every day. It was li"e a great &air and everybody was so

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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;;, ?:. 4heenrolment was but ; men and women. 4he base was the older N'CA5"hool, an evenin) elementary and hi)h s"hool pro)ram *or wor#in) people.We mi)ht @ust note in passin) that in ?:< there were only >> boys oversiteen in 'ontr%al8s Protestant hi)h s"hools and the ma@ority o* those wereenrolled in the N'CA s"hool. 4hus was 5ir Geor)e Williams Colle)e rooted inthe edu"ational wor# o* the N'CA and the NWCA, two asso"iations, rooted inturn, in the Protestant so"ial )ospel movement o* the late nineteenth "entury.


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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;;:,the ma@ority o* whom 9 per"ent= were re)istered in the Evenin) Division. (y? enrolment had rea"hed ?:,? Q a)ain, per"ent re)istered in theEvenin) Division.

F entered 5ir Geor)e Williams as a *reshman in 5eptember ? one o* theless than one third in the Day Division. 5o"iolo)y was my ma@or. 4he Colle)e,later to be desi)nated as a $niversity in #eepin) with 3aw ?H< 9?=,Provin"e o* u%be", was or)aniOed &uite di**erently than the s"hool with whi"hwe are now *amiliar. A Prin"ipal, Dean, e)istrar and (ursar "omprised thesenior administration. 4here were no *a"ulties or *a"ulty deans and nodepartments. 4here were Divisions )roupin) to)ether the 5o"ial 5"ien"es9psy"holo)y, so"iolo)y, politi"al s"ien"e, and history=, the !umanities9lan)ua)es and literature, philosophy, "lassi"s=, the 5"ien"es 9(iolo)y, physi"s,mathemati"s, "hemistry= and Commer"e 9prin"ipally a""ountin) andmana)ement=. A !ead supervised ea"h Division. Ea"h dis"ipline had one ortwo, sometimes more *ull-time *a"ulty. Part-time instru"tors, many o* whomwere *rom '"Gill, did the bul# o* the tea"hin). Pro*essor !arold Potter, a manwith stron) N'CA ties, ties whi"h he maintained throu)hout his "areer, wasthe *ull-time so"iolo)ist.

4he 5GWC pro@e"t was devoted to providin) hi)her edu"ation to wor#in)people, thus the lar)e evenin) division. 4he Evenin) Division student bodywas "omposed o* men and women wor#in) *ull or part-time and the last o* a"ontin)ent o* World War FF veterans who had entered in ?< and ?. 'anyo* the students, a lar)e number havin) )raduated *rom the 5ir Geor)e Williamsevenin) !i)h 5"hool, were re"ent immi)rants or their parents were immi)rants,mainly *rom Europe, western and eastern, or *rom the West Fndies. 4he daydivision was similar in "omposition but perhaps not as multi"ultural. 4here aretwo prin"ipal "on"lusions to draw *rom this ba"#)round note. 4he *irst is /*rom its establishment the "olle)e was dedi"ated to tea"hin). 4headministration and the *a"ulty were "ommitted to the tea"hin) o* wor#in)

people. 4he se"ond is that the administration and *a"ulty were open to thestudents. As students we #new that we "ould and we did wal# into the Dean8sor the Prin"ipal8s o**i"e unannoun"ed to dis"uss a "ourse problem. 4hese two"hara"teristi"s, a *a"ulty devoted to a "ommon "ause and an administrationunen"umbered by bureau"ra"y set the tone *or two de"ades. 4his or)aniOational*orm and pra"ti"e was later to "ome into "on*li"t with a multipli"ity o*ob@e"tives on the part o* *a"ulty and an ever-in"reasin) administrative

bureau"ra"y.

emainin) in the pre-Department era *or a moment lon)er, members o* the? )raduatin) "lass, my )raduation year, were as#ed to write a para)raph on

