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1966-1981 (Creation)
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- Trent University. Department of Sociology
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60 cm
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The Department of Sociology has been in operation since the University opened in 1964. In September 1998, the departmental website explained that building on a common core of required courses in theory and method, the sociology program at Trent offers two main concentrations: 1) social structures and social policies, in areas such as social inequality, families, health, and criminal justice, and 2) social interaction and culture, in areas such as religion, media studies, and ethnic and sexual identities.
Past Chairs of Sociology:
Bernard R. Blishen 1966-1968
J.C. McDonald 1968-1969
Rod F. White 1969-1974
John Hillman 1974-1977
A.D. Lewis 1977-1980
Andrew L Wernick 1980-1982
Pradeep Bandyopadhyay 1982-1985
Alena Heitlinger 1985-1988
John Hillman (Acting) 1988-1989
Roy T. Bowles 1989-1995
Alena Heitlinger 1995-1998
James Conley 1998-2004
Stephen Katz 2004-2007
Barbara L. Marshall 2007-2010
Susan Apostle-Clark 2010-2013
Deborah White 2013-2016
Gillian Balfour 2016-2018
Momin Rahman 2018-2022
Peri Balantyne 2022-
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Records were forwarded from the Department of Sociology to the Archives in 1981 and from faculty members in later years.
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Box 1
1: File
2: File
3: File
4: Tariq Ali: correspondence re visiting lecture prospects, 1974-1975
5-33: Files
34: File
Box 2
1: Minute book, 1966-1977
2-13: Files
14: Materials from 6th Provincial Convention, Ontario, N.D.P., 1972, and other conferences and meetings in 1972
15: Reading courses, 1974, Soc 390 (Bernard Blishen) outline and correspondence to students involving other instructors
16: Library file: John Lees' proposal for a "Trent University Centre for Action-Research Education in Sociology" (Trent C.A.R.E.S.)
17: Miscellaneous, sociology department handbook, 1980-1981
18: File
19: Social theory, memos on program development, 1972-1977; minutes
20: University regulations and liaison, 1975
21: Sociology Discipline Assessment and Planning Group, 1971
22: File
23: File
24: Chair's correspondence, 1971-1973
25: Sociology / Part-Time Studies, 1971-1972
26: University committees: A.D.C. and Status of Women
27: File
28: Sociology / Graduate Studies correspondence, 1970-1971
29: Curriculum committee, 1970-1975
30: Enrolment, 1973-1976
31: Workload and contact hours, 1974
32: Teaching methods, grading, exams, 1969-1974
33: Legal studies proposal, 1974
34: Teachers Education, Human Growth and Development, Creativity Series, 1973-1974
35: J.M. Blackburn Report: Psychology Survey on Use of Senior Students as Tutors, 1969
36: Research (Lockhard and Bowles)
37: Department policy re collection of original data by sociology students
Material received from Hugh Lautard, May 2011
38: Dr. Bernard Blishen research material (census data: photocopies of original work sheets for the "Standard Scores (Income and Schooling) Occupations Census 1951)
Material received from Professor Heitlinger, 2014
39: Department of Sociology Graduate Proposal, [1977]