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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
The Department of Sociology and Criminology is one of the largest departments in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba. In addition to core areas of theory and methods, the Department’s specialties include: sociological theory; research methods; power, inequality and social justice; wellness, illness, disability and medicine; criminology and sociolegal studies; culture, identity and belonging.
Numbers for the first quarter of 2025 show no signs of any significant uptick in Americans moving to Canada.
Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Patzer on his 2025 appointment as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Comparative Indigenous Politics supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Dr. Patzer’s CRC program aims to use sociolegal data and interviews with Indigenous rights advocates to deepen understanding through comparative study. This work will emphasize a transdisciplinary approach based on Indigenous experiences and will compare Indigenous rights, not only by jurisdiction or group, but also by activity and the type of struggle. This approach recognizes diverse avenues for rights assertion within law and politics.
Dr. Patzer is Métis, Saulteaux and German with roots in the West Interlake region of Manitoba. (Indigenous family names are Spence, Monkman, Pottinger, and Dumas.) A citizen of the MMF, Patzer co-owns the family farm in the Vogar Métis Local, just outside Lake Manitoba First Nation, and has family ties to members of Peguis and Sagkeeng First Nations.
Congratulations to sociology alum Tréchelle Bunn [BA/23] who was elected Chief of the Birdtail Sioux First Nation on April 10, 2025.
A proud member of Chan Kagha Otina Dakhóta Oyáte (Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation), Bunn co-launched a mentorship program for Indigenous youth while excelling as a USPORTS athlete, and she’s championed Reconciliation through initiatives like the Reconciliation Run Scholarship for Indigenous Student Athletes. Currently pursuing her Juris Doctor at Robson Hall, Bunn addresses critical issues on the global stage, including the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Bunn is the 2025 recipient of the UM Outstanding Young Alumni award and founded the annual Reconciliation Run in 2021.
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The practicum is a 6-credit-hour course which offers students an opportunity to gain valuable experience and training in field research through a placement in a criminal justice or other social service agency having a mandate relevant to the study of sociology.
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Undergraduate students have the opportunity to work with our leading faculty researchers and gain valuable experience.
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Advisors can provide useful advice and information about the academic program, information about course selections, preparing for and being accepted into graduate programs, careers in sociology and criminology and related fields or obtaining special permission to enter courses if you do not have the prerequisite(s).
Advisors in the Department of Sociology and Criminology ONLY provide guidance on discipline specific courses. They CANNOT offer advice on degree requirements outside of sociology and criminology courses. Please contact the Academic Advisors in the Faculty of Arts if you require assistance with degree requirements (e.g., math, writing, science and humanities credits as well as 6-credit hours in 5 different subject fields) ancillary options (i.e., credits outside of your major/minor) and GPA requirements.
Together, the students, faculty and staff of the Department of Sociology and Criminology have developed an outstanding learning and research environment.
Once you decide on an area of specialization for graduate studies, please review our faculty members and their research interests to see who works in this area. Applicants are required to list two potential supervisors when applying.
Sociologists and criminologists engage in a variety of community-based, local, national and international projects, presenting diverse opportunities for student research involvement.
Understanding the complexity of preferences for place of death and family involvement in end of life (EOL) care is especially urgent following decades of changes in Canadian health and social policies, funding and service delivery, which have increased structural pressures towards aging and dying in place.
This study examines and compares public attitudes and policy on dying at home and responsibility for supporting home death.
This new interactive map provides statistical demographic data to policy analysts, researchers, NGO workers, students and the public across Canada helping to inform discussions, support grant requests and direct programming among local partnerships, the settlement sector, government, business, and ethnocultural, Indigenous and newcomer communities.
What is food sovereignty? What is it that makes it such a powerful idea? What is the significance of this new vision of agriculture and food? How do communities actually engage in it?
Members of the Department of Sociology and Criminology have affiliations with other research institutes, centres, facilities and groups, including:
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Department of Sociology and Criminology
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University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