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"on*irmation by one8s a)e )roup. Dress and deportment "han)ed noti"eably,respe"t *or 2older people2 appeared to be lost 9thou)h, in *a"t, it wasnt, it was)iven to those who seemed to )rasp, at least in part, the new values=, and small,virulent )roups devoted to spe"i*i" politi"al "auses 9e.). 'aoism, 'arist-

3eninism, 4rots#yites, parti"ipatory demo"ra"y, u%be" independen"e, et".=were the order o* the day. Ma"ulty were "hallen)ed in the "lassroom, "hallen)edto "onne"t their tea"hin) and resear"h with 'ao or 'ar or 3enin or to eplainWeber in the "ontet o* 'arian theory or ed*ield in relation to MrantO Manon.

An ane"dote mi)ht serve to illustrate. Ft o""urred durin) the ?-H;a"ademi" year. Mor various reasons F had ele"ted to s"hedule all my tea"hin) onMridays and 5aturdays. F tau)ht an introdu"tory "ourse with an enrolment o*?;; on 5aturday *rom ?/;; to ?/;; hours. 4he *a"t that evenin) studentswere mied with day students, an unusual "ombination at that time, meant thatwor#in) people were sittin) side by side with youn)er Day Division students,many @ust out o* hi)h s"hool. Given that it was 5aturday the evenin) studentswere dressed mu"h the same way as the day students, they were not overlyobvious. Add to this the *a"t o* the usual evenin) student o""upational mi /

poli"e o**i"ers, military, o**i"e wor#ers, wor#ers in manu*a"turin) and retail,health wor#ers, and so on. 5even students, all in so"iolo)y pro)rams, weremembers o* the lo"al 'aoist "ell headed by one o* our *a"ulty members. 4hey"arried Chairman 'ao8s little ed (oo# with them. F "ould barely )et throu)h astatement on, *or eample, Dur#heim, Weber, or 'ar without one or more o*these students @umpin) up to &uote a "ontradi"tory or instru"tive passa)e *romthe ed (oo#. (e*ore F "ould respond, an evenin) student, perhaps a poli"e

o**i"er, a nurse, or an o**i"e mana)er would enter the dis"ussion to the pointwhere my prin"ipal tas# was to mediate 9animation and audio-visual aids itdidnt need= a wild dis"ussion.

Ft is perhaps di**i"ult to believe but this "olle"tion o* disparate students did"oales"e into a )roup. 'any o* us met in the "a*eteria till it "losed at ?/;; *ordis"ussion around the issues o* the day. Fndeed, one o* the poli"e o**i"ers in the"ourse made a point o* wat"hin) over some o* the student revolutionaries whenthey ended up in"ar"erated overni)ht, usually *or )luin) posters on publi"

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De"ember ?, the "omplainants epressed dissatis*a"tion with the de"isionresultin) in an all university !earin) Committee whi"h held several publi"meetin)s between De"ember 8 and January 8. A)ain dissatis*ied, theComputer Center and the Ma"ulty Club were o""upied by the "omplainants and

their sympathiOers. Kbviously these events disrupted everyday routine. 4he *iretotally disabled the 5o"iolo)y L Anthropolo)y Department I we shared theninth *loor with the Computer Centre. F should add that durin) this periodmany o* us "ontinued to tea"h our "lasses outside the $niversity, wherever we"ould *ind a room. Kne o* our *a"ulty, Mernand Montaine, le*t soon a*ter. !isdissertation data, stored on F(' "ards in the "omputer "entre, were destroyed.

