Julie Kaye

Julie Kaye is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan. She is an anti-colonial scholar specializing in colonial gendered violence, community-engaged and Indigenous-led research, racialized (in)justice, and decolonial community organizing. Her work intersects critical criminology, feminist and Indigenous feminist thought, and systemic inequalities.

Her research includes international comparisons of legislation affecting sex industries, harm reduction frameworks, and the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous and racialized women. She authored the book Responding to Human Trafficking: Dispossession, Colonial Violence, and Resistance Among Indigenous and Racialized Women (2017), which redefines critical anti-trafficking scholarship. Her publications span journals like Social Inclusion and Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, alongside community-based artistic projects such as Our Breaking Point: Canada’s Violation of Rights in Life and Death. She actively contributes to public discourse via op-eds in New York Times, Toronto Star, and Edmonton Journal.