Our areas of strength cluster around the following themes:
A comparative study exploring how public attitudes, industry ideologies, and cultural visions shape the meaning of AI across Canada, the United States, and China, offering new insights into the global politics of emerging technologies.
A national study examining the prevalence and demographic patterns of vibrator use among Canadian women, offering new insights into sexual wellbeing, public health, and the social dimensions of women’s sexuality.
A community-driven study exploring how Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents in Kenora understand reconciliation, highlighting local priorities, structural challenges, and community-informed pathways for meaningful change.
Examining how the emergence of the synthetic opioid fentanyl as an illicit recreational drug has changed how front-line police officers perceive danger and alter their practices.
Examining the relationship between platform work engagement and worker mental health.
Examining short-term change in the predictors of four possible pathways after high school.
How does the discipline deal with the settler colonial history and current realities of Indigenous social lives, and where is the place in our field for Indigenous voices and perspectives?
Do working parents with young children living in childcare deserts experience greater work-family conflict and psychological distress compared to those in more resourced areas?
Examining whether feminist identity is associated with solo and partnered sexual behaviour.
In the wake of violence at Hamilton Pride 2019, an external review found that Hamilton Police Service provided inadequate protection of Hamilton’s Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ community and their allies celebrating that day.
Our programs offer graduate students the opportunity to explore diverse research areas with guidance from experienced supervisors who are leaders in their fields.
A unique interdisciplinary approach to lead the way for advanced research on mental health from a social science perspective.
A world-class facility recognized for its leadership in the field of Indigenous research.
The Lawrence Krader Research Project focuses on research and publication based on approximately 150 unpublished manuscripts authored by Krader after he retired as director of the Institute of Ethnology at Freie Universität Berlin.
The Faculty of Social Sciences provides a wide variety of support for researchers, including grant preparation, budgeting, knowledge mobilization, partnership development, and administration.
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