4he se"ond event was related to the *irst. 4he a*termath o* the "omputera**air brou)ht in new and mu"h more elaborate rules and re)ulations re)ardin)student6student and student6*a"ulty relations. 4hese evolved *rom a "ommitteeon student li*e involvin) students, *a"ulty and administration. An epresseddesire *or student parti"ipation in department de"ision ma#in) was put to theMa"ulties and the Departments. Kur Department was ahead havin) *ormed a2Wor#in) Group on 5tudent Parti"ipation2 in Bovember ?. We were, as awhole but with some disa)reement amon) us, not prepared to meet thestudents8 demand *or parity on all "ommittees and in Department assemblies. Fnearly ?H;, durin) the "ourse o* a Department meetin), F was Chair at thetime Q there was a #no"# on the door. 5i to ei)ht students entered demandin) ameetin) to dis"uss parity in departmental a**airs. We met later durin) the wee#and su""eeded in rea"hin) an a)reement. 4his )ave students e&ual votin) ri)htswith respe"t to personnel and "urri"ulum. Fn"identally, part-time instru"tors

had been )iven a vote at Department Assemblies as early as 5eptember ?.

4hese events were epressions o* mu"h more )eneral developments inmotion in the $niversity and prevalent throu)hout Borth Ameri"a. apidepansion in enrolments and *a"ulty and a related set o* "on*li"tin) )oalsaround post-se"ondary edu"ation led to "onsiderable "on*usion amon) studentsand *a"ulty ali#e. Consider the in"reasin) state support o* hi)her edu"ation in

both "apital and operatin) *unds, a level o* support sold to the publi" asne"essary *or the vo"ational trainin) o* an e"eptionally lar)e "ohort I the2baby boomers2 I and to business and *inan"ial interests, in a word, "apital, asne"essary to *ill the demand *or a s#illed wor#*or"e. Consider the "on*li"t

between a vo"ational trainin) orientation and the liberal arts tradition Q "onsiderin turn the "on*li"t between the *ormer, based on e&uity and in"lusiveness and a2hi)h "ulture2 orientation. 4hese lines o* tension were espe"ially salient in5GW$, and to some de)ree in others with similar ori)ins, Carleton and Nor#to name but two. eep in mind 5GW$8s roots, a vo"ational trainin) traditionmodi*ied by a liberal arts orientation. 4here was already a tension betweenthese two orientations when the Colle)e entered the de"ade o* the 8*i*ties. 4hesetensions sailed in, as it were, on the waves o* new students 9the oldEvenin)6Day Division balan"e was shi*tin) and soon to disappear= and a"orrespondin) in"rease in *a"ulty. (y ?H? there were >;> *ulltime *a"ulty, >

per"ent o* whom had been with the institution *or : years or less, < per"ent *or

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the administration. Gone was the 2)entle administration2 as !ubert Guindonlabelled the ori)inals. 4his a""umulation o* tensions was lar)ely responsible*or the "haos surroundin) the o""upation and riot in the "omputer "entre.Demands *or new rules and re)ulations and "he"#s and balan"es alon) with the

in"reasin) power o* the Ma"ulty Asso"iation, soon to be"ome a re)isteredbar)ainin) a)ent, )ave rise to a bureau"ra"y unheard o* a de"ade earlier.

4hese "han)es bore heavily upon the Department. Wel"omed o* "ourse wasthe redu"tion in the "ourse load *rom : "redit hours to between ? and :?hours. Wel"omed, yes, but at a pri"e Q today the shi*t in emphasis *rom tea"hin)to resear"h and publi"ation would not be "onsidered a pri"e. 4he *a"ultymembers who @oined the Department durin) the 8sities did do resear"h, thou)hresear"h *undin) was rare, and did publish. (ut now the pressure was on"ountin) I how mu"h in resear"h *unds, how many arti"les, and how many

boo#s 4his happened slowly, and as it happened there was another "han)eobservable I a shi*t away *rom a devotion to tea"hin) to a preo""upation with*unded resear"h and writin).

