{"id":12828,"date":"2018-08-09T09:29:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/?post_type=cu_people&p=12828"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:45:07","slug":"dan-irving","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/people\/dan-irving\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Irving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dan Irving is an Associate Professor cross appointed to the Feminist institute of Social Transformation and the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies teaching in the Human Rights<\/a> (IIS) and Sexuality Studies<\/a> (FIST) programs. In the spring of 2015, he launched his new research project exploring Eminem, \u201caggrieved entitlement\u201d (Kimmel 2008) and other affective dimensions of youth masculinities in times of socio-economic crisis. Currently, Irving is wrapping up his study<\/a> of trans* and two-spirit individuals experiences of unemployment and underemployment. He has presented findings to academic, professional and public audiences. Irving is the co-editor of Trans Activism in Canada: A Reader<\/em><\/a> (with Rupert Raj<\/a>) published by Canadian Scholar\u2019s Press. His work has been published in Transgender Studies Reader 2<\/em>, Sexuality Studies<\/em> and Australian Feminist Studies<\/em>. Irving also serves on the Board of Directors of Egale Canada<\/a> as Secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courses taught:<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Feminist theory; Introduction to Trans Studies; Introduction to Sexuality Studies; Human Rights and Power Relations; Transgender Human Rights; Human Rights and Sexuality; Human Rights and Resistance<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research areas of interest:<\/strong><\/span> Transgender Studies, Critical Men and Masculinity Studies, Critical Labour Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Irving, D., & Hoo, N. (2020). Doing Trans-Economic Justice: A Critique of Anti-Discrimination Laws and Inclusive Employment Policies.<\/a> Canadian Journal of Law and Society\/La Revue Canadienne Droit et Soci\u00e9t\u00e9, 35(2), 197-220.

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  2. Irving, D. (2020). ESCAPING NEUROTIC JUSTICE. We Resist: Defending the Common Good in Hostile Times, 66.

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  3. Irving, D., & Raj, R. (Eds.). (2014). Trans activism in Canada: A reader<\/a>. Canadian Scholars\u2019 Press.

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  4. Irving, D. (2008). Normalized transgressions: Legitimizing the transsexual body as productive<\/a>. Radical History Review, 2008(100), 38-59.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Working For Change: A Two Spirit, Trans and Non-Binary Unemployment Study<\/a>

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    2. Untouchable? Eminem, Whiteness and the Emotional Landscapes of Young Men in Ontario\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      In the Media:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Working for Change Project<\/a> – A National Study of Two-Spirit, Trans and Non-Binary Unemployment and Underemployment has launched! Co-principle investigator alongside Dr. Brittany Jakubiec (Egale Canada). This study is in partnership with Egale Canada<\/a> and is funded by WAGE.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13079,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Dan","cu_people_last_name":"Irving","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[9,57],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-12828","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-faculty","cu_people_type-sexuality-studies"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Associate Professor","cu_people_degree":"P.D. Political Science (York)","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"danirving@cunet.carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"613-520-6645","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"IIS Profile ","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/12828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/12828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17612,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/12828\/revisions\/17612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=12828"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=12828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}