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CURRICULUM VITAE June 2015

Marge Reitsma-Street, Professor Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria

PO Box 1700, Stn. CSC, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2

Email: mreitsma@uvic.ca

DEGREES

PhD Social Work and Policy Toronto 1989

Doctoral Dissertation: Delinquency and Conformity in Adolescent Sisters.

MSW Social Policy McGill 1980

BSW, BA

Social Work, Sociology

McMaster

1975

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2005 (Fall) Visiting Lecturer, School of Social Work, Melbourne University, Australia

2001 - Professor, Studies in Policy and Practice in Health and Social Services

2001 - Faculty Cross-Appointment to School of Social Work, University of Victoria

1997 - 2001 Associate Professor, Studies in Policy and Practice, University of Victoria

1995 (Fall) Visiting Lecturer, School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK

1995 - 2000 Graduate Council, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

1995 - 97 Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, Laurentian University

1992 - 97 Cognate Faculty, Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier

1990 - 97 Faculty Appointment, Child and Human Development, Laurentian University

1989 - 97 Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Laurentian University, Sudbury

1987 - 89 Assistant Professor of Social Welfare, Nipissing University, North Bay

1985 - 87 Lecturer, School of Social Work, University of Toronto

1983 –87 Junior Fellow, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto

RESEARCH AND OTHER EMPLOYMENT

2003 - 2009 Research Associate, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives/BC

1979 - 85 Research Associate, Chedoke Child and Family Centre, McMaster University

Hamilton 1976 - 78 Research Assistant, Shawbridge Youth Centres and Université Montreal

1975 (Summer) Social Worker, Barton Street Detention Centre, Hamilton, Ontario 1973 - 74 Child Care Counsellor, Shawbridge Youth Centres, PQ

mailto:mreitsma@uvic.ca

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SCHOLARSHIPS, HONOURS, AND CITATIONS INDIVIDUAL

2010 Canadian Who’s Who, (University of Toronto Press), 100th

Anniversary Ed

2009 National Weiler Award for lifetime contributions to community partnerships and

social justice

2005 University of Victoria Community Leadership Award

1997 “Woman of the Year Award,” Laurentian University Presidential Advisory

Committee on the Status of Women

1994 Best English Article in The Social Worker on child poverty (First Author).

1987 SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, McMaster University. (Awarded but not

accepted.)

1985 Rita Warren Award for Research Paper on differential treatment

1983 - 87 Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Doctoral Scholarships for University

of Toronto

1976 International Fellowship, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

COLLABORATIVE AWARDS

2004 Quality of Life Challenge Award from Quality of Life CHALLENGE Steering

Working Group and Community Social Planning Council. Mayors Housing

Advisory Committee

1998 Trillium Foundation “Caring Community Award,” for Sudbury Better Beginnings,

Better Futures Programs

1996 CRIAW (Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women) selected

Sudbury Better Beginnings, Better Futures as one of 10 Canadian successful case

studies in academic-community research partnerships

1994 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris) selected

Sudbury Better Beginnings, Better Futures as one of four Canadian successful case

studies in integrated prevention initiatives for children community development

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ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

2011 Baker Collins, S., Reitsma-Street, M., Neysmith, S. and Porter, El. Women’s

community work challenges market citizenship. Community Development. Vol. 42(3):297-313

2010 Neysmith, S., Reitsma-Street, M., Baker Collins, S., Porter, E., and Tam S.

Provisioning responsibilities: How relationships shape the work that women do.

Canadian Review of Sociology 47(2), 149-170.

2009 Porter, E., Neysmith, S., Reitsma-Street, M, & Baker Collins S. Reciprocal Peer

Interviewing. International Review of Qualitative Research, 2 (2): 291-312

2009 Neysmith, S. & Reitsma-Street, M. The Provisioning Responsibilities of Older

Women. Journal of Aging Studies Vol 23(4): 236-244.

2009 Baker Collins, S., Neysmith, S., Porter, E. & Reitsma-Street, M. Women’s

Provisioning Work: Counting the Cost for Women Living on Low Income”

Community Work and Family Vol.12(11), 21-37

2005 Neysmith, S. & Reitsma-Street, M. Provisioning: Conceptualizing the work of

women for 21st century social policy. Women’s Studies International Forum

Vol. 28(5): 381-391.

2005 Neysmith, S., Reitsma-Street, M., Baker Collins, S. & Porter, E. Provisioning:

Thinking about all of women’s work. Canadian Women’s Studies Vol. 23 (3/4):

192-198.

2005 Reitsma-Street, M. Working against violence in Canada. Women against

Violence: An Australian Feminist Journal. Issue 17 2004-2005. 17-22.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. Radical pragmatism: Prevention and intervention with girls in

conflict with the law. Child and Youth Services 26 (1): 119-137.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. & Wallace, B. Resisting two-year limits on welfare in British

Columbia. Canadian Review of Social Policy 53(Spring/Summer), 170-177.

