Edward Ou Jin Lee

Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Université de Montréal

Edward Ou Jin Lee’s research interests include health care access, advocacy work, activism, and knowledge building with and about queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and other racialized people (QTBIPOC) and migrants. Drawing on critical, participatory, community-based, and interventional research methodologies, Ed aims to deepen the understanding of peer-led initiatives, particularly by and for oppressed groups, including people without legal status, those experiencing homelessness, and people living with HIV. His interests also include research to foster anti-oppressive, anti-racist, reflexive, and decolonial social work, particularly in the case of intervention in the context of COVID-19. This includes grief work with individuals, families, and communities, especially oppressed ones. Ed’s teaching interests include mobilizing critical, mindfulness-based, inquiry-based, and trauma-informed pedagogies to foster transformational learning in social work education, including field placements.