Pamela Sugiman, Ryerson University
Professor
Toronto, Ontario
sugiman@torontomu.ca
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(416) 979-5000 ext. 2602
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BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Pamela Sugiman is a Professor of Sociology and an oral historian. She served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University from July 2016-Aug 2024. Prior to this, she was Chair of the Department of Sociology (2012-2016). She joined TMU in 2006 after hol...
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Dr. Pamela Sugiman is a Professor of Sociology and an oral historian. She served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University from July 2016-Aug 2024. Prior to this, she was Chair of the Department of Sociology (2012-2016). She joined TMU in 2006 after hol...
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Bio/Research
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Pamela Sugiman is a Professor of Sociology and an oral historian. She served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University from July 2016-Aug 2024. Prior to this, she was Chair of the Department of Sociology (2012-2016). She joined TMU in 2006 after holding a tenure-stream position for 15 years at McMaster University.
Over the course of her career, Dr. Sugiman has built a reputation for creativity, collegiality, transparency and vision. She has had a longstanding commitment to issues of social justice, equity and inclusion. These values are rooted in her personal history and have profoundly shaped her scholarly pursuits. As Dean she promoted the development of Indigenous education, democratic engagement, migration and immigration and student engagement and student-worker experience.
For excellence in research, Dr. Sugiman has been awarded an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Canadian Sociological Association. In recognition of her overall excellence in research, teaching and service, she has received a Marion Dewar Prize in Canadian Women’s History from the National Capital Committee on the Scholarship, Preservation and Dissemination of Women’s History. Most recently, she has been named the Lansdowne Lecturer and the Distinguished Women Scholar, both at the University of Victoria.
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Dr. Pamela Sugiman is a Professor of Sociology and an oral historian. She served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University from July 2016-Aug 2024. Prior to this, she was Chair of the Department of Sociology (2012-2016). She joined TMU in 2006 after holding a tenure-stream position for 15 years at McMaster University.
Over the course of her career, Dr. Sugiman has built a reputation for creativity, collegiality, transparency and vision. She has had a longstanding commitment to issues of social justice, equity and inclusion. These values are rooted in her personal history and have profoundly shaped her scholarly pursuits. As Dean she promoted the development of Indigenous education, democratic engagement, migration and immigration and student engagement and student-worker experience.
For excellence in research, Dr. Sugiman has been awarded an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Canadian Sociological Association. In recognition of her overall excellence in research, teaching and service, she has received a Marion Dewar Prize in Canadian Women’s History from the National Capital Committee on the Scholarship, Preservation and Dissemination of Women’s History. Most recently, she has been named the Lansdowne Lecturer and the Distinguished Women Scholar, both at the University of Victoria.
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