2004 Hillian, D., Reitsma-Street, M. & Hackler, J. Conferencing in the youth criminal

justice act: Policy developments in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of

Criminology and Criminal Justice, 46(3), 343-366.

2003 Brown, L. & Reitsma-Street, M. The values of community action research.

Canadian Social Work Review. 20(1), 61-78.

2003 Hillian, D. & Reitsma-Street, M. Parents and youth justice. Canadian Journal of

Criminology, 45(2), 19-43.

2002 Reitsma-Street, M. Process of community action research: Putting poverty on the

policy agenda of a rich region. Canadian Review of Social Policy, 49-50, 69-91.

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2000 Neysmith, S. & Reitsma-Street, M. Valuing unpaid work in the third sector: The

case of community resource centres. Canadian Public Policy, XXVI(3), 331-346.

2000 Reitsma-Street, M., Maczewski, M. & Neysmith, S. Promoting engagement: An

organizational study of volunteers in community resource centres for children.

Children and Youth Services Review 22(8), 651-678.

1999 Reitsma-Street, M. Justice for Canadian girls: A 1990's update. Canadian Journal

of Criminology 41(4), 335-363.

1997 Reitsma-Street, M., van de Sande, A. et Boudreau, F. Bilan des strategies pour

combattre la pauvreté chez les enfants et les adolescents à Sudbury. Revue

ontarioise d’intervention social et commnautaire, 3(1), 120-135.

1996 Reitsma-Street, M. & Townsend, P. Peter Townsend: An international scholar of

poverty. Canadian Review of Social Policy, 38 (Fall), 101-106.

1996 Reitsma-Street, M., & Keck, J. The abolition of a welfare snitch line. The Social

Worker, 64(3), 35-48.

En francais, “L'abolition, à Sudbury, d'une ligne delateur.” Le Travailleur Social,

64(3), 41-54.

1996 Reitsma-Street, M. Activist research contributions to shutting down a welfare

snitch line. Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal, 21(1), 123-132.

1995 Diallo, L. et Reitsma-Street, M.. Strategies de survie et d'identité: les dynamiques

culturelles dans un projet d'intervention en prévention communautaires. Revue

Ontaroise d'Intervention Sociale et Communautaire. 1(1), 43-69.

1994 Reitsma-Street, M. & Arnold. B. Community-based action research in a multi-site

prevention project: Challenges and resolutions. Canadian Journal of Community

Mental Health, 13(2), 229-240.

1993 Reitsma-Street, M. Canadian youth court charges and dispositions for females

before and after implementation of the young offenders act. Canadian Journal of

Criminology. 35(4), 437-458.

1993 Reitsma-Street, M., Carrière, R., van de Sande, A. and Hein, C. (1993). Three

perspectives on child poverty in Canada. The Social Worker, 61(1), 6-12.

Selected as the best English Article of 1993 and presented in translation in 1994.

“La pauvreté des enfants au Canada: Trois perspectives” in Le Travailleur Social, 62(4) 149-154.

1991 Reitsma-Street, M. & Offord, D.R. Girl delinquents and their sisters. A challenge

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for practice. Canadian Social Work Review, 8 (1), 11-27.

1990 Reitsma-Street, M. Implementation of the young offenders act: Five years later.

Canadian Social Work Review, Summer, 7(2), 136-158.

1989 Reitsma-Street, M. More control than care: A critique of historical and

contemporary laws for delinquency and neglect of children in Ontario. Canadian

Journal of Women and the Law, 3(2), 510-530.

1988 Reitsma-Street, M. & Leschied, A. The conceptual level matching model in

corrections. Criminal Justice and Behaviour, 15(1), 92-108.

1988 Reitsma-Street, M. A pilot participant observation study of the environment in a

program for young offenders from a conceptual level matching model perspective.

Journal of Offender Counselling, Services and Rehabilitation, 12(2), 77-94.

1986 Szatmari, P., Reitsma-Street, M. & Offord, D.R. Pregnancy and birth

complications in antisocial adolescents and their siblings. Canadian Journal of

Psychiatry, 31(6), 513-516.

1985 Reitsma-Street, M., Offord, D.R & Finch, T. Pairs of same-sexed siblings

discordant for antisocial behaviour. British Journal of Psychiatry, 146, 415-423.

1984 Reitsma-Street, M. Differential treatment of young offenders: A review of the

conceptual level matching model. Canadian Journal of Criminology, 26(2), 199-

215.

