Eloy Rivas-Sanchez

Eloy Rivas-Sánchez is assistant professor of Sociology in the Center for Social Sciences at Athabasca University. He holds a PhD in Sociology with a specialization in Political Economy from Carleton University, where he is also appointed as adjunct research professor. 

Eloy’s ongoing research, community service, teaching and publications focus on precarious migrant labour and health, grassroots activism, global citizenship, and transformative education. He serves in several scientific/academic boards and committees in Canada and around the globe, such as the Canadian Sociological Association, the International Sociological Association and the UNESCO Chair on Democracy, Global Citizenship and Transformative Education.

His solo and co-authored work has been published in English, French and Spanish in specialized academic books and journals as well as in union-based and community outlets, such as International Journal of Education for Social Justice; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Canadian Ethnic Studies; Desacatos (CIESAS); Estudios Sociales (CIAD); Revista de Sociología; Solidaridad -Revista Internacional de los Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo (IWW), and The Conversation. His latest publication, co-edited with Paul R. Carr and Gina Thésée, is a trilingual book - The Epicenter | L’Épicentre | El Epicentro: Democracy, Eco*Global Citizenship and Transformative Education (DIO Press, NY: 2023).