The Sociology Graduate Student Association (SGSA) warmly invites you to join us for our Annual Sociology Graduate Student Conference, Knowledge in the Making: Understanding Social Complexity, taking place on April 7 from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM in Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B201.

This conference will feature presentations from graduate students across the department, showcasing a wide range of sociological research and perspectives. It will be a great opportunity to engage with emerging scholarship, support our graduate researchers, and connect with colleagues in the department.

Light refreshments and lunch will be provided for participants and guests.

Agenda

9:00-9:20 am | Coffee & Chat

9:20-9:30 am | Opening Remarks

9:35-10:30 am | Session 1 - Crime, Policing, and Corrections: Practice and Policy

10:35-11:50 am | Session 2 - Diverse Experiences of Knowledge Production and Consumption

11:50-12:50 pm | Lunch

12:50-1:45 pm | Session 3 - Time and Temporality

1:50-2:55 pm | Session 4 - Digital Media, Technology, and Experiences

3:00-3:45 pm | Session 5 - Work and Labour

3:45-3:50 pm | Closing Remarks

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Join us for the 2026 Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies Conference, a dynamic gathering of scholars and students exploring the complex relationships between systems, individuals, and the publics they shape, chaired by Associate Professor, Victoria A. Sytsma, PhD.

Conference Schedule

• Panel 1: 8:30am-9:30am - Criminal Justice: Systems, Data, and Actors

• Panel 2: 9:45am-10:45am - Interpersonal Violence, Social Disadvantage, and Supports

• Keynote Speaker: 11:00am-11:45am - Professor Emeritus Vincent Sacco, Policing Disorder or Disorderly Policing: Crime in Large Social Gathering

Coffee and treats will be provided. This event is open to all Queen's staff and students. 

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Film Screening and Fireside Discussion hosted by Dr. Nicole Myers

YUSUF FAQIRI is an advocate within the Justice System for vulnerable Canadians who suffer from Mental Illness. In 2016, he founded the Justice for Soli Movement, a Grass Roots National Based Organization, after the tragic death of his brother Soleiman Faqiri in a Canadian Prison. He is fluent in English, French, Farsi and Arabic. He has had significant media presence in Toronto and Montreal in both English and French, and appeared often on CBC, Radio-Canada, CTV, Global News, City TV, CTV, CP24, Canadian Press, Toronto Star as a Mental Health Advocate. He has been published several times in both the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Policy Options.