His current research focuses on unemployment and underemployment among transgender and two-spirit identified populations in Canada. Irving’s work has been published widely in interdisciplinary academic journals including Radical History Review, Sexualities and Australian Feminist Studies. He is the guest editor of a forthcoming special issue of Transgender Studies Quarterly dedicated to transgender political economy. His book Trans Activism in Canada: A Reader, co-edited with Rupert Raj, was published by Canadian Scholar’s Press in 2014. Outside the university, Irving serves on the board of Egale Canada.