Andy Hathaway does research in the areas of illicit drug use, harm reduction, human rights, and Canadian drug policy. His research on cannabis, spanning over a decade, examines use in marginalized and mainstream populations, and draws out implications for social...

I completed my PhD (2005, Rural Sociology) in the Department of Rural Economy at the University of Alberta. My dissertation research focused on the social consequences of local ownership in six forest-dependent communities in Canada. Prior to joining the department in 2007, I conducted research...

I received both of my graduate degrees in Anthropology from the University of Toronto, after having completed a first degree in English Languages and Literature in the United States Since my initial work with the Őmie of Papua New Guinea, focused on the rare form of gender specific group...

MaDonna Maidment completed her doctoral studies in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University, Ottawa. A native of St. John's, she completed her B.A. and M.A. degrees in Sociology at Memorial University. Professor Maidment has worked as a researcher and policy analyst on...

Lisa Kowalchuk received her B.A. in Sociology at McMaster University, her M.A. in Sociology from McGill University, and her Ph.D. in Sociology from York University. She taught for four years at St. Mary’s University in Halifax before joining U of Guelph in July 2004.

Linda received her first degree in nursing, before turning her attention to graduate studies in sociology. While still a graduate student, she became involved as a consultant in highway planning doing socio-economic impact assessment. After completing her master's and doctoral degrees at the...

Dr. Joseph Tindale is a social gerontologist and professor in the Family Relations and Applied Nutrition (FRAN) department at the University of Guelph and Interim Chair in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology (2010-2012) while retaining his research and graduate student advising...

Professor Morton specializes in violence against women, women and the law, feminist criminology, justice and social policy, feminist participatory action research (FPAR), public sociology, community-engaged scholarship (research, learning and service). Professor Morton's previous work includes...

I am a social anthropologist with graduate degrees from McMaster Univerity (M.A.) and McGill University (PhD.). My long term ethnographic interests have been with Canadian Aboriginal peoples, especially concerning the Ojibwa or Anishenabe peoples living north of Lake Superior. Research in this...

I completed my PhD in Anthropology at McMaster University in 2006, and then undertook a SSHRC-funded post-doctoral fellowship at the Department of Anthropology and the Centre for Society, Technology, and Development at McGill University. 

My research addresses issues of political...

Bill O’Grady received his B.A. and M.A. in Sociology from Carleton University, and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Toronto. Professor O’Grady has just completed a research project in Toronto that examined the enforcement activities of the Ontario Safe Streets...

I joined the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph in 2002. I received my undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Wilfrid Laurier University and my M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Toronto. I spent two years at Dalhousie University as a...

 Dr. J.I. (Hans) Bakker is a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph. He is the author of Toward A Just Civilization (1993) and has edited The World Food Crisis (1990), Gandhi and the Gita (1993) and Sustainability and International Rural Development (1995), as...