4hese several tensions were revealed in two events. 4he *irst was in thepro"ess o* institutin) an 'A pro)ram and the se"ond was evident indis"ussions around hirin) pra"ti"es. Fn K"tober ? the Department a)reed to

pro"eed with a proposal *or an 'A pro)ram in so"iolo)y and to be)indis"ussions on a Ph.D. pro)ram. Bo *urther attention was )iven to the do"toral

pro)ram until the late ?;8s. 4he 'A proposal raised several lines o* tensionin the Department Q tensions prin"ipally related to earlier unresolved

di**eren"es I di**eren"es between a vo"ational and a liberal arts orientation onthe one hand and between the latter two and a 2hi)h "ulture2 orientation on theother. 4here was resistan"e to pro"eedin) with any #ind o* )raduate wor#

based on the remainin) stron) position re)ardin) the value o* under)raduatetea"hin) and the mission o* the earlier 5GWC. And, as mi)ht be epe"ted therewas "onsiderable ar)ument as to whether to in"lude a non-thesis option, anoption that was not to appear until mu"h later. A "ompromise o* sorts wasrea"hed with an a)reement to *o"us on urban studies, promote the pro)ram as a)raduate pro)ram *or people wor#in) *ull I time in related *ields 9health andwel*are a)en"ies, so"ial wor# pro*essionals, publi" servi"e, poli"e, et".=, to"onstru"t a "urri"ulum whi"h )ave some "hoi"e over and above re&uired

"ourses, and put the non-thesis option aside *or later "onsideration.

4he proposal was approved and "ourses started in the *all semester o* ?H:.'ost students then, and later, were )raduates o* our !onours Pro)ram,o""asionally a student *rom the 2outside2 re)istered. 3ittle outside promotionwas done and, perhaps, "onsultation with pro*essionals in related *ields prior todesi)nin) the pro)ram may have su""eeded in establishin) a ni"he amon)those already on "areer paths. Bevertheless it was a mu"h desired pro)ram withenrolments up to our limited "apa"ity. Graduate seminars were not initially parto* the "ourse load "ount and the tas# o* supervisin) a thesis was never part o*the "ourse load.


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status that all but disappeared *rom the $niversity8s lei"on= to *ill a va"ant ornew *ull-time position, the person in &uestion was simply hired avoidin)interviews and a "ompetition. 4his pra"ti"e in a parti"ular "ase was the emberthat *uelled the "ontroversy.

(ut, *irst, the "ontet / 9?= a Ma"ulty Asso"iation, later to be "erti*ied as abar)ainin) unit, was now in pla"e demandin) 2proper hirin) pro"edures2 whi"hdid not in"lude what one mi)ht "all 2networ# hirin)2 Q 9:= the CanadianiOationmovement was well underway havin) started in ?H?, a movement with"onsiderable stren)th in the so"ial s"ien"es and humanities pushin) *or thehirin) o* youn) Canadian s"holars, men and women, and open "ompetition Qand, 9>= a )eneral sense o* 2*air employment pra"ti"es2 was penetratin) allaspe"ts o* the wor#pla"e in all institutions.

Within this "ontet the dispute was around the Personnel Committee8sre"ommendation to hire a 3e"turer "urrently on the sta** to *ill a va"ant

position without openin) a "ompetition and "allin) *or appli"ants, ana""eptable pro"edure at the time. 4he Chair re*used the re"ommendation and ama@ority vote at a departmental assembly. !e insisted on a "ompetition. 4hisset the Department I or a )ood portion o* the Department8s *a"ulty I a)ainst theChair. As mi)ht be epe"ted several other minor issues then "oales"ed aroundthe Department vs. the Chair s"enario. Ft was an a"rid stru))le "ulminatin) inthe Chair8s resi)nation. Fn more positive terms the stru))le set *aireremployment pra"ti"es in the Department and "han)ed the nature o* the 2old

boys2 networ#. 'ore youn) Canadian men and women were hired. 4he new

pro"edures were espe"ially si)ni*i"ant with respe"t to the hirin) o* women.Fndeed the Chair o* the time should be eonerated Q his a"tion set, admittedly,*air pra"ti"es, pra"ti"es whi"h were soon to be"ome universal in the a"ademi""ommunity. Bevertheless you "an appre"iate the movement alon) anepressive6instrumental "ontinuum, *rom a mu"h less bureau"rati" departmentto one in"reasin)ly "au)ht in rules and re)ulations. Mair, to be sure, but sheerepressivity in daily relations amon) *a"ulty and between *a"ulty and studentswas )one. 4wo additional events o""urred durin) the de"ade o* the 8H;8s whi"htaed the Department8s ability to "ope within a "onstantly "han)in)environment.

