Social Justice Studies

UVic Participants

The program draws on a wide base of research and teaching at UVic.

Three participating Faculties

Eight Participating Departments

Five Collaborating Programs

Forty-six Participating Faculty Members

The faculty listed below participate in Social Justice Studies through teaching core or elective courses in the program.

NameDepartmentAreas of Interest
Heather BottingAnthropologysocial justice, First Nations, applied anthropology
Hülya DemirdirekAnthropologyeconomy, transnational migration, ethnicity/nationalism
Margo MatwychukAnthropologypower, feminism, global inequality
Lisa M. MitchellAnthropologygender, age, poverty, power
Peter StephensonAnthropologyhealth, marginalization
Sibylle ArtzChild and Youth Caresocial justice in action, gender and aggression, homeless families
Sandrina de FinneyChild and Youth Careparticipatory and change-centred practice and research, Indigenous research, girlhood studies
Veronica Pecini-KetchabawChild and Youth Carechildren and racialization, participatory action research, practices and racialization
Alan PenceChild and Youth Caresocial equity and social justice issues as they relate to children, cross-cultural and majority world issues
Jin-Sun YoonChild and Youth Careanti-racism education, cross-cultural counselling, ethnic identity development
Richard Pickard English Ecocriticism and the literature/environment relationship
James RoweEnvironmental Studiescorporate social responsibility, sustainable economies, neoliberalism, social movements, root causes of injustice
Karena ShawEnvironmental Studiespolitical ecology, local/global environmental governance, political theory, indigenous politics, sustainable energy systems
Moussa MagassaEquity and Human Rightshuman rights, diversity education, immigration and refugee studies, cross-cultural and intercultural communication, conflict resolution
Lynne MarksHistorygender history, history of sexuality and religion
Andrea McKenzieHistory17/18th century English legal, social and cultural history, including crime, felony and treason trials and executions and early modern criminal literature
Christine O'BonsawinHistory and Indigenous StudiesIndigenous Studies, race and sport, sport and Olympic history
Rick RajalaHistoryenvironmental history, labour history
Eric Sager History Power, Protest and Resistance in 20th Century Canada
Elizabeth VibertHistoryhistorical understandings of race
Darlene CloverLeadership Studies, Faculty of Educationfeminist pedagogy, women in leadership, community arts and adult education
Catherine McGregorLeadership Studies, Faculty of Educationcivic agency, aesthetic production and social change, democratic and social justice leadership, gender and leadership
Alison PreeceCurriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education
Cindy HolderPhilosophygroup rights, international law, feminist philosophy
Colin MacLeodPhilosophydistributive justice, equality, children’s rights
Janni AragonPolitical Sciencegender and politics, feminist theories and methodolgies, social movements, youth and politics, transnational feminisms
Marlea ClarkePolitical Sciencedevelopment, African politics, labour and social movements, gender and politics, health and human rights
Avigail EisenbergPolitical Scienceminority rights, gender and politics
Matt JamesPolitical Sciencesocial movements and citizenship, reparations
Jamie LawsonPolitical Scienceenvironmental justice, land and resource politics
Feng Xu Political Science

Chinese politics, comparative politics (East Asia); gender politics (especially East Asia); migration and citizenship; national and diaspora identities; policy ideas, translation theory and global hegemony.

Martin AdamReligious Studiesnonviolence, Gandhi
Leslie BrownSocial WorkIndigenous governance and community practice, critical research methods and child welfare
Catherine RichardsonSocial WorkIndigenous resistance, decolonizing approaches to social work, response-based practice
Allan WadeSocial Workmicroanalysis, resistance to violence/oppression, therapeutic interviewing, language and violence
Bill CarrollSociologysocial inequality, social movements, critical methods and theory
Steve GarlickSociologysociology of gender and sexuality, critical social theory
Helga Kristin HallgrimsdottirSociologysocial inequality, social movements, labour movements, work and vulnerable populations
Sean HierSociologyracism, social change, surveillance, moral regulation
Martha McMahonSociologyfeminism theory, environment and environmental justice, food and agriculture, ecological feminism
Peyman VahabzadehSociologysocial movements, social theory, hegemony, phenomenology of justice
Lyn DavisStudies in Policy and Practice, HSDlesbian, queer, and transgender issues, housing, homelessness, marginalization, liberatory and de-colonizing research methodologies
Pamela MossStudies in Policy and Practice, HSDfeminism, women, illness, disability, space
Michael J. PrinceStudies in Policy and Practice, HSDCanadian social policy, disability movement, Canadian state/Aboriginal government relations
Budd HallSchool of Public Administration, HSDcommunity-based research, international community development, community-university engagement, social movements
Connie Carter Women's Studies and Sociology Sessional Instructor
Jo-Anne LeeWomen’s Studiesanti-racist feminism, participatory action research, transnational migration, Asian Canadian studies
Annalee LeppWomen’s Studieslaw, human trafficking
Laura ParisiWomen’s Studiesgender, development and the environment, gender and human rights
Georgia Sitara Women's Studies Animal Rights, Feminist Ethics, Social Justice
Heather TapleyWomen’s Studiesqueer studies, class