Research Digest - 2026

Tom McDowell. From Precarity to Stability: The Impacts of the Ontario Basic Income Pilot as a Structural Intervention in Mental Health and Substance Use. (external link)  Tom McDowell & Mohammad Ferdosi. In Dionysio Nyaga & Masood Zangeneh (Eds.), Critical Ethics on Mental Health and Madness, Springer. Chapter Four; pp. 53-87. 2/13/2026. Published. 

Tom McDowell. Mental Health and Income Security: Insights from the Ontario Basic Income Pilot. (external link)  Tom McDowell & Mohammad Ferdosi. In Dionysio Nyaga & Masood Zangeneh (Eds.), Critical Ethics on Mental Health and Madness, Springer. Chapter Seven; pp. 117-123. 2/13/2026. Published. 

John Shields. Economic factors contributing to social isolation among immigrant older adults in the Greater Toronto Area. (external link)  Guruge, S., Saha, M., Shields, J., Chandrasekaran, K., Metersky, K., Catallo, C., Amanzai, H., Zhuang, Z., & Sidani, S (All TMU). Journal of Ageing and Longevity. Vol. 6, Issue 1. 12/24/2025. Published.

Maral Karimi. These protests in Iran are different from those that came before. That doesn’t mean the regime will collapse overnight.  (external link) The Toronto Star. 1/18/2026. Published. 

Sanjay Ruparelia.  (PDF file) Litigating positive rights: Critical reflections from the global South. (external link)  Re-Opening the Door: Litigating Positive Rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Asper Centre Symposium, Jackman Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. 1/16/2026. 

Rob Goodman. Demagoguery and Democracy: A Theoretical and Historical Reconstruction. Giuseppe Ballacci (PI, University of Minho). FCT Portugal. 1/22/2026. Accepted.

Miriam Anderson. Expanding and Publishing the Dataset on Women's Participation in Peace Negotiations, 1975-2025. Miriam Anderson, Brian Urlacher (U North Dakota). 

Janet Lum. Integrated Care Across the Continuum For Older Adults In Ontario Canada. Dr. Paul Williams (Professor Emeritus), U of Toronto; Dr. Frances Morton-Chang Adjunct Faculty, U. of T; Dr. Karen Spalding, Professor Emerita,TMU; Dr. Janet Lum, Professor Emerita, TMU. Scholarship Program for Clinical Leaders of Hong Kong Hospital Authority. January 12 to 26, 2026. 1/12/2026. Published.

Sanjay Ruparelia. Host and co-organizer, Lea Ypi (LSE), Indignity, A Life Reimagined (external link) , On the Frontlines of Democracy public lecture series, co-sponsored by the TMU Faculty of Arts and Toronto Public Library. 1/29/2026.

Maral Karimi. Does Democracy Await Iran? (external link)  TVO TV Interview. 1/19/2026. Published.

Maral Karimi. Iran Protests: Who is Reza Pahlavi.  (external link) CBC The National. 2/13/2026. Published.

Maral Karimi. Global National. (external link)  1/12/2026. Published.