Fn 'ay ?H; the, new u%be" post-se"ondary edu"ation system "ame intoe**e"t. 4his meant that 5GW$s *our-year ba"helors pro)rams "ame to an endto be repla"ed with a three-year pro)ram presumably inte)rated with CEGEP"urri"ula. 5pe"ialiOations were laid on top o* the older ma@ors and honours

pro)rams. Preparation *or this ma@or "han)e had started a year or two earlierwith "onsiderable ener)y devoted to inte)ratin) the new "urri"ula. Completeinte)ration was never a"hieved. 4he immediate e**e"t was the elimination o**irst year students. $p to the "han)eover, universities a""epted *irst yearstudents )raduatin) *rom the En)lish-lan)ua)e hi)h s"hools8 )rades eleven andtwelve, seventeen and ei)hteen year olds. With the advent o* the CEGEP, *irstyear students were now enterin) a three-year pro)ram, two years older with

two additional years o* post-se"ondary edu"ation. Dislo"ation was not seriousbut it was present. Ft was present in the number o* "ommittees and meetin)s


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presen"e in N'CA buildin)s. (ut, more than anythin) else, it was theemphasis on, and "ommitment to, providin) a""ess to both se"ondary and

postse"ondary edu"ation *or members o* the urban "ommunity who hadremained lar)ely disen*ran"hised *rom obtainin) a university edu"ation thatuni&uely set 5ir Geor)e apart *rom the other 'ontr%al universities o* that era.'ature entry pro)rammes, evenin) "ourses and a *irm emphasis on tea"hin)and a"ademi" advisin) were some o* the important means used to put that

"ommitment into pra"ti"e. Ft also *ormed the "ontet in whi"h anthropolo)ywas introdu"ed and a Department o* 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y was "reated


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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;;;8s, be"ame radi"aliOed a*ter the war and ultimately "hose to move toCanada in the ?;8s. A*ter his departure we were *ortunate to be able to "arryon su""ess*ully with the help o* a number o* hi)hly &uali*ied part-time *a"ultymembers. When a *ull time position be"ame available the Department

appointed Chantal Collard. !er appointment not only *urther stren)thened the*ran"ophone presen"e in the Department, it also added to the stren)th o**ieldwor#-based #inship studies. Chantal was the *irst anthropolo)ist atCon"ordia $niversity to have "arried out etensive *ieldwor# in the Provin"e o*u%be". 5he also added to the inte)ration o* anthropolo)y at Con"ordia intothe pro*essional networ# o* u%be".

3ater in the ?;8s the Department was *ortunate to be able to hire VeredAmit and David !owes. (oth added si)ni*i"antly to the breadth o*anthropolo)y Q they also provided a basis *or )reater inte)ration o*anthropolo)y with so"iolo)y in terms o* resear"h, tea"hin) and "olle)ial

"ollaboration. 5everal publi"ations were the result o* this.


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Guindon, !ubert PhD 9Chi"a)o=Assistant Pro*essor o* 5o"iolo)y prior to ? sin"e ?:Asso"iate Pro*essor o* 5o"iolo)y, ?Department Chair, ?H-?Pro*essor o* 5o"iolo)y, ?-?-?Hetired in ?H

ussell, 5usan PhD 94oronto=Assistant Pro*essor o* 5o"iolo)y, ?HAsso"iate Pro*essor o* 5o"iolo)y, ?-?>

4as"one, J.M. 'A 95t. (onaventure=

Asso"iate Pro*essor o* 5o"iolo)y, ?etired in ??