1984 Reid, S. & Reitsma-Street, M. Assumptions and implications of the new

Canadian legislation for young offenders. Canadian Criminology Forum, 7(1), 1-

19.

1983 Offord, D.R. & Reitsma-Street, M. Problems in studying antisocial behaviour.

Psychiatric Developments, 2, 207-224.

CHAPTERS IN REFEREED BOOKS

2013 Reitsma-Street, M. Neysmith, Sh., Baker Collins, S., & Porter, E. Provisioning:

Thinking about all of women’s work. In Mary Hobbs and Carla Rice (Eds.)

Gender and Women’s Studies in Canada: Critical Terrain. Toronto: Canadian

Scholars Press (pp. 597-605). (Edited reprint from Canadian Women’s Studies,

2005).

2012 Artz, A., Stoneman, L. and Reitsma-Street, M. Canadian girls and crime in the

21st century. In John Winterdyk and Russell C. Smandych (Eds.) Youth at Risk

and Youth Justice: A Canadian Overview. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford

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University Press (pp. 130-155).

2008 Neysmith, S., Reitsma-Street, M., Baker Collins, S. & Porter, E. A Study of

Women’s Provisioning – Implications for Social Provisions. In J. Pulkingham and

M. Cohen (Eds) Imagining Public Policy to Meet Women’s Economic Security

Needs. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (pp. 142-176).

2006 Neysmith, S., Reitsma-Street, M., Baker Collins, S. & Porter, E. Provisioning:

Thinking About All of Women’s Work. Canadian Women’s Studies: An

Introductory Reader edited by Andrea Medovarski and Brenda Cranney. Inanna

Publications and Education Inc (pp. 244-254). (Reprint of article in Canadian

Women’s Studies 2005).

2005 Reitsma-Street, M. Radical pragmatism: Prevention and intervention with girls in

conflict with the law. In Hoskins, M. L. & Artz, S. (Eds). Complex lives/complex

identities: Working with girls’ relational dilemmas. Haworth Press (pp.119-137).

(Republication of article in Child and Youth Services 2004).

2004 Reitsma-Street, M.. & Brown, L. Community action research. In Carroll, W.K.

(Ed.) Critical strategies for social research. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press

Inc (pp. 303-319). (Republication of chapter in Pathways to Power: Readings in

contextual social work practice published by Allyn & Bacon, 2002).

2004 Reitsma-Street, M., Artz, S. & Nicholson, D. Canadian Girls and Crime in the

21st Century. In J.A. Winterdyk (Ed.) Issues and perspectives on young offenders

in Canada (3rd Ed.) Toronto: Nelson (pp. 57-82)..

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. Connecting policies, girls and violence. In Moretti, M. M.,

Odgers, C.L. & Jackson, J.A. (Eds.), Girls and aggression: Contributing factors

and intervention principles. Kluwer (pp.115-130).

2002 Reitsma-Street, M. & Brown, L. Community Action Research. In O’Meila, M. &

Miley, K. K. (Eds.), Pathways to Power: Readings in contextual social work

practice. Boston, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore: Allyn & Bacon.

(pp. 74-94).

2001 Reitsma-Street, M. Justice for Canadian Girls: A 1990s update. In Fleming, T.,

O’Reilly, P. & Clark, B. (Eds.) Youth Injustice: Canadian Perspectives, 2nd ed.

Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc. (pp. 283-311). (Reprint, originally

published 1999 Canadian Journal of Criminology)

2000 Reitsma-Street, M. Justice for Canadian girls: A 1990s update. In Mann, R. M.

(Ed.) Juvenile Crime and Delinquency. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press Inc.

(pp. 221-246). (Reprint; originally published 1999 Canadian Journal of

Criminology) .

2000 Reitsma-Street, M. & Artz, S. Girls and Crime. In J.A. Winterdyk (Ed.) Issues

and Perspectives on Young Offenders in Canada, Second Edition. Toronto:

Harcourt Canada, (pp. 61-87).

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2000 Reitsma-Street, M. & Neysmith, S. Restructuring and community work: The

case of community resource centres for families in poor urban neighbourhoods.

In Neysmith, S. (Eds.) Restructuring Caring Labour: Discourse, State Practice

and Everyday Life. Toronto: Oxford University Press, (pp. 142-163).

2000 Reitsma-Street, M. Juvenile delinquency, Canada. Encyclopaedia of Women

and Crime, with Rafter, N. Editor-in-Chief. Phoenix: The Oryx Press, (pp.

132-134).

1999 Reitsma-Street, M. & Rogerson, P. Implementing principles: An alternative

community organization for children. In Blackford, K.A., Garceau, L. & Kirby, S.

(Eds.). Feminist Success Stories: Célébrons nos réussites feministes. Ottawa:

University of Ottawa Press, (pp. 289-306).

