Sociology & Social Studies
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Sociology is the systematic study and analysis of the social relationships, patterns of behavior and experiences that characterize and make up human society. The sociological approach differs not so much in what it studies, but in how it views or approaches human social behavior. It could be said that sociology is more a way of thinking than it is an established and accepted body of concepts and theories. Sociologists tend to assume that human behavior can only properly be understood in the context of larger social and historical structures and processes. Humans are understood to be the "products" of social structures; however these social structures are in turn understood as the outcome of human social action.
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Item Open Access $547 Million to Eliminate Poverty in Saskatchewan(University of Regina Library, 2020-01-26) Gingrich, Paul; Rosenbluth, DavidAcross Canada and in Saskatchewan a range of social programs provide financial help for those at low income – child benefits, tax credits, income for the elderly, and social assistance. These provide financial support beyond what individuals and families gain from their employment and other income. They help financially but in many cases are insufficient to prevent poverty.Item Open Access After the Freeze: Restoring University Affordability in Saskatchewan(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 2011-11) Gingrich, PaulConcern about growing student debt and the cost of university education again becoming less affordable or unaffordable has led the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Saskatchewan (CCPA – SK) to re-examine the issue of university affordability and access.Item Open Access Boom and Bust: The Growing Income Gap in Saskatchewan(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 2009-09) Gingrich, PaulIncome inequality among Saskatchewan families has increased rapidly since 2000. As the Saskatchewan economy has became more prosperous, upper income families have benefited most from economic expansion. The share of aftertax income received by the twenty per cent of families with the highest incomes was over forty per cent in 2006, the largest share in thirty years. In contrast, the share of after-tax income for the twenty per cent of families with the least income declined to just over six per cent (6.2%), their smallest share in thirty years.Item Open Access Boom and Bust: The Growing Income Gap in Saskatchewan - September 2009(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 2010-01-26) Gingrich, PaulIncome inequality among Saskatchewan families has increased rapidly since 2000. As the Saskatchewan economy has became more prosperous, upper income families have benefited most from economic expansion. The share of aftertax income received by the twenty per cent of families with the highest incomes was over forty per cent in 2006, the largest share in thirty years. In contrast, the share of after-tax income for the twenty per cent of families with the least income declined to just over six per cent (6.2%), their smallest share in thirty years.Item Open Access Child and Family Poverty in Saskatchewan(University of Regina Library, 2016-11) Gingrich, Paul; Hunter, Garson; Sanchez, MiguelFrom 2004 to 2014, Saskatchewan experienced ten years of exceptionally strong economic growth. Employment and incomes grew and many people in the province greatly benefited from this strong economic growth.Item Open Access Child and Family Poverty in Saskatchewan: November 2010(University of Regina Library, 2010-11) Douglas, Fiona; Gingrich, PaulNew data1 from Statistics Canada for the year 2008 show that Saskatchewan has an overall poverty rate of 12.1%. This represents 115, 000 people — equivalent to more than half the population of Regina — living below the poverty line. Of those, 33,000 are children under the age of 18...Item Open Access Child and Family Poverty: Saskatchewan Report, November 2009(University of Regina Library, 2009-11) Douglas, Fiona; Gingrich, PaulHighlights: In 2007, there were 35,000 (16.7%) children under age 18 living beneath the poverty line (before-tax Low Income Cut-off) in Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan has the third highest provincial child poverty rate; 45% of Aboriginal children live in low-income families; More than one in three immigrant children are poor; 41% of children in female headed lone-parent families live in poverty...Item Open Access The Crisis of Social Democracy in Canada(Committee on Canadian Labour History, 1986) Conway, John FrederickItem Open Access Fine Arts and Arts Education Resources at Saskatchewan Universities - 2018 Update(Saskatchewan Arts Alliance, 2018-02-20) Gingrich, PaulThis report provides an update and extension of the December 2015 report Fine Arts and Arts Education Resources at Saskatchewan Universities: An Analysis of Trends – 2015 Update (referred to in this report as FAAER). That report was an update of the February 2014 report Fine Arts Resources at Saskatchewan Universities: An Analysis of Trends 1995-2013 (FARSU).Item Open Access Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Final Report(University of Regina, Sociology and Social Studies, 2021-12) Hanson, Cindy; Jaffe, Joann; Varley, Emma; Alhassan, Jacob; Tanaka, Momo; Krajewski, Maegan; Nkhata, Tamikani Jessie; Wastasecoot, Brenda; Acker-Verney, JulianneThis knowledge synthesis (KS) project explored how remote and rural (RR) places face a complex array of social, political and economic obstacles in their access to sustainable, accessible, and appropriate transportation, and in exercising mobility rights. Growing vulnerability and inequality between these places contribute to growing vulnerabilities and inequalities among RR residents and the rest of Canada. The pattern of, and access to, public transportation in Canada, reflects the history of natural resource development and seldom considers the effects of the lack of transportation on health and welfare, human capabilities, education, climate change, and sustainable development. Mobility, however, shapes the conditions and lived experiences of gender, poverty, disabilities, and older-age; it either restricts or enables citizen participation.Item Open Access A Living Wage for Regina(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 2014-01) Gingrich, Paul; Enoch, Simon; Banks, BrianSince the Great Recession of 2008 the Canadian economy has been sluggish and unemployment has