4resierra, Julio PhD 9Botre-Dame=Assistant Pro*essor o* 5o"iolo)y, ?H?Asso"iate Pro*essor o* 5o"iolo)y, ?HHetired in ?

Van !oey, 3eo M. PhD 9Borthwestern=Assistant Pro*essor o* 5o"iolo)y, ?Asso"iate Pro*essor o* 5o"iolo)y, ?H-?

de Vries, Peter J. PhD 9Alberta=Assistant Pro*essor o* Anthropolo)y, ?HAsso"iate Pro*essor o* Anthropolo)y, ?>etired in ?0evel 2tudy

?: (arbara 'ar"us

Eomen-s +ealth Care J Eho Cares M

?: amal 5e#laThe Code o& Kthics o& the #edical Pro&ession J A +istorical and

2ociological 2tudy

?> Pran"es (rummerThe elationshi) 4etween 2e*ual 1i&&erentiation, amily and Kducation

?> James Galla)herProblems in #obiliFation J A Case 2tudy

?> Peter Flli"hAn Kvaluation o& the K&&ects o& 2ocially Induced 2tress on Cigarette

2mo"ing

?> Wayne 'a@or4irth %rder, 2ibling 2e* 2tatus and 2)ort Partici)ation

?> Andr% 'artinKconomic Fnnovation and 2ociological AnalysisJ A Pro)osal &or a #odel o&

Kntre)reneurshi) in 3rban Kconomic 1evelo)ment

? Deena ArtOy1istributing the 2ocial 2ervice 4udget J Po)ulation Characteristics and the

K*tent o& 1emand on 2ocial 2ervice esources


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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;;Km)loyment

? Johanna !. 3owensteynA 2ocial +istory o& the 1utch in Duebec

? Judith 'a"(ride-in)Ehose ob is it AnywayM An K*)loratory 2tudy o& the elationshi) 4etween

the #ilitary %rganiFation and the #ilitary Ei&e

? 'orvarid, 5aidiDuebec-s 5on&ranco)hone 0eadersJ actors Associated with their#obiliFation in Communal #ovements

?H Jani"e Clarini1eterminants o& 0anguage Assimilation in Three Kthnic Grou)s in Canada

?H !eather Mord-osenthalKthnic 1iscourse in C4C adio 1rama and Government Immigration

Policies

?H 'ar)aret Mother)illCreative Conte*ts J eminist 2ociology o& Canadian Eomen adio

1ramatists

?H Donald erryCanadian ertility, 2e* oles and 0abour orce Partici)ation J A

2e@uential 1ecision #a"ing ramewor"

?H 'aud 5oo3nem)loyment J #an)ower Training in Three %KC1 Countries

?H Cheryl WattKarly C4C adio 1rama and Eomen-s Kstate


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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;;1emogra)hic 1eterminants o& 5onmarital

Cohabitation J The Case &or Canadian Eomen

?: 5tephanie 5traussA 2tudy on Adult 1aughters o& 1ivorce

?> 5hawn (erry32A Today, the 0ondon ree Press and the ationaliFation o& the 5orth

American 5ews)a)er Industry

?> Dawn Chimbe

The K&&ect o& ural 1evelo)ment on Peo)le-s 0iving 2tandards J TheK*)erience o& #alawi6s ural 1evelo)ment Programs

?> (ernard Ma)anIrish actory Eor"ers and their %rientation J A Case 2tudy

?> 5ylvie Gravel06a))lication du statut de rN&ugiN au DuNbec ethnicitN, symbolisme et

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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;; Alain 3essard0a )artici)ation des re)rNsentants )atronau* et syndicau* dans les comitNs

de santN et 2NcuritN du travail

?> o)er 'a"3eanThe 3se o& the 1octrine o& 2in as an Indicator o& 2eculariFation

?> Ali"e 'i"haud1istinguishing 5on>1onors &rom 1onors J An K*)loratory 2tudy o& the

1eterminants o& Charitable Giving in Canada

?> in 'in)Eill China Travel the Ca)italist oad M China-s 6%)en 1oor Policy6, under

1eng

?> Aida 'irsha#4oundary Ambiguity, Contact Consistency and ole Con&usion in Com)le*

2te)&amily +ouseholds

?> Dave Banderam.The 2ocio>technical 2ystems #odel and its Im)act on %rganiFational

K&&ectiveness J 'A Case 2tudy(.