1998 Reitsma-Street, M. Girls Still Learning to Care: Still Policed to Care. In Baines,

C., Evans, P. & Neysmith, S. (Eds.) Women’s Caring: Feminist Perspectives on

Social Welfare. Revised Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, (pp. 87-113).

1993 Reid, S. & Reitsma-Street, M. Assumptions and Implications of New Canadian

Legislation for Young Offenders. In O'Reilly-Fleming, T. & Clark, B.

(eds.) Youth Injustice: Canadian Perspectives. Toronto: Canadian Scholars

Press, Inc. (Reprint with permission of a 1984 article in Canadian Criminology

Forum), (pp. 49-74).

1993 Reitsma-Street, M. & Stewart, G. Alternative Measures and Services for Young

Offenders in Ontario. In O'Reilly-Fleming, T. & Clark, B. (Eds.), Youth Injustice:

Canadian Perspectives. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, Inc., (pp.

145-169).

1991 Reitsma-Street, M. A Review of Female Delinquency. In Leschied, A .W.,

Jaffe, P. G. & Willis, W. (Eds.) The Young Offenders Act. A Revolution in

Canadian Juvenile Justice. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (pp. 248-290).

1991 Reitsma-Street, M. Girls learn to care: Girls policed to care. In Baines, C.,

Evans, P. & Neysmith, S. (Eds.). Women's Caring: Feminist Perspectives on Social

Welfare, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Inc., (pp.106-137).

1990 Reitsma-Street, M., Alice Guy, et Coco-Johnson. Un programme pilote

interagences de prévention en santé mentale dans deux écoles secondaires.

Sous la direction de Jean-François Saucier et Laurent Houde. Prévention

Psychosociale Pour L'enfance et L'adolescence Montréal: Les Presses de

l'Université de Montréal, (pp. 213-236).

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REFEREED BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS WITH ISBN NUMBERS

2012 Neysmith, S. M., Reitsma-Street, M., Baker Collins, S., & Porter, E. Beyond

Caring Labour to Provisioning Work. University of Toronto Press. ISBN-4426-

4325-3 (Cloth); ISBN 978-4426-1175-7 (Paper) and ISBN 978-1442-6957-33 E-

book (207 pages)

2006 Wallace, B., Klein, S. & Reitsma-Street, M. Denied Assistance: Closing the front

door on welfare in BC. Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group and

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-BC Office. ISBN 0-88627-459-1. (68

pages).

2005 Reitsma-Street, M., Fast, C., Wells, A. & De Champlain, D. (Editors). Housing

Thousands of Women. An edited collection of the works of the Women’s Housing

Action Team. Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria,

BC, ISBN 1-55058-291-7 (118 pages). In the collection wrote chapters: “A

Background to Women, Poverty and Housing Policy”, by Reitsma-Street, M.;

Housing Realities and requirements for women living with disabilities in the

Capital Region of British Columbia, by Alcorn, P., Gropp, H., Neubauer, J. &

Reitsma-Street, M.; “The housing of older Aboriginal and immigrant women”, by

Bilsbarrow, J., Craig, C., Lee, W., Elliott, C. & Reitsma-Street, M. Women’s

housing requirements and the women’s housing wheel, by Reitsma-Street, M.

with the Women’s Housing Action Team.

2001 Reitsma-Street, M., Schofield, J., Lund, B. & Kasting, C. Housing policy options

for women living in poverty. An urban action research project in three Canadian

cities. Ottawa: Status of Women Canada. (125 pages). ISBN 0-660-61341-7.

Disponible en francais. Options en matière de politique de logement urbain pour

les femmes vivant dans la pauvrété.

2000 Reitsma-Street, M., Hopper, A. and Seright, J. (Editors) Poverty and inequality in

the capital region of British Columbia. Victoria: University of Victoria, Faculty of

Human and Social Development. (198 pages). ISBN 1-55058-209-7.

1999 Reitsma-Street, M. Poverty in Victoria: The real facts. In Schofield, J. (ed.) The

Poverty Reader (pp. 23-47). Victoria: University of Victoria, Division of

Continuing Studies. ISBN 1-55058-208-9.

1996 Kechnie, M. & Reitsma-Street, M. (Eds.) Changing lives: Women in Northern

Ontario. Toronto: Dundurn Press (362 pages). ISBN 1-55002-239-3.

1989 Reitsma-Street, M. A feminist analysis of Ontario laws for delinquency and

neglect: More control than care. Working Papers on Social Welfare in Canada,

No. 18. Toronto: School of Social Work, University of Toronto, (96 pages). ISBN

0710-0299.

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PROFESSIONAL AND POPULAR PUBLICATIONS

2014 Reitsma-Street, M. “I am not cancer…” The Canadian Friend, Vol 110 (1), 12-

13.

