Towards Just Care

Staff

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Mary Jean Hande

Mary Jean Hande (she/her) is Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trent University, where her community- engaged research focuses on aging, disability, immigration, precarious work, continuing care systems, and struggles for social transformation. She currently leads the SSHRC-funded Towards Just Care project with the Disability Justice Network of Ontario. She recently completed a SSHRC Insight Development Grant, which collaborated with Migrante Manitoba, the policy landscape and experiences of im/migrant home care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Habiba Haggag

Habiba Haggag (she/her) is an undergraduate student at Trent University, pursuing a double major in Forensics and Psychology and a minor in Sociology. As the ’24/’25 president of the Trent Arab Student Association and through her involvement with local organizations such as Telecare Peterborough, Habiba works closely with vulnerable and racialized communities. Habiba aspires to a career in sociolegal research merging her passion for social theory and her commitment to social justice. 

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Megan Linton

Megan Linton (she/her) is a doctoral student in Sociology and Political Economy at Carleton University. Her research uses critical disability & carceral studies to challenge disability institutionalization and their profit motives. Recently, she worked alongside institutional survivors to produce and write the Invisible Institutions podcast. Megan works closely with disability justice movements, and produces research for and with the community. Her writing has been published in Briarpatch Magazine, the Disability Visibility Project, Canadian Dimension, CBC Opinions, the Hamilton Spectator and the Ottawa Citizen. 

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Sarah Malik

Sarah Malik (she/they) is a community educator and facilitator specialized in accessibility for members of historically excluded groups. Sarah has over a decade of experience providing training and institutional guidance using an anti-oppression lens. Sarah also has over 15 years of experience supporting grassroots community work through organizational development, event coordination, and project management. 

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Leah Nicholson

Leah Nicholson holds a SSHRC MA graduate scholarship in Political Science at Dalhousie University. Her research has been published in the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Global Labour Research Centre. Her research focuses on care work, care policy and im/migration.