Canada’s approach to gun ownership differs greatly from our American neighbours. But what are some of the things you need to do to get a gun here? @joojitsulee.bsky.social (@utoronto.ca) walks @sangeeta.bsky.social through the basic principles on Unravelled. youtu.be/lup1i21yKHE?...

A segment from my recent appearance on TVO’s Unravelled, where I talk about the strengths and limits in 🇨🇦’s gun control laws.

Hey Friends, my latest appearance on Unravelled talking about the strengths and limitations of Canadian gun control. Public sociology!

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Canada has stricter gun laws than the U.S. So why does gun violence still happen here? On Unravelled, @sangeeta.bsky.social speaks with @joojitsulee.bsky.social (@utoronto.ca) about crime guns, gun laws, and the roots of violence in vulnerable communities.

Colleagues! UofT Mississauga is hiring in Law & Society! Please share widely! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...

"One of the big gaps in Canadian health care, is that mental health care is not guaranteed for trauma victims." — @joojitsulee.bsky.social (@utoronto.ca) tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social about the ripple effects gun violence can have on survivors, families, and communities. youtu.be/2h8cDZMIaRI?...

Acts of gun violence don't end when the shooting stops. @joojitsulee.bsky.social (@utoronto.ca) speaks with @jeyantvo.bsky.social about the lasting trauma for survivors and communities, and why victims in racialized neighbourhoods are often judged before they're understood. youtu.be/2h8cDZMIaRI?...

Filming a new ep of The Rundown w/ Jeyan Jeganathan to promote my new book, The Walking Wounded, a book on the long term health of gunshot victims in Philly. Even though the book is based on Philly, the findings shed light on gun violence & health care gaps in 🇨🇦, too. New ep out on Monday. 🫡

My newest in The Globe and Mail. On gun violence and the need for universal mental health care in 🇨🇦 . It’s paywalled, but here are some snippets. Hoping this stirs the conversation in Ottawa.

We need leaders in Ontario (and Canada) who really take climate change seriously. This is a live look at our province. Doug Ford has shown repeatedly that he is not the Premier for this moment.

Getting a revise & resubmit on a paper is an emotional roller coaster. There’s the exuberance when you first read the email saying you got an R&R. Then, the realization that peer reviewers are giving you mixed advice, followed by the doubt that you’re even competent enough to pull this off. 🫠

Today we get into Wacquant's Body & Soul in my Martial Arts class. I really like teaching this book. It's a fantastic way to get students thinking about the body and ethnography.

Ethics for my new study on creativity in judo and jiu jitsu got cleared today! Very excited for this new chapter.

Sending out some promo copies of The Walking Wounded this week! 🥰

The Walking Wounded officially comes out today! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The Walking Wounded

A sobering encounter with lives transformed by gun violence and an urgent call to build more comprehensive systems of care for wounded people. Gun violence is a plague in the United States; even survi...

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The rape academy is abhorrent and an obvious target for outrage. But the harder conversation is reflecting on a culture that normalizes these kinds of attitudes toward women’s bodies. This is one of the themes in my course about mass shootings and sadly it’s an evergreen topic.

Not that this will surprise anyone, but 0/160 undergrads had ever heard of Melrose Place the tv show. I’m getting old 😂

Surreal to hold the advance copy of my new book in my hand. It’s out next month!

I have students tepidly asking for extensions on assignments as family shelter in Iran. I have a hard time imagining any faculty saying no, but their reactions (of surprise & gratitude) when I grant these extensions are a reminder of the neoliberal university in action. We gotta do better.

Teaching Harel Shapira's work tomorrow in my gun violence course. And he is such a good writer. Reading his book, Waiting for José, is like a breezy walk in the park. Who are your favorite ethnographers to read for their style?

Riveting discussion today in my Soc of Gun Violence course about incels and how so many of Elliot Rodger’s ideas have found their way into the manosphere. It’s easy to point the finger at him and others who commit hateful violence, but harder to look at our culture at large. 🤔

The promo book jacket arrived. Both blurb writers described my new ethnography as ‘haunting’. Thanks to Javier and Randol for writing these kind blurbs. I think this means I’ve done my job conveying the horrific nature of gunshot injuries.

Lecturing about Columbine tomorrow and what we still get wrong about school shootings. It's been almost 27 years and there's still so many misunderstandings about massacres.

Alright I’m back from Threads, what did I miss? Looking to connect with sociologists, violence, health scholars… I miss Academic Twitter and Threads ain’t scratching that itch 🥰

Adventures in aging…Today I made a passing reference to Saved by the Bell and none of my 4th year university students knew what I was talking about. Just blank stares 😂. Excuse me while I go and have my soup with a side of mid afternoon existential crisis 🫠

Just got the cover art from the press! Dropping in March 2026!

"The Walking Wounded: Festering and Ricocheting Trauma after Gun Violence" is coming out in March 2026 on U of Chicago Press! Excited, relieved, and a bit anxious as one always feels whenever you wrap up a big project.

Got the best news today from my editor…My new book “Gunshot” got approval from the University of Chicago editorial and faculty committees and is now “forthcoming”! It’s been a long, long road. 10+ years coming to fruition 😌

There’s no coming back if a POTUS ignores a Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling. Different branches of federal government exist to check and balance against tyranny. Regardless of your politics, this is a pivotal moment with immense downstream effects.

Some 🦋 friends don’t know this, but I have published work on serial homicide investigations and have been in a number of serial killer documentaries. Just got a Google notification that CTV is showing Catching a Serial Killer, which originally debuted on Oxygen and is now streaming on CTV. 🎥

Sometimes flailing is progress. Channeling this mantra as I struggle with this new paper. 🫠