Department of Sociology at St. Francis Xavier University

08/24/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Aubrecht on her recent SSHRC Partnership Grant success! 🥳🙌💫

06/11/2026

A wonderful roundtable discussion today at the CSA annual conference featuring authors of the edited collection, Critical Friendship in the Modern World, edited by Laura Eramian (Dalhousie) & Peter Mallory (StFX) 📚 https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/critical-friendship-in-the-modern-world/9666DC6D95A896426A3CC65113FFC576

06/08/2026

To everyone in Halifax for the CSA conference, please join StFX's Dr. Peter Mallory for the Jean-Sébastien Guy Memorial Lecture, titled "Theoretical Approaches to Therapy Culture" on Tuesday, June 9th at 2:30 pm in Rowe #1011

05/19/2026

In collaboration with Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn, Dr. Joel Garrod and Dr. Patricia Cormack are looking to hire an Indigenous StFX student as a research assistant to help collect, analyze, and interpret historical, academic, and legal data related to our current research project, “Governing Cannabis in Mi’kmaki: The Impact on Mi’kmaw Jurisdiction.”

Interested students should contact Dr. Joel Garrod ([email protected])

05/14/2026

As we get closer to the Black Community Recognition Awards ceremony, hosted by the Dr. Agnes Calliste Academic & Cultural Centre st St. FX, we ask that individuals take the time to nominate someone who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to advancing black excellence, culture, leadership, and community. Submissions are due May 16th, 2026 at 5pm.

Here is the link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/BPBKeC1LgE

05/04/2026

Thanks to Dr. Joseph Khoury for this great shot of us at Saturday’s grad reception. Congrats again to all our 2026 grads! 🎉🎉🎉

05/01/2026

Sociology grads, join us May 2nd at 2pm in the Schwartz Gallery to celebrate! 🎉

04/22/2026

Dr. Katie Aubrecht is a coauthor on a new publication in Springer Nature's Health and Quality of Life Outcomes reporting on research from the "Counting What Counts" team project on social determinants of health and quality of life for people living with dementia in long-term care, led by York University's Dr. Matthias Hoben.

Conclusions of this cross-sectional, Canadian multi-province study: Quality of life in Canadian nursing homes is shaped primarily by resident clinical conditions and facility environments rather than individual social characteristics. Interventions that address mental health, behavioural symptoms, and environmental stressors may yield the greatest improvements in resident well-being.



https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-026-02539-3

04/13/2026

New publication from Dr. Katie Aubrecht and the Safe Places for Aging and Care Project: "A Mixed Methods Exploration of Staff Interpretations of the Frequency and Forms of Violence in Long-Term Care":

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-on-aging-la-revue-canadienne-du-vieillissement/article/mixed-methods-exploration-of-staff-interpretations-of-the-frequency-and-forms-of-violence-in-longterm-care/EF98D98DE53C67A7ED9B62018E763A1B

https://www.safeplacesproject.com/

A Mixed Methods Exploration of Staff Interpretations of the Frequency and Forms of Violence in Long-Term Care