2010 Reitsma-Street, M. “Social justice work in community”, The Canadian Friend,

Vol 106 (2), p.19.

2008 Tam, S., Reitsma-Street, M. and Wedge Provisioning, Women and Community

Research Project Team. “Women, Provisioning and Community: Thinking

Holistically about Women’s Work”. A Research Report. Studies in Policy and

Practice, University of Victoria www.uvic.ca/spp/publications and the Faculty of

Social Work, University of Toronto, www.socialwork.utoronto.ca

2007 Reitsma-Street, M. “A Guide to Completing a Thesis or Project Proposal.” Studies

in Policy and Practice, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of

Victoria. 20 pages. Available on http://web.uvic.ca/spp/publications/index.htm

2007 Reitsma-Street, M. “Are People in Need Denied Assistance?” Times Colonist,

April 24, p. A9. Opinion Piece.

2005 Reitsma-Street, M., Baker-Collins, S., Porter, E. & Neysmith, S. “All the work

women do: Imagining household and collective provisioning.” Imagining Public

Policy to Meet Women’s Economic Security Needs, Conference Proceedings,

Simon Fraser University. Vancouver October 14. Available on

http://www.sfu.ca/economicsecurityproject/publications.htm

2005 Reitsma-Street, M. “Women, provisioning and community.” Women &

Environments International Magazine. Vol. 66/67 Spring/Summer. p. 45.

2005 van Mossel, C. and Reitsma-Street, M. “The provisioning of a women’s

organisation: Focus group findings of the provisioning project in a Western

Canadian city.” (26 pages). University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. Report for the

Bridges for Women Society.

2005 Reitsma-Street, M. “Foundations of three Canadian campaigns against poverty

amid affluence.” Plenary published in electronic refereed conference proceedings.

Mobile Boundaries Rigid Worlds, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion.

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. (www.crsi.mq.edu.au).

2005 Reitsma-Street, M., & Wallace, B. “Envisioning the future of welfare reform.”

Times Colonist. P. A11 Opinion Piece.

2005 Reitsma-Street, M. “A proposal for a new BC work and well-being act.”

www.creativeresistance.ca As part of invited submissions for “Creative

http://www.uvic.ca/spp/publicationshttp://www.socialwork.utoronto.ca/http://web.uvic.ca/spp/publications/index.htmhttp://www.sfu.ca/economicsecurityproject/publications.htmhttp://www.crsi.mq.edu.au/http://www.creativeresistance.ca/

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Resistance Guide to Elections.” Feb. 25.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. “The provisioning of women: A Summary.” Wedge

Provisioning Research Project, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. “The provisioning of women: Findings of the pilot

provisioning project in a western Canadian city.” Report for Bridges Society of

Victoria. Victoria, BC (31 pages).

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. & Wallace, B. “Resisting two-year limits on welfare in British

Columbia”. www.pov.net. Aug. 30. Earlier version abridged for Street Newz, July

2004, pp. 8-10 (sold by homeless vendors; available

www.streetnewz.communitypip.org

2004 Alcorn, P., Gropp, J., Neubauer, J., & Reitsma-Street, M. “Housing realities and

requirements for women living with disabilities in the capital region of British

Columbia.” Women’s Housing Action Team, Victoria. Available on

www.uvic.ca/spp/publications) (9 pages) and on various housing & disability

websites.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. “Two year time limits on welfare in British Columbia.” Purple

Prose, Newsletter of the Faculty of Women’s Caucus of the University of Victoria,

2 (6), 7-12. Available on www.uvic.ca/spp/publications/publications.htm

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. “The limits of welfare limits.” Street Newz, April 1, pp. 2-3.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. “Thousands threatened by welfare freeze’. Perspectives, BC

Association of Social Workers, 26(1), 1-3.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. “Remembering women, violence and poverty.” Purple Prose,

Newsletter of the Faculty of Women’s Caucus of the University of Victoria, 2 (4 &

5), 8-12.

2004 Advisory Housing Committee (King, L. and Reitsma-Street, M., Co-Chairs).

“Three Housing Recommendations to Mayor and Council”, Victoria, BC. Jan. 21.

2003 Reitsma-Street, M. “No place to live: British Columbia’s housing crisis worsens.”

Perspectives, Summer Newsletter, BC Association of Social Workers, p.15.

2003 Reitsma-Street, M., Peredo, A.M., Chen, X. & McHugh, A. “Reflections on

Research Entries and Endings.” Variegations: New Research Directions in Human

and Social Development, 1(1), 36-41. (E-journal).

