Hub 1 Associate Manager
Arts and Science
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B413
Date
Wednesday March 4, 2026Location
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202Film Screening and Fireside Discussion hosted by Dr. Nicole Myers
YUSUF FAQIRI is an advocate within the Justice System for vulnerable Canadians who suffer from Mental Illness. In 2016, he founded the Justice for Soli Movement, a Grass Roots National Based Organization, after the tragic death of his brother Soleiman Faqiri in a Canadian Prison. He is fluent in English, French, Farsi and Arabic. He has had significant media presence in Toronto and Montreal in both English and French, and appeared often on CBC, Radio-Canada, CTV, Global News, City TV, CTV, CP24, Canadian Press, Toronto Star as a Mental Health Advocate. He has been published several times in both the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Policy Options.
PhD candidate Hannah Walsh has co-authored a new peer-reviewed article titled “‘Stop the Spread’: Criminalizing Physical Recreation During the COVID-19 Pandemic†in the journal Critical Criminology, exploring how public health measures intersected with legal responses to everyday activities during COVID-19.
Date
Thursday March 26, 2026Location
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216The Department of Sociology at Queen’s University is pleased to welcome Dr. Robel Abay as a Good Family Visiting Professor. During his fellowship, Dr. Abay will develop a new research project on Intersectional Disability Justice (IDJ), an innovative framework that examines how colonial systems of oppression shape experiences of disability, race, gender, and forced migration.
Visiting Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, D413
Office Hours By Appointment
Dr. Robel Abay is a Professor of Disability Studies at . Previously, he has worked as a research associate at the Institute of Sociology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany. He holds a PhD from Humboldt University of Berlin on intersectional colonialities of . During his fellowship at »ÆÉ«ÊÓƵ as a Visiting Professor of Sociology, he will work on his new research project on Intersectional Disability Justice (IDJ). His research and teaching interests include: Sociology of Disability; Technoableism; Decolonial Theories; Intersectional Disability Justice; Sociology of Race & Ethnic Relations; Crip Technoscience; Disability Studies & Critical Race Theory (DisCrit); Queer Migration; Climate & Social Justice; Gender & Queer Studies; Participatory Research.
