We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2023-24 Joan Eakin Award for Methodological Excellence in a Qualitative Doctoral Dissertation this year is Dr. Karima Joy for her thesis titled, “Honouring Grief Experiences in Life, Death, and the Workplace: A Critical Analysis of Bereavement Accommodation for Workers in Precarious Employment in Canada”.
The Award Committee had the following to say about Dr. Joy’s work:
Dr. Joy’s dissertation draws on critical qualitative research and feminist ethics and employs policy analysis and in-depth interviews to explore the everyday experiences of bereaved workers in precarious employment. Through her work, she argues “ that bereavement is a neglected public health issue driven by socio-political forces that devalue relationality, stigmatize emotions, and render bereavement an individual responsibility.” The Committee was unanimously struck by the eloquence of Dr. Joy’s writing, the compelling and thoughtful nature of her argument, and her extraordinary weaving of reflexivity throughout her work through the lens of feminist ethics. Dr. Joy applied feminist ethics not only to her study, but to herself and the research process, thus offering an extraordinary theoretical and methodological congruence and a deep embodiment and enactment of reflexivity which is rarely seen.
Congratulations Dr. Joy!
