Our Team

Principal Investigator

Joe Hermer

Associate Professor of Sociology

University of Toronto Scarborough

Co-Investigators

Suzanne Bouclin

Associate Professor of Law (Common Law Section)

University of Ottawa


Jessica Fields

Professor of Health Studies and Sociology, Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health & Society

University of Toronto Scarborough


Julian Tanner

Professor of Sociology

University of Toronto Scarborough


Marianne Quirouette

Assistant Professor of Criminology

Université de Montréal


William O’Grady

Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

University of Guelph


Erin Dej

Assistant Professor of Criminology

Wilfrid Laurier University


Abe Oudshoorn

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Western University

Special Advisor

Romeo Fournier

Indigenous Academic Advisor & Career Strategist

University of Toronto Scarborough

Senior Research Associate

Deanna Pikkov

Logistics and Administration

Sabika Jafri

Library Liaison

Kathryn Barrett

Liaison Librarian for Sociology

University of Toronto Scarborough Library

Research Associates (Canada)

Elliot Fonarev

Genevieve St-Arnaud

Joseph Roussy

Madelaine Coelho

Michael Lawler

Mitra Mokhtari

Ravita Surajbali

Sabine Semaan

Susannah Bunce

Karl Beaulieu

Nicolas Spallanzani

Research Cluster (United Kingdom)

David Simmonds

Hannah Lewis

Web and Graphic Design

Donya Aref