Tayler Zavitz

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Tayler Zavitz is a PhD candidate and sessional instructor in the Sociology department at the University of Victoria. Her current research area is Political Sociology and Social Movements, with a specific focus in Critical Animal Studies. Her PhD research focuses on the repression of animal activism in Canada, the expanding criminalization of dissent, and what this means for the future of animal activism in Canada.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Instructor, University of Victoria
  • 2016–present
    PhD Candidate , University of Victoria

Education

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    University of Victoria , PhD candidate in Sociology
  • 2015 
    Brock University , Master of Arts in Critical Sociology
  • 2013 
    Brock University , Bachelor of Arts Honours in Political Science

Publications

  • 2024
    Nothing to hide: How governments justify the adoption of ag-gag laws, Canadian Review of Sociology
  • 2024
    Chapter: The repression of animal activism: An interview with Tayler Zavitz, The Routledge Companion to Gender and Animals
  • 2021
    Animal oppression and solidarity: Examining representations of animals and their allies in twenty-first century media, Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    President's Fellowship in Research-Enriched Teaching
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    University of Victoria
  • 2020
    Doctoral Award
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2020
    President's Research Scholarship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    University of Victoria

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