Ph.D. with a Specialization in Social Justice

Our PhD program in Sociology critically examines the emergence of contemporary global society, analyzing and evaluating its effects on people’s lives.We attend to issues of power, change, and social inequalities, especially as they affect the social and policy environments. Our areas of expertise cover culture and community; migration and population; and crime and justice.Our faculty members are renowned for providing attentive, individualized supervision that reflects our commitment to your professional and scholarly development.The first program of its kind in Canada, it is grounded in a comprehensive approach including: immersion in a variety of data gathering techniques; substantive topics like community; research design; analysis and interpretation; and rigorous theorizing.The program offers unique opportunities for student-professor collaboration, discovery, creativity, critical thinking, and community engagement.Our Ph.D. program in Sociology, with a specialization in social justice, responds to current social changes in workplace restructuring, the declining welfare state, privatization, processes of globalization, gender relations, sexuality, governance, security, and migration and immigration practices and policies. It offers resources for analyzing the social, cultural, and political implications of these many changes, and examines how various groups challenge existing forms of marginalization and social injustice.With innovative course offerings and faculty engaged in diverse research projects on issues of social justice, our program provides a unique opportunity to pursue research on critical issues of our era. It is primarily designed for students who are interested in pursuing academic, research, and social policy careers. Students have the opportunity to specialize in many diverse fields of study, and the program is accompanied by a grounding in social theories and proficiency in a wide range of research methods