2003 Reitsma-Street, M. “The Research Proposal in Thirteen Parts.” Practicalities of

Completing a Degree in HSD, Symposium Contribution. Studies in Policy and

Practice, University of Victoria, (13 pages).

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2003 Reitsma-Street, M. & Prentice, A. “The facts of women and housing: Past and

present.” Women’s Housing Action Team, Victoria, BC (An earlier version

published December 2002 in “Report Cards from the Present”, Friends of Women

and Children in BC, University of British Columbia. (www.wmst.ubc.ca).

2002 Reitsma-Street, M. “The End of a Welfare Era.” Perspectives, Newsletter, BC

Association of Social Workers (p. 5).

2002 Reitsma-Street, M. “The New Era of Welfare.” In The Times Colonist (p. A9), July

15, 2002.

2002 Reitsma-Street, M. “The Proposed BC Employment and Assistance Act.” The

Lower Island News (pp. 12-13). (April/May).

2002 Reitsma-Street, M. “Cuts Will Reduce Effectiveness of Volunteer Services.”

Perspectives, 24(2), 8-9. (April/May).

2002 Reitsma-Street, M. “Nothing Left to Give.” The Ring (p. 5), University of Victoria.

February 7.

2001 Reitsma-Street, M. (Ed) “Stories, Statistics and Services on Youth and Housing in

British Columbia’s Capital Region.” Pamphlet. Youth and Society Research

Centre, University of Victoria. (27 pages).

2000 Reitsma-Street, M. “Summary of Findings, Poverty and Inequality in BC’s Capital

Region.” Pamphlet. Capital Urban Poverty Project, University of Victoria,

Community Social Planning Council and Capital Regional District, Regional

Planning Services, BC.

2000 Reitsma-Street, M. “Capital Urban Poverty Project Update: Focus on Children and

Youth.” Youth and Society Newsletter, Vol. 2(1), p. 3.

1999 Reitsma-Street, M. (Editor) “Five Fact Sheets: Poverty and Inequality in Victoria’s

Capital Region.” Capital Urban Poverty Project, University of Victoria,

Community Social Planning Council and Capital Regional District, Regional

Planning Services, B.C. Also uploaded on www.crd.bc.ca/poverty

1999 Reitsma-Street, M. “The futures of poverty and wealth in Victoria’s Capital

Region”. Occasional Paper, Victoria: Community Social Planning Council of

Greater Victoria. (20 p)

1997 Reitsma-Street, M. “Major problems in the Ontario Works District of Sudbury

Business Plan”. Published Brief and presentation recorded in the February 20,

1997 Minutes of the District of Sudbury Social Services Administration Board (13

pages).

http://www.crd.bc.ca/poverty

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1997 Diallo, L., Reitsma-Street, M. & R. Arnold. “Seven Year Summary of Research

Findings.” Sudbury: Better Beginnings and Laurentian University, School of Social

Work (Booklet, 18p)

1997 Reitsma-Street, M. & S. Neysmith. “Giving Time in Children’s Prevention

Programs in Three Communities”. Occasional Paper. University of Victoria and

the Better Beginnings, Better Futures Research Coordination Unit at Queen’s

University, Kingston.

1997 Reitsma-Street, M. “Learning from our mothers: Oral History Assignment”.

Connections, Newsletter of the Women’s Caucus, Canadian Association of Schools

of Social Work, 10-12.

1996 Reitsma-Street, M. “An unjust experiment: Will the workfare program save money

and create jobs?” The Sudbury Star, p. A4, September 17.

1995 Reitsma-Street, M. & P. Rogerson. “A management style for community

organizations”. Report. Sudbury: School of Social Work, Laurentian University

and Sudbury Better Beginnings, Better Futures Association. (48 pages)

1994 Mione, A., Reitsma-Street, M., and Sudbury Women's Housing Network.

“Housing: Not a gender neutral issue.” Research report and policy document for

agencies and Sudbury Planning Department. Sudbury; Elizabeth Fry Society (120

pages).

1994 Reitsma-Street, M. (Ed.). “Child and Youth Poverty in Sudbury: A Follow-up.”

Report. Sudbury: School of Social Work, Laurentian University (87 p.) Chapters

authored by Reitsma-Street, M.; “When there is no food or shelter: Children, food

banks, and crisis housing.”(pp. 36-44); “Disturbing trends, promising initiatives in

the struggle to eliminate child poverty in Sudbury.” (pp. 74-87)

1994 Reitsma-Street, M. “Summary of the Report Child and Youth Poverty in Sudbury”,

Community Focus, Dec., p. 2.

1994 School of Social Work Committee, Laurentian University, chaired by M. Reitsma-

Street. “Brief to Standing Committee on Human Resources Development re:

Axworthy's Discussion Paper Improving Social Security in Canada”. Sudbury,

Ontario.

