Gagun Chhina

Phone: 604.323.5713
Office: B010p
Email: gchhina@langara.ca

Dr. Gagun Chhina’s research focuses on international education, ludology, media, popular culture, and social marginality. Dr. Chhina completed his B.A.H. in Sociology from the University of British Columbia, his MA in Policy and Applied Social Research from Macquarie University in Sydney Australia, and his PhD from The University of Manchester in the UK. Dr. Chhina's PhD research explored the function of new spaces and practices in the formation and creation of new cultural activities through the cross comparison of two different gaming spaces in the United Kingdom and India. Dr. Gagun Chhina conducts extensive fieldwork in the areas of film production and international education.  

 

Research Interests: race; ethnicity; gaming; media, immigration; research methods. 

Elic Chan

Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2485
Office:
Email: elicchan@langara.ca

Ph.D (Toronto)

Interests: race; ethnicity; immigration; research methods.

Current Research: ethnic nonprofits; labour market integration.

Courses Taught: SOCI 1120, SOCI 1121, SOCI 2230

Sharlie Eicker

Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2133
Office:
Email: seicker@langara.ca

MA, SFU, Sociology

Interests: Urban and environmental sociology, migration and immigrant integration, intercultural families, cycling and travel.

Courses Taught: SOCI 1120 (Introduction to Sociology: Models and Concepts), SOCI 1121 (Introduction to Sociology: Structure and Processes), SOCI 1126 (Environmental Sociology), SOCI 1127 (Social Problems), SOCI 2222 (Globalization and Social Change), SOCI 2270 (Urban Sociology)

Karyn Eisler

Phone: 604.323.5712
Office: B010f
Email: keisler@langara.ca

PhD., UBC (Sociology)

Courses Taught: SOCI 1120, SOCI 1121, SOCI 1123, SOCI 2260

 

Sandra Enns

Phone: 604.323.5720
Office:
Email: senns@langara.ca

Ph.D., UBC (Sociology)

Interests: social inequality (race, class, gender); aboriginal issues; criminology and deviance.

Current Research: Language-Assisted Learning Project to address needs of intercultural learners at Langara.

Courses Taught: SOCI 1120, SOCI 1121, SOCI 2200, SOCI 2205, SOCI 2225, SOCI 2230

Lisa Hale

Phone:
Office: B010o
Email: lihale@langara.ca

MJ (2017), MA (2006)

Interests: racism and ethnic relations; decolonization; language revitalization; investigative journalism; pop culture.

Courses Taught: SOCI 1120, SOCI 1121, SOCI 1127, CNST 1120, CNST 1140

 

Collin Ho-Lun Li

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Office:
Email: collinholi@langara.ca

PhD., HKU (Sociology)
Courses Taught: SOCI1120, SOCI1121
When I first studied as an undergraduate, sociology was not my major. In my teens, the discipline had not yet enjoyed wide currency in secondary schools. I only grabbed a chance to learn more about this alien subject by taking courses as electives. Once started, I was captivated through and through. Many of my beloved professors in sociology were great storytellers, and their storylines about society were fascinating. More importantly, I gradually came to realize these tales had the power to transform society in which people could become healthier, wiser, freer, and more autonomous. Guess what I did next after finishing a course in sociology?
I changed my major altogether, and have become a hard-line loyalist in the discipline. I feel blessed to be able to share this joy of sociology at Langara after leaving my city of origin in the Summer of 2022. Who knows history will not repeat itself, and you will soon be under its spell like me?

Indira-Natasha Prahst

Phone:
Office: B010j
Email: iprahst@langara.ca

Courses Taught: SOCI 1120, SOCI 1121, SOCI 1127, SOCI 2210, SOCI 2220, CNST 1140, FMST 1115

Susan Sverdrup-Phillips

Phone: 604.323.5511 ext. 2529
Office: B010i
Email: ssverdrup@langara.ca

Courses Taught: SOCI 1121