MY WORK
Books, Research & Publications
A body of work spanning books, edited collections, and more than 80 peer-reviewed articles — examining medicine, medicalization, illness, and the social forces that shape health across the lifespan.
Over her career, Juanne has published more than 20 books, contributed chapters to numerous edited volumes, and written more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles for outlets including Health, Risk & Society, Social Science and Medicine, Ethnicity & Health, and Children & Society.
SINCE 2022
Health, Illness, and Medicine in Canada
9th Edition · Oxford University Press · 2026
Now in its ninth edition, this widely-used text has shaped how a generation of Canadian students understand health, illness, and medicine through a sociological lens.
When Medicine Goes Awry
University Of Toronto Press · 2022
A sociological examination of medical error — including the case of Brian Sinclair, an Indigenous man who died after a 34-hour ER wait for an easily treatable condition — tracing how medicalization and the social determinants of health shape who gets hurt by the system meant to help them.
After the Welcome
University of Regina Press · May 2027
Based on interviews with 100 Syrian refugees, After the Welcome follows what comes after resettlement — the barriers, the discrimination, and the long work of turning a welcome into belonging.
RELATED ARTICLE · 2024
"The Bordering Practices of Canadian Newspapers (2011–2022): 'Canada is the Hope of the World'"
Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Volume 24, Issue 3
FEATURED PROJECT
The Upstream Health Project
A blog and public inquiry into why health starts long before the doctor's office, and what we lose by only treating downstream.
