Alissa Mazar PhD Student
Department of Sociology
McGill University, Montreal, QC. Mobile: 438.822.3846
E-mail: alissa.mazar@mail.mcgill.ca
Education
McGill University 2011-Present
PhD in Sociology
University of Western Ontario 2009-2010
Master’s Degree in Sociology
- Awarded The Ellen Nilsen Award for Graduate Student Excellence
University of Windsor 2005-2009
Double Honour Double Major in Sociology and English Literature
- Awarded the Governor General’s Academic Medal - Awarded the Board of Governors Medal in Sociology
.
Research and Teaching Interests
Deindustrialization; Megaproject Development; Labour; Household Economies; Gender; Qualitative and Mixed Methods.
Scholarships and Fellowships
Recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Scholarship 2011-2014
Doctoral Scholarship Award
Awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council
Recipient of the Graduate Excellence Top-Up Fellowship 2011-2012 Awarded by McGill University
Recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined) 2011-12 Awarded by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities
Recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Scholarship 2010-2013
Doctoral Scholarship Award (Declined)
Recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined) 2011-2012 Awarded by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities
Recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined) 2010-2011 Awarded by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities
Recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship 2009-2010
Awarded by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities
Edith Ellen Bowlby Scholarship in Canadian Literature 2009 Awarded for outstanding creative writing ability
Awarded by the University of Windsor
The Rose Wunder Scholarship for Excellence in English 2008 Awarded by the University of Windsor
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Scholarship 2008 Awarded by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 82
Renewable Entrance Scholarship 2005-2009
Awarded by the University of Windsor
Lancers’ Blue and Gold Scholarship 2007-2009
Awarded by the University of Windsor
Honours and Awards
Recipient of the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method 2014
Research Grant
Award to attend the IQMR Workshop from June 16-27 Syracuse University, NY.
Awarded by McGill University
Arts Graduate Student Travel Award 2014
Awarded by McGill University
The Ellen Nilsen Award for Graduate Student Excellence 2010 Awarded by the University of Western Ontario
The Governor General’s Academic Medal 2009
Awarded by the University of Windsor
The Board of Governors’ Medal in Sociology 2009
The Adolf Ehrentraut Award for Outstanding Achievement 2009
in Sociology
Awarded by the University of Windsor
Helena M. Coyle English Literature Award 2007
Awarded annually to a first year student obtaining the highest standing in English Literature.
Awarded by the University of Windsor
Lancers’ Women’s Varsity Soccer Alumni Award 2007
Awarded by the University of Windsor
Lancers’ Varsity Highest Academic Achievement 2006-2007
Awarded by the University of Windsor
President’s Roll Recipient 2005-2009
Awarded by the University of Windsor
Canadian Interuniversity Sport Academic All-Canadian 2005-2009 Awarded by the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Association
Publications
2012. “Review of David Camfield’s Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers’ Movement.” Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations
67(4): 731-733.
2010. “‘New’ and ‘Old’ Social Movement Paradigms: justice for seasonal agricultural workers?” The University of Western Ontario’s Graduate Thesis and Major
Research Paper Indexes.
2010. “Union Women: The Women’s Movement and The Labour Movement.” Institute for Women in Leadership. 1-13.
2010. “Female South Asian Diaspora: Bearers of Culture.” Institute for Women in Leadership. 1-18.
Works in Progress
Fallon, Kathleen, Alissa Mazar, and Liam Swiss. 2014. “Maternity Provisions, Developing Countries, and Development.” Article.
Conferences
“From Manufacturing to Mega-Casino: Families in Transition.” 2014 Canadian Sociological Association, Congress. Brock University,
St. Catherines, ON, May 26-30.
“Union Education for Progressive Development: The Case of the 2012 Canadian Auto Workers.” The Interuniversity Research Centre on
Globalization and Work. CRIMT International Conference – Union Futures: Innovations, Transformations, Strategies. HEC, Montreal, QC, October 25-27.
“The Canadian Auto Workers’ Paid Education Leave Program: 2012 Development as Freedom.” Society for the Study of Social Problems,
Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, August 16-18.
“The Canadian Auto Workers’ Education Program.” 2012 49th Annual Canadian Industrial Relations
Association Conference, Calgary, AB, May 29-31. “Humanism and Environmental Stewardship.” 3rd
Annual UWO 2011 Sociology Graduate Conference, The University of Western Ontario,
London, ON, March 16-20.
“Marx, Nature, and Environmentalism.” 2010 Earth Day Colloquium, 2010 The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, April 15.
“Union Women: The Women’s Movement and The Labour Movement.” 2010 Women Making Change Conference, The University of Western Ontario, Brescia College, London, ON, March.
“Female South Asian Diaspora: Bearers of Culture.” Women Making 2009 Change Conference, The University of Western Ontario, Brescia College,
London, ON, February.
Lectureships
McGill University, Department of Sociology Fall 2013
Lecturer, The Sociology of Gender.
The University of Western Ontario, Department of Sociology Fall 2010 & Winter
Lecturer, Social Inequality. 2011
The University of Western Ontario, Department of Sociology Winter 2011
Fanshawe College, The School of Language and Liberal Studies Fall 2010
Lecturer, Criminology.
Fanshawe College, The School of Language and Liberal Studies Fall 2010
Lecturer, Human Relations.
Teaching and Research Assistantships
McGill University, Department of Sociology Winter 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Sociology of Work and Industry.
McGill University, Department of Sociology Winter 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Urban Sociology.
McGill University, Department of Sociology Winter 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sociological Inquiry.
McGill University, Department of Sociology Summer 2012
Research Assistant, Dr. Kathleen Fallon, Maternity Leave in Developing Countries.
McGill University, Department of Sociology Fall 2012
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Family and Modern Society.
The University of Western Ontario, Department of Sociology Fall 2009 & Winter
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology. 2010
Professional Development & Service
Graduate Writing Course, “Literature Reviews & Scholarly Niches.” Winter 2014
McGill University
Associate Producer, “McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors: Fall 2013
We Are McGill.”
Directed by Pierre Tremblay. Listo Films.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcYYUYX9WI
VP of Communications (elected), McGill Graduate Sociology 2013-2014
Students Association (MGSSA)
McGill University
Graduate Faculty Representative (elected), McGill Graduate 2013-2014
Sociology Students Association (MGSSA) McGill University
Editor, McGill Sociological Review (elected) 2013-2014 McGill University
Discussant, “Constitutional Rights at Work.” 2012
49th Annual Canadian Industrial Relations Association Conference,
Calgary, AB, May 29-31.
Executive Member, Western’s Caucus on Women’s Issues 2009-2011
The University of Western Ontario
Union Steward, The Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Union 2009-2010 The University of Western Ontario
Student, Second Language Spanish Exchange Program at Summer 2010
the University of Holguin, Cuba.
The University of Western Ontario-University of Holguin Partnership
Discussant, “Women and Work in an International Context.” 2010 The University of Western Ontario, Brescia College, Women Making
Change Conference
Appointed Delegate. “The II International University Sessions 2009
on Poverty Eradication: A Challenge for Universities Worldwide.” Helsinki España-Human Dimension. Levine Institute and The Institute of International Education, New York, NY.
Editor, “Women’s History Month.” 2009
The Western News: The University of Western Ontario’s Newspaper of Record, October 29, 45(28): 8-9.
Languages
English (Fluent)
French (Basic)