?> o#sana BaOeenIm)act o& oreign Aid in 1evelo)ing Countries

?> 'ary Perri

The 0abour orce in Transition J The Eor" and amily Program 'A Case2tudy(

?> Fsabelle i"ard.0e rOle du travail dans la vie )ersonnelle

?> Ce"ile 5ly4eyond the 2tructure J A Psycho>2ocial K*)loration o& 2e*ual +arassment

Policy and 2u))ort #echanisms at Concordia 3niversity


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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;; David A. Willis2tate Policy, 1e)endency Theory, and the Peri)heryJ An K*amination o&

ive Knumeration Areas in Inverness County, 5ova 2cotia, 7897>789.

? Carmelita. '"Beil#edical and Cross>Cultural Inter)retations o& Cancer

? Patri"ia K8MlahertyPsychiatric +os)ital as Community

? Bi"olette 5tar#ieEomen an d 4ody %rderJ A 2ociology o& the 4ody

?< Enid ClementEomen-s esistance to Paternalism J An Analysis o& 2elected C4C adio

1rama

?< Colleen Bapiera"OEomen in the 0abour orce J A 2tudy o& the actors that In&luence

Eomen-s 0abour orce Partici)ation

?< Mran"ine obillardConstructing %urselvesJ Eomen, Kating and Identity

? 'ar)aret (eres*ord#ass #edia and Alternative Coverage o& the K**on /aldeF %il 2)ill

? ahel Eynan-!arveyEhen 1eath 1o 3s Part J 5urses on Post >#ortem Care

? David MithernPornogra)hy as a Cultural %b$ect J +omose*ual 1esire and the Trans>

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? 'artin !ayesGlobal and Transnational lows and 0ocal Cree Houth Culture

? Clara hudaverdianThe 1ancing 4ody

? Dou) 'illerEomen, 1evelo)ment and 2ocial ChangeJ The Eomen o& ural #alawi

A Case 2tudy

? 'ar"o Berone2"ill, emuneration and Km)loyment in Production and 2ervice elated

Eor" in Canada J A Duality Assessment


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? Non) Jie u#odels o& 0abour #ar"et e&ormJ Poland, 2weden and the Case o& China

? !asan Alameal Kducation &or the eal EorldJ A Com)arative 2tudy o& the #oral and

Kthical Pedagogic Training o& 3ndergraduate Commerce and 3ndergraduate5on>Commerce students at Concordia

? 'ariella CastellanaThe 60in"6 on +I/;AI12J An K*amination o& the Construction o& +I/;AI12

in the 0in"

? i"hard Duran"eauGolden Promises, Km)ty ealitiesM Trust, Commitment and Control in the

Eor")lace

? (arry EllisonThe Im)lications o& 2egmented Eor" 2tructures in 5on>#etro)olitan

Canada

? 'ary Jane Gardner1eterritorialiFation, Transnational Connections and the Construction o&

IdentityJ Tibetan Immigrants in #ontreal

? 3iO 3autard4an" TellersJ Kight Eomen on the inancial ront 0ines

? Jane 3ebrunProstitute as 2e* Eor"erJ eminist Theories Conte*tualiFed

? 4omas 5aldanhaKarly etirement at Teleglobe CanadaJ A Case 2tudy

? Jodi WeirPer&orming Gender J Transgenderism as Criti@ue


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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;; Cindy Ann (ryantEhere Are They GoingM A 0oo" at Canadian ural In>migration 4etween7887 and 7889.

