Identity Politics Needs Some Class I & II: Jun 2 @ CSA & Congress 2021

Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference | May 31 – June 4, 2021 VIRTUAL 55th Annual Conference of the CSA https://congress2021.ca/ Title: Identity Politics Needs Some Class https://www.csa-scs.ca/conference/en/Session Code: APS5Organizers: Elaine J Laberge, University of Victoria (Education); Jes Annan, University of Victoria (Sociology); Chelsea Thomas, University of Victoria; Charity Slobod, University of Alberta (Faculty of Graduate…

Outliers imagining otherwise in and for universities

Elaine Laberge, PhD Candidate, University of Victoria Written for my PhD Candidacy February 17, 2020 Many emotions drove me to write Miseducation – sorrow, guilt, pride, anger, righteous indignation, regret, anxiety, and fear. But above all a sense of urgency and desperation that, as a woman approaching 70, time was running out. Reay, 2018, p….

COVID-19 and poverty-class higher education students

March 13, 2020 Re: COVID-19 and poverty-class students Dear Canadian University Leaders: I write to you with fingertips quivering over the keyboard. I do not want to further expose myself to ridicule and shame. Yet, I must publicly come out of the social underclass closet because this situation is far more important than my shamed…

Graphic design for impact

You’ve done the research. You don’t want it to collect dust on the shelf. You want it to make a difference. But you’re used to the academic status quo knowledge mobilization. This is where graphic design makes a difference. I am a researcher and graphic designer. I use the power of design to make research…