{"title":"Weaponized Virtue: Teachers' Kabayanihan (Heroism) as a Form of Ideological Control and the Normalization of Systemic Neglect in Philippine Education.","authors":"Louie Giray","doi":"10.1111/cars.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.70036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>I examine how the teacher-as-hero trope, rooted in the Filipino concept of bayani, functions as a weaponized virtue. Although kabayanihan (heroism) traditionally signifies collective service to the bayan (community), it now operates as cultural hegemony, reframing systemic neglect as personal virtue and depoliticizing chronic underfunding and exploitative labour. Through neoliberal critique and structural violence frameworks, I trace how heroic narratives normalize invisible labour, intensify emotional demands, and sustain burnout as an institutional outcome rather than an individual failing. Political elites benefit most from this trope; they substitute symbolic praise for material investment and evading accountability for structural failures. I do not dispute teachers' dedication; I call instead for dismantling the ideological structures that convert admiration into exploitation. Genuine educational reform requires fair labour conditions and a shift from the hero trope to structural justice, a lesson relevant across the Global South.</p>","PeriodicalId":51649,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie","volume":"63 2","pages":"e70036"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paranormal Beliefs in Canada.","authors":"Tony Silva, Emily Huddart","doi":"10.1111/cars.70037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.70037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There has been no nationally representative examination of paranormal beliefs in Canada for over two decades, even though Canada has undergone major social shifts in that time, such as greater secularization, which could affect the prevalence of paranormal beliefs. This research note analyzes a nationally representative sample of Canadians to determine the prevalence of paranormal beliefs, identifies which sociodemographic factors are related to these beliefs, and determines which variables are most substantively important for explaining variance in paranormal beliefs. Overall, a little under half of Canadians, 44.8 percent, believe in at least one paranormal phenomenon, and another 31.3 percent do not believe in any but report neutrality about at least one. Only a little under a quarter, 23.8 percent, firmly do not believe in any paranormal phenomena. Respondents were most likely to believe in ghostly hauntings and least likely to believe in several Canadian cryptids, or undiscovered creatures. Gender, education, sexual identity, age, and religion-related variables were all associated with paranormal beliefs. Follow-up analyses showed that religious identity and how religious a participant considered themselves to be explained the most variance in the models. Overall, paranormal beliefs are common in Canada, and religion remains important for understanding phenomena such as non-scientific beliefs.</p>","PeriodicalId":51649,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie","volume":"63 2","pages":"e70037"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13139805/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147846036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Le caractère changeant ce la race en contexte migratoire: « À Montréal je ne suis pas considérée comme une personne blanche. Au Brésil, oui. ».","authors":"Barbara Andrade de Sousa, Line Chamberland","doi":"10.1111/cars.70030","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cars.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article draws on the analysis of semi-structured interviews to compare the immigration experiences of queer individuals from the Global North with those of their counterparts from the Global South. It examines the process of racialization experienced by some of these individuals upon arrival in Quebec/Canada, the transformation of this process when it had already been experienced in the country of origin, and the continued social recognition as white people for others. The article then examines the impacts of these processes on the construction of these immigrants' life stories in the host society, particularly in relation to their social class. It also demonstrates that the privilege enjoyed by individuals socially recognized as white manifests itself in the absence of challenges related to racialization in their life trajectories.</p>","PeriodicalId":51649,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie","volume":"63 2","pages":"e70030"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13071208/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147678233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Gay Parental Turn: Canadian Gay Fathers and the Reorganization of Care and Community","authors":"S. W. Underwood","doi":"10.1111/cars.70035","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cars.70035","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Community has long been key to the well-being of gay men, yet little research examines how gay fathers, specifically, relate to the broader LGBTQ+ community. Drawing on interviews with 18 mostly White, (upper-) middle-class Canadian gay fathers, I investigate their expectations and experiences of family and community, showing they describe ‘gay community’ in terms of gay ancestors, friends, and shared gay activities. Fathers express deep gratitude for past LGBTQ+ people whose interdependent collective struggle secured their rights to marry and parent. They hope for support from family and gay friends and strive to maintain community ties, but find their efforts complicated by the demands of intensive parenting, geographic distance, and limited childcare support. As children grow, fathers build community with the straight parents of their children's friends, demonstrating how social class, whiteness, and homonormativity shape the reorganisation of these Canadian gay fathers’ lives—a process I call the gay parental turn.</p>","PeriodicalId":51649,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie","volume":"63 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13051639/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147624716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Affective Climate and Political Polarization: Identity, Ideology, and Support for Climate Policy","authors":"Emily Huddart, Tony Silva, Parker Muzzerall","doi":"10.1111/cars.70032","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cars.70032","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper examines affective climate polarization (ACP) and affective political polarization (APP) – emotional distance between supporters and opponents of decarbonization and political partisans, respectively. Analyzing original, representative Canadian survey data (<i>n</i> = 2503), we examine why people have differing levels of ACP and APP and the extent to which ACP and APP predict support for a carbon tax and beliefs about how decarbonization will affect jobs. The intensity of individuals’ support or opposition to decarbonization is the most important factor in predicting ACP. The strength of ideological alignment predicts APP among both liberals and conservatives, and, on the political right only, attitudes to decarbonization also explain variation in APP. Support for an industrial carbon tax and belief that decarbonization will increase jobs are related to political ideology and attitudes toward decarbonization more strongly than to either measure of affective polarization. These findings show that climate politics intensify partisan animosity, albeit in different ways on the political left and right.</p>","PeriodicalId":51649,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie","volume":"63 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13051641/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147624739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, Karen L. Robson, Alexandra Pulchny
