The School of Labour Studies is home to diverse faculty members available to supervise graduate students in a variety of specializations.
To connect with prospective supervisors, please see faculty profiles with contact information below.
PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Labour Studies
Director, School of Labour Studies
Areas of interest: Employment, Gender & sexuality, Globalization & transnationalism, Immigration, Political economy, Public policy
Associate Professor, School of Labour Studies
Areas of interest: Gender & sexuality, Health, Immigration, Race, Social Inequities
Graduate Chair, Associate Professor, School of Labour Studies
LIUNA Enrico Henry Mancinelli Chair in Global Labour Issues Associate Professor, Social Science, York University
Areas of interest: Labour activism beyond the workplace, Public sector unionism, Social unionism in the Canadian labour movement
Areas of interest: Asian field, Ethnography, Global political economy, Globalization & transnationalism , Labour activism beyond the workplace, Labour issues, Postcolonial theory, Race, ethnicity, & immigration, Social media, Time/temporalities
Areas of interest: Building and construction trades work in Canada’s north, Gender and northern resource development, Gender, sexuality & worker experiences, Indigenous peoples, work & unions, Work in northern regions and resource industries
Our faculty engages in innovative research addressing both local and global labor challenges. We are at the forefront of community-engaged scholarship, actively collaborating with unions, community organizations, and policymakers to conduct research aimed at enhancing the quality of work for all individuals.