remained at high levels. The growth in Saskatchewan’s resource industries and the continuation of very low interests rates have insulated us from the worst effects of the recession. Those who measure the inflation rate have consistently reported that it has been two percent annually or less. Many families based on their lived experience suggest that real inflation is much higher than this. Apartment and condo rental rates, home purchases, the cost of water, some food products, gasoline and other energy sources have risen more than two percent. This has led us question what is the real cost of living in Regina for the average family. What annual income does a family require to maintain a decent standard of living? What is the Living Wage in Regina?Item Open Access Local Food in Saskatchewan - Barriers and Opportunities(Department of Sociology and Social Studies, 2019) Campbell, Holly; Sanden, Tracy; Triffo, Taya; Fletcher, Amber J.Saskatchewan agriculture is heavily focused on export, which has led to a relatively underdeveloped local food system compared to other parts of Canada. Key reasons for the province’s strong export orientation include export-oriented policies dating back to the establishment of commercial agriculture in the late 1800s and continuing today (Fowke 1957; Government of Saskatchewan 2017), in addition to geographic and climatic factors such as Saskatchewan’s high land-to-population ratio, dispersed rural population, semi-arid climate, and long, cold winters. Contemporary agriculture in Saskatchewan is highly industrialized and centred on large-scale production of grain and oilseed crops, cattle, and other livestock. In the unique context of Saskatchewan, farmers wishing to sell their products in local markets face specific challenges that may not exist in other Canadian regions, such as southern Ontario or British Columbia (e.g., Newman et al. 2015; Telfer 2008; Statistics Canada 2017b).Item Open Access The Place of Fine Arts in the Modern University(2010-09-17) Hayford, AlisonBetween 2007‑2010, Dr. Alison Hayford served as Head of the Department of Visual Arts. Her passionate advocacy for that department, as well as for the Faculty of Fine Arts as whole, led her to take on the role of Associate Dean Undergraduate from 2009‑2010. Results of Dr. Hayford's tireless work at the departmental and faculty levels of her temporarily adopted homes, continue to be felt despite her return to Sociology and Social Studies.Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - 2016(University of Regina Library, 2018-03-28) Gingrich, PaulPoverty continues in Saskatchewan. In 2016, 125,000 of the 1.1 million people who lived in Saskatchewan were poor. While provincial poverty rates have declined since 2000, the income of many children, adults, and seniors in the province is not enough to feed, clothe, and house them in an acceptable manner.Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - 2016. Using Official Poverty Line(University of Regina Library, 2018-09-20) Gingrich, PaulPoverty continues in Saskatchewan. In 2016, 98,000 of the 1.1 million people who lived in Saskatchewan were poor. While provincial poverty rates have declined over the last fifteen years, the income of many children, adults, and seniors living in the province is not enough to feed, clothe, and house them.Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - 2017(University of Regina Library, 2018-04-23) Gingrich, PaulPoverty increases. 103,000 of the 1.1 million people living in Saskatchewan in 2017 were poor. Following a continued decline in poverty from 2006 to 2016, in 2017 the number of poor in the province increased by 5,000 persons. Most of this increase was among adults, with no change in the number of poor children.Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - 2018(University of Regina Library, 2020-02-27) Gingrich, PaulPoverty declines. 96,000 of the 1.1 million people living in Saskatchewan in 2018 were poor. While poverty increased in 2017, it declined in 2018, following a long-term downward trend in poverty rates from 2006 to 2016. Most of the 2018 decline was among children, with little change in the number of poor non-elderly adults.Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - 2019(University of Regina Library, 2021-04-04) Gingrich, PaulProvincial poverty levels have changed little since 2016. New Statistics Canada data show that 136 thousand of the 1.1 million people living in Saskatchewan in 2019 were poor, up from 123 thousand poor in 2016. After yearly ups and downs, the poverty rate rose from 11.2 per cent in 2018 to 12.4 per cent in 2019...Item Open Access Poverty in Saskatchewan - October 2020 update(University of Regina Library, 2020-10-09) Gingrich, PaulRevised poverty statistics show that the number of persons in poverty in Saskatchewan in 2018 was 122 thousand persons, over 25 per cent more than the 96 thousand reported before the revision. In September, Statistics Canada revised the Official Poverty Line (OPL) for Canada, putting the poverty threshold for a family of four in Regina at $44,833; for a person living alone it is one-half that, or $22,416. Those living in households with incomes below these levels are in poverty. The new poverty line is approximately seven thousand dollars greater than earlier, with increased shelter costs accounting for the largest part of the increase.Item Open Access A Reappraisal of University Access and Affordability 2009(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), 2009-03) Gingrich, PaulThis report is based on the premise that there should be equal opportunity for all Canadians to obtain access to universities and colleges. While there are many ways that people can participate in post-secondary education — attending a local college or university, relocating to a city with a university, correspondence or distance education — access to these may be blocked by background and experiences, family situation, educational achievement, geographic location, and limited finances. Not all may choose to enrol in a postsecondary educational institution, but it is our position that access to universities and colleges should be provided in a way that parallels the access Canadians have to health care and to primary and secondary education. The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) defines accessibility as “post-secondary education must be open to all qualified persons on uniform terms and conditions” (CAUT, 2002). Financial barriers should be removed for all those willing to participate in post-secondary education.