{"title":"The Impact of “Ethics Creep” on Research, Teaching and Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities: A Survey of Canadian Researchers’ Experience with Research Ethics Boards","authors":"Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, Karen L. Robson, Alexandra Pulchny","doi":"10.1111/cars.70034","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cars.70034","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Designed to protect the dignity of research subjects, there is limited data on <i>either</i> the effectiveness of Research Ethics Boards or on the scope of the unintended effects of REB processes on core university functions of research, teaching and learning. This article shares results from an online survey on unintended effects, disseminated to postsecondary faculty and students in Social Sciences and Humanities across Canada (<i>n</i> = 620). Key findings include: 78% of respondents report REB processes deter them from undertaking research at all, including minimal risk research, and the prospect of REB review shapes research projects, particularly relating to equity or vulnerable populations. Seventy percent of faculty avoid assigning students research assignments with human subjects because of REB concerns, and 58% have advised graduate students to avoid research with primary data. The authors advocate for robust use of Tri-Council powers to develop feasible reforms to promote research and limit ethics creep.</p>","PeriodicalId":51649,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie","volume":"63 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13051637/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147624748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring Resilience Among Survivors of Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Canada","authors":"Cathy Holtmann, Mayme Lefurgey","doi":"10.1111/cars.70033","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cars.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this article, we explore survivor strategies for safety and the development of resilience in the context of domestic and intimate partner violence (D/IPV) experienced in rural Canada. Through the thematic analysis of 24 qualitative interviews, this paper identifies several ways that survivors sought safety on individual, relational, and community levels. Engaging a social ecological understanding of resilience, we highlight how the close-knit nature of rural cultures presents opportunities and challenges when seeking safety for survivors of D/IPV. The findings of this study inform broader academic and policy discourses on rural D/IPV as well as D/IPV service provision in rural communities by deepening an understanding of the unique strategies for safety of rural survivors and the role of informal support in their resilience as they navigate extreme forms of D/IPV in rural Canada.</p>","PeriodicalId":51649,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie","volume":"63 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13033106/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147576250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Far, Moderate or in Between? The Ties That Shape Canadian Right-Wing Youth Activism","authors":"Kayla Preston","doi":"10.1111/cars.70031","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cars.70031","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Canadian right-wing youth social movement actors are not a monolith. In this paper, I analyze 45 interviews and notes from a year of ethnographic fieldwork with a population of Canadian right-wing youth activists between 2023 and 2024. While these youth activists are part of the same right-wing organizations, some espouse far-right ideas, others are more moderately right-wing, and some are in between. For this sample of right-wing youth, differences lie in their experiences of peer and familial socialization. While far-right youth had strained peer and familial relationships, their moderate–right-wing peers had supportive families and experienced peer connections throughout the life course. Liminal right-wing participants disrupt this dichotomy as they have had a disconnection from family but have strong peer connections in the university setting as young adults. In this study, I highlight how familial and peer ties may play an important role in youths’ turn to the right in Canada.</p>","PeriodicalId":51649,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie","volume":"63 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13006748/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147500732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changing Gender Relations in Canada: The Rise of Gender-Neutral Forenames","authors":"Neil Guppy, Kamila Kolpashnikova","doi":"10.1111/cars.70029","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cars.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Historically, gender-neutral or androgynous first names have been relatively rare, showing little sign of upward or downward temporal trend in Canada or elsewhere. Using digitized birth registration records from three provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario) and for all of Canada, we highlight a rise, beginning around 1990, in the proportional representation of gender-neutral forenames. Examples of such names include Avery, Charlie, and Riley. Our analyses show that different measures of androgynous names, from different provinces or for all of Canada, produce similar results, revealing a recent and unprecedented temporal rise. We frame a discussion of this acceleration within the context of changing gender relations in Canada. The weakening of gender as a dominant status characteristic, a historical decline in the effect of gender contamination on naming, and the increasing diversity of girls’ and boys’ first names all play roles in the recent rise of gender-neutral names in Canada.</p>","PeriodicalId":51649,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie","volume":"63 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13001534/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147488449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenging Borders, Claiming Care: The Emotional Advocacy of Migrant Health Activists in Ontario","authors":"Sarah Marshall","doi":"10.1111/cars.70026","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cars.70026","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper examines how activists in Ontario, Canada, use de/bordering strategies to navigate healthcare access for individuals with precarious immigration status—an issue often overlooked in Canadian health and immigration policy debates. Drawing on interviews with 47 activists across health and community settings, this article, part of the broader project <i>Underground Patchworks of Access: Migrant Health Activism in Ontario and the Emotional Work of Storytelling and Deservingness</i>, focuses on the emotional dimensions of activists’ work. It argues that emotional experiences shape how activists engage in de/bordering and assess migrant deservingness. Building on Dimitriadis and Ambrosini's (2023) concept of de/bordering, the study shows that activists’ emotions are central not only to their strategies but also to how they construct ideas of deservingness. Using an interdisciplinary approach combining bordering, social movement, and feminist theories of affect, this article expands bordering scholarship by highlighting the emotional as well as the structural and legal factors guiding activist discretion and strategy.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51649,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne De Sociologie","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146183230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}