Krys Maki
Profile
Krys Maki is an Assistant Professor at the 脡lisabeth-Bruy猫re School of Social Innovation. Their areas of research include feminist movements, collective organizing around gender-based violence, poverty and social inequality, and critical surveillance studies. Prior to joining the School of Social Innovation at 果冻传媒視頻 they completed a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa on labour organizing and movement building within women鈥檚 shelters. In 2021, they published their first book Ineligible: Single Mothers Under Welfare Surveillance with Fernwood Publishing. Outside of academia, Krys worked as the Director of Research and Policy at Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada, a national non-profit network of violence against women shelters (2017-2022). Their scholar activism is deeply informed by their work as a long-time organizer and activist with labour, anti-poverty, and feminist movements.
Dr. Maki鈥檚 current research explores labour and worker well-being in gender-based violence organizations and how workers and leaders are transforming their labour and the sector. They are a member of the Gender Based Violence Worker Wellness National Advisory Committee with the Ending Violence Association of Canada developing a national labour workforce strategy.
They are supervising a Mitacs Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellow, 鈥淓valuating the impact of federal funding practices on the communities served by nonprofits鈥 (2024-2026). Working in collaboration with Imagine Canada, the Postdoctoral Fellow will lead the research study and develop several case studies of charities and non-profits that receive funding from different federal programs.
PhD Sociology, Queen鈥檚 University
MA Sociology, Queen鈥檚 University
BA Honours Sociology and Gender Studies, Trent University
- Labour
- Worker well-being
- Intersectional Feminism
- Critical Theory
- Gender Based Violence
- Epistemology and Methodology
Books
2021听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Ineligible: Single Mothers Under Welfare Surveillance. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
2025听听听听听听听听 Klostermann, J., Bunting, S., Maki, K., and Przednowek, A. (2025). Care containers: the multilayered politics of boundless work in Canada鈥檚 victim聽 聽 聽 聽 services sector. Studies in Political Economy / Recherches En 脡conomie Politique, 106(1), 40鈥57.
2025听听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Towards a Reciprocal Solidarity: Violence Against Women Shelters, Labour, and Unions. Journal of Community Practice. (forthcoming)
2023听听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Breaking the Cycle of Abuse and Closing the Housing Gap: A Mixed Methods Community-Based Study on Second Stage Shelters. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and 果冻传媒視頻 Economy Research. 14(2), 1鈥23.
2021听听听听听听听聽 Yakubovich, A. and Maki, K. 鈥渞eventing gender-based homelessness in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: the need to account for violence against women. Violence Against Women.
2011听听听 Maki, K. Neoliberal Deviants and Surveillance: Welfare Recipients Under the Watchful Eye of Ontario Works. Journal of Surveillance and Society, 9(1): 47-63
Book Chapters
2025听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Centering Intersectionality and Equity. Roadmaps for 果冻传媒視頻 Change. Edited by 脡lisabeth-Bruy猫re School of Social Innovation, Bristol University Press.
2022听听听听听听听听 Krull, C, and Maki, K. Investing in Families and Children: Family Policies in Canada. Canadian Families Today: New Perspectives edited by Patrizia Albanese, Oxford University Press.
2020听听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Automating Social Inequality. Infrastructures of Citizenship: Digital Life in the Global City edited by Deborah Cowen, Alexis Mitchell, Brett Story and Emily Paradis, UBC Press.
Book Reviews
2017听听听听听听听听 Maki, K. The Healing Journey: Intimate Partner Abuse and Its Implications in the Labour Market. Studies in 果冻传媒視頻 Justice, 11(2): 394-399.
2009聽 聽 聽 聽Maki, K. Out There in Here: Masculinity, Violence and Prisoning. Journal Prisoners on Prisons, 18 (1/2): 190- 191.
Research and Technical Reports (non-reviewed)
2024聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Hoogendam, R. and K. Maki. Feminist Brain Drain: Labour Issues and Worker Wellness in the VAW Shelter Sector. Ottawa, ON: Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada.
2022听听听听听听听听 Hoogendam, R. and K. Maki. Shelter Voices Special Issue: Labour Issues and the Impact they have on VAW Shelter Staff. Ottawa, ON: Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada.
2022听听听听听听听听 Hoogendam, R. and K. Maki. Environmental Scan: Pan-Canadian Child Welfare Policies and Practices. Ottawa, ON: Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada.
2022听听听听听听听听 Roebuck, B., Ferns, A., Scott, H., Maki, K., Tapley, J., Tague, C., McGlinchey, D., Vedard, T., Boileau, A., Thompson, K., Ahmad, and A., Rodriguex. COVID-19, Victim Services, and Well-being. Department of Justice, Canada.
2021听听听听听听听聽 Dale, A., Maki, K., and R. Nitia. Expert Engagement to Address and Prevent Gender-Based Violence Final Report. A Report to Guide the Implementation of a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence. Ottawa ON: Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada.
2020聽 聽 聽 聽 Canadian Women鈥檚 Foundation, Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, Anita Olsen Harper (NACAFV), and Jihan Abbas (DAWN Canada). Resetting Normal: Systemic Gender-Based Violence and the Pandemic. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Women鈥檚 Foundation.
2020聽 聽 聽 聽 Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic. United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women. Call for submissions: COVID-19 and the increase of domestic violence against women.
2020听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Shelter Voices Special Issue: The Impact of COVID-19 on VAW Shelters and Transition Houses. Ottawa, ON: Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada.
2020听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Breaking the Cycle of Abuse and Closing the Housing Gap: Second Stage Shelters in Canada. Ottawa, ON: Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada.
2019听听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Transitioning to a Life Free from Violence: Developing a National Profile of Second Stage Shelters. Ottawa, ON: Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada.
2019听听听听听听听听 Maki, K. More than a Bed: Developing a National Profile of VAW Shelters and Transition Houses. Ottawa, ON: Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada.
2018听听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Mapping VAW Shelters and Transition Houses: Initial Findings of a National Survey. Ottawa, ON: Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada.
2017听听听听听听听聽 Maki, K. Housing, Homelessness, and Violence Against Women: A Discussion Paper. Ottawa, ON: Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada.
Other publications:
2025听听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Building collective care and collective power: Lessons learned from anti-violence workers. The Philanthropist Journal.
2022听听听听听听听听 Maki, K. Workers Supporting Survivors of Gender-Based Violence are Demanding Change. The Conversation.