| Department of Sociology

The Fatal Nexus between incarceration and mental health: The tragic story of Soleiman Faqiri

Date

Wednesday March 4, 2026
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Location

Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202

Film 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 co-publishes new article in Critical Criminology

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.

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Listening Carefully to Students’ Ambivalence: Lessons for Qualitative Researchers

Date

Thursday March 26, 2026
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Location

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216

Dr. Robel Abay Appointed Visiting Professor in Sociology

The Department of Sociology at 91TV 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.

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Abay, Robel

Robel Abay

Visiting Professor of Sociology

Department of Sociology

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, D413

robel.a@queensu.ca

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 91TV's University 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.