1993 Diallo, l, M. Reitsma-Street and Bob Arnold. “La Participation des Résidents”

Report. Sudbury, Better Beginnings, Better Futures & School of Social Work,

Laurentian University. (52 pages).

1993 Reitsma-Street, M., “Fifteen years in the lives of Canadian girls in conflict with the

law”. Occasional paper. Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. (48

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pages).

1993 Reitsma-Street, M., “Prevention and Young Female Offenders”. Community Focus

- Newsletter of the Sudbury Social Planning Council, pp. 2-3.

1993 Reitsma-Street, M. “Better Beginnings, Better Futures: Programs and Research

Initiatives,” in B. Rogers (Ed.). Healthy Communities in Action. Report, Sudbury:

Ontario Public Health Association, The Sudbury and District Chamber of

Commerce and Sudbury and District Health Unit. (Pp. 66-68).

1993 L. Diallo, Lamine with M. Reitsma-Street and Bob Arnold, “Service Provider

Involvement”. Report. Sudbury, Better Beginnings, Better Futures and School of

Social Work, Laurentian University, August ( 37 pages)

1993 Reitsma-Street, M. & H. Street “A study of a Native Alternative School”. Report.

N'swakamok Native Friendship Centre, Sudbury Ontario. (68 pages)

1992 Reitsma-Street, M., “Some personal reflections on a sexual harassment”.

Connections, Newsletter of the Women’s Caucus, Canadian Association of Schools

of Social Work Spring, 12-15.

1992 M. Reitsma-Street, Member of the Low Income Tax Relief Working Group;

chaired by Dr. B. Kitchen (85 pages). Report to Fair Tax Commission and

Treasurer of Ontario. Low Income Tax Relief.

1992 M. Reitsma-Street Brief to Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services

Consultation. Panel on Child Care Reform. Private Citizen (10 pages).

1992 Reitsma-Street, M. “The Creation of a Better Beginnings, Better Futures Proposal

in Sudbury”. Report. Sudbury, School of Social Work, Laurentian University.

April, ( 42 pages)

1992 van de Sande, A., R. Carriére, C. Hein & M. Reitsma-Street. “Child and Youth

Poverty in Sudbury”. Sudbury: School of Social Work, Laurentian University (66

pages).

1991 M. Reitsma-Street, Member of the Child Poverty Task Force for the 1991 Canada’s

Children Conference (46 pages), chaired by B. Kitchen. “The consultation paper

Child and Family Poverty in Canada”. Ottawa, Canadian Child Welfare League.

1989 M. Reitsma-Street, Brief to Federal Justice Department on “Consultation

Document: Proposals to amend the YOA,” , (8 pages). Published in Canadian

Review of Social Policy, Issue 25, pp. 9-10.

1989 Reitsma-Street, M. (With the Child Poverty Research Group). “The Forgotten Cry:

Child Poverty in North Bay”. Report. Nipissing University College, Social Welfare

Department, North Bay, Ontario. April 1989. (90 pages)

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1988 Reitsma-Street, M. “Free Trade: Yes or No,” The North Bay Nugget. With C.

Sarlo. November 18, p. 25.

1988 Reitsma-Street, M. & Graham Stewart, “Alternative Measures”. Discussion paper

for the John Howard of Ontario. Justice, Reform, and Government Affairs

Committee of John Howard Society of Ontario (25 pages).

1988 Reitsma-Street, M. “Four Case Studies: Differential Assessment and Treatment

Plans”. Report. International Differential Treatment Repository, School of Criminal

Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia (March).

1987 Reitsma-Street, M. with A. Leschied. “Conceptual Level Matching Model

Bibliography Update 1987”. Pamphlet. International Differential Treatment

Repository, School of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia (May).

1986 Reitsma-Street, M. with L. Zager. “Information on Several Classification and

Treatment Systems”. Pamphlet. International Differential Treatment Repository,

School of Criminal Justice, Temple University (January).

1986 M. Reitsma-Street. “Health Care Accessibility Act (Ban on Extra-Billing)”

Toronto. Presentation to the Standing Committee on Social Development of the

Legislative Assembly of Ontario. (30 minutes; transcript Sll-S17).

1986 M. Reitsma-Street. Chair of Penal Reform Group, “Brief to Justice and Legal

Affairs Committee, Legislative Committees, House of Commons, Ottawa on Bill

C-106 - Amendments to the Young Offenders Act”. John Howard Society,

Hamilton Branch (13 pages).

1985 Reitsma-Street, M. “The Administration, Scoring and Interpretation of the

Paragraph Completion Method. (Based on Protocols of Youth in the Mental Health

and Criminal Justice Systems)”. Manual. International Differential Treatment

Association Repository School of Criminal Justice, Temple University. Revised

January 1986. (July)

1985 Reitsma-Street, M. “Ted Palmer and differential treatment.” The Differential View,

Journal of the International Differential Treatment Association, 20, 10-12.