:;;> 'arietta Damiano0earning Gender olesJ Advertising and Children

:;;> i"hard Element5arratives o& +ome and AwayJ ural Houth #igration &rom the Gas)e

Peninsula

:;;> arina GonOales-5otoThe 2ocio>Kconomic and Cultural 1iscre)ancies regarding the

Consum)tion and Production o& Co&&ee betweenJ 5orth America EesternCulture and Guatemala

:;;> 'i"hael aiser

Twentieth Century Theoretical 1evelo)ment and the 1ecline o& atherhood

:;;> Jos%e 3abelleThe arla +omol"a caseJ raming emale Criminality

:;;> Andrea 'anda"he5ow Possibilities o& Constructing Cultural Identities in the Conte*t o&

GlobaliFationJ The Case o& omanian Po)ular Culture


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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;; 'ir"ea 'anda"heeligion in #odern Contem)orary Eestern 2ocietiesJ u)ture and

Continuity

:;;> 5haya Bourai1ressing u) the 5ationJ The Im)osition o& 1ress Codes during the Cultural

evolution in China and the Islamic e)ublic o& Iran

:;;> 5usan o)ers2tudying the 2emantics o& e)roductionJ A 2ocial 2ystems Analysis o& 5ew

e)roductive Technologies

:;; 5hanly Dion+eteroto)ic 2)aces o& Childhood

:;; 'i"hael GreenChild Pornogra)hy on the InternetJ The /ictims 1eserve a es)onse

:;; 5hawn 'illet

Fn"lusion6E"lusion/ 4he 2)ecial Kducation 1ilemma in Duebec Public+igh 2chools

:;; Dere# BeilA1 and the 0awJ A 2earch &or Partici)ation Control

:;; Mumni KmolePolitical Theory and usticeJ +omelessness in #ontreal and Problems with

0iberal 1emocracy

:;; Cynthia aso=I& the 4read Goes 2tale, it6s #y 1ad-s ault=. The Parental Alienation

2yndrome

:;; 5andy esendesThe Eorld at your inger>Ti)sJ 3nderstanding 4lindness


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e*le"tions / 5o"iolo)y and Anthropolo)y at Con"ordia 9:;; ahente !orn-'illerThe Kmergence o& the #ohaw" Earrior lagJ A 2ymbol o& Indigenous

3ni&ication and Im)etus to Assertion o& Identity and ights Commencing in theanien"eha"a Community o& ahnawa"e

:;;> Constantinos altsoudasTa"ing 2toc" o& Kthnic Grou) Identity in a Town in Gree" #acedonia

:;;> Anne Catherine ennedy1oing the Kveryday 1i&&erentlyJ Eomen and Politics in a 5ortheastern

4raFilian Town

:;;> Fsabelle 3anta)neIdNologie du langage J une Ntude de cas. 1iscours et &acteurs in&luenant

l-a))rentissage et l6usage du catalan cheF les membres d6une &amille castillanede 4arcelone.

:;;> (indu Barulae&ugee 2ettlementJ A eview o& Canadian Policies and Programs to #eet

the 5eeds o& the 1iverse e&ugee Grou)s

:;;> Anahi usso-GarridoCreating 2e*uality emale 2ame>2e* 2ub$ectivities in #e*ico City

:;; Jamila AbassiIt-s not Kasy being GreenJ Peo)le, Potatoes, and Pesticides on Prince

Kdward Island

:;; 3ynn Ashworth0iving it 3) in Chaoyang6s 4art 2treetJ A e)resentation o& 2mart 2lac"ers

in 4ei$ing

:;; Esther (%lan)er0e mouvement 2low ood R #ontrNal J re&lets d6une nouvelle

conscientisation alimentaire cosmo)olitaine


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4o 4able o* Contents

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78Geor)e (rady

785hirley Petti*er

78?Gail Grant

78:'arilyn (i"her

78:3eila 5in)h

789 'adelaine 4ur)eon

78< (rian !eath*ield

78Diane 3on)

788Patri"ia alnits#y

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