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About

WHO I AM

Pamela

Sugiman

Sociologist & Oral Historian

Professor & Dean, Faculty of Arts

Ryerson University

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My Background

I am a woman of colour, proudly from the working class. I am currently an academic leader and
administrator. I will always be a professor and researcher. Writing is an important part of my
identity. Mentorship provides fulfillment. I am a mother and daughter and this sustains me.  

Educational Background

PhD, Sociology, University of Toronto, 1992 (Connaught Fellowship)
MA, Sociology, University of Toronto, 1984  

Research

Oral history, memory studies, intersectionality; racism and racialization, work and labour, working-class women’s experience in Canada

Teaching

Oral history, gender studies; racism and racialization; work and labour; working-class politics

Introduction to Sociology Winner of the MSU Teaching Award for the Faculty of Social Sciences

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PUBLISHED WORKS

Sugiman, Pamela H. Labour’s Dilemma: The Gender Politics of Auto Workers in Canada, 1937-1979. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Second printing in 1997.  

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Speaking

SPEAKING

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