SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Family Law, Canada Pension Plan, Parental Leave

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1A06
• Professor: Sandra Colavecchia

Document Summary

Sociology is the systematic study of human behaviour in social context. Connecting our ideas, feelings, behaviours, experiences, and relationships to our wider society (both local and global contexts, past and present). It is a way of understanding and (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)tualizi(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e"s pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)al e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es. So(cid:272)iologists use di(cid:448)e(cid:396)ge(cid:374)t theo(cid:396)ies a(cid:374)d (cid:395)ualitati(cid:448)e and quantitative methods to try to understand society. A social problem is a social condition (such as poverty) or a pattern of behaviour (such as violence against women) that people believe warrants public concern and collective action to bring about change. Challenges faced by canadians who provide care to children and other family members including aging parents, and ill, injured, disabled, and dying family members. Challenges faced by canadian workers including temporary migrant (foreign) workers including precarious employment and discrimination. Immigration policy and challenges faced by newcomers and transnational families. Canadian criminal justice system: overrepresentation of marginalized groups. Parental leave policy (quebec versus the rest of canada)