1985 Reitsma-Street, M., C. Johnson, A. Guy, P.Greenberg, and. J. J. Pittaway, “The

Wentworth-Chedoke Pilot Prevention Project”. Report. Chedoke Child and Family

Centre, Chedoke Hospitals and McMaster University, Hamilton (March)

1984 Reitsma-Street, M., G. Morrison.“Potential Educational Communities for

Preventive Mental Health Programs”. Report . Child and Family Centre, Chedoke-

McMaster Hospitals and Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University,

Hamilton. (February)

1983 Reitsma-Street, M., D.Zivanovich, “A Proposal to Evaluate the Impact of Cool

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School's PREP Program for Adolescents with Specific Learning Disabilities”.

Report. Chedoke Child and Family Centre, Chedoke Hospitals and McMaster

University, Hamilton (June)

1983 Reitsma-Street, M., D. R. Offord, “Review of Twelve In-House Research Projects:

1977-1983”. Pamphlet. Chedoke Child and Family Centre, Chedoke Hospitals and

McMaster University, Hamilton (July ).

1983 Reitsma-Street, M., D.R. Offord, T. Finch, & G. Dummitt, “Antisocial Adolescents

and their non-antisocial siblings”. (Final Report and Technical Appendices).

Chedoke Child and Family Centre and the Department of Psychiatry, McMaster

University, Hamilton and Program Research and Evaluation Branch Ministry of

Community and Social Services, Toronto, Ontario.

1983 Reitsma-Street, M., T. Anderson, & D. Munroe, “B'nai B'rith Cottage Research

Project: The Beginning Stages”. Report. Chedoke Child and Family Centre,

Chedoke Hospitals and McMaster University, Hamilton, May .

1983 Reitsma-Street, M., B. MacKinnon, D. Munroe, & B. Buchanan, “Characteristics

of Clients Perceived by Clinicians as Successful or Unsuccessful Chedoke Child

and Family Centre”. Report. Chedoke Hospitals and McMaster University,

Hamilton (April)

1982 Reitsma-Street, M. “A critical review of the Conceptual Level Matching Model and

its relevance for the treatment of maladjusted youth”. The Differential View, 12, 49-

58.

1981 Reitsma-Street, M. and H. Street. Analysis of a program for low Conceptual Level

delinquents. The Differential View, 11, 19-31.

1981 Reitsma-Street, M. and R. Brill. “Comparison of the effects of matching treators to

delinquent clients using Conceptual Level and I-level theories” The Differential

View, 10, 37-48.

1980 Reitsma-Street, M. “Technical Note on the Instrument Measuring Conceptual

Level: Comparison of the Written and Oral Responses to the Paragraph Completion

Method”. Manual. Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University, Hamilton.

(June)

1980 Reitsma-Street, M. The process of action research: A case study. The Differential

View, 9, 19-58.

1978 Reitsma-Street, M. and R. Brill, “The Human Resource”. Final Report No.2. Boys'

Farm Evaluation Project, Groupe de Recherche sur l'Inadaptation Juvénile,

Université de Montréal.

1978 Reitsma-Street, M. “Growth Scales: Assessment, Treatment Planning and

Monitoring Tool”. Manual. Shawbridge Youth Centres, Shawbridge, P.Q. (March)

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1977 R. Brill and M. Reitsma-Street, “Action-Research in a Treatment Agency for

Delinquent Youth”. Report. Boys' Farm Evaluation Project, Groupe de Recherche

sur l'Inadaptation Juvénile, Université de Montréal. No.4.

1976 Reitsma-Street, M. and R. Brill, “Staff Characteristics” Boys' Farm Evaluation

Project. Groupe de Recherche sur l'Inadaptation Juvénile, Université de Montréal

Report No.2,

1976 Reitsma-Street, M. & R. Brill, “Staff Tasks”. Boys' Farm Evaluation Project,

Groupe de Recherche sur l'Inadaptation Juvénile, Université de Montréal. Report

No. 1.

1975 Reitsma-Street, M., Social Action Committee. “Brief to the National Advisory

Committee on the Female Offender”. Elizabeth Fry Society, Hamilton Branch,

with Wendy Weeks as Chairwoman of the committee. (32 pages).

1973 Reitsma-Street, M. Civil liberties and the mentally ill. “Canada’s Mental Health”,

XXI, 9-11.

ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PAPERS WITH PUBLISHED REFEREED ABSTRACTS

2008 Reitsma-Street, M. “Deep Democracy: Three questions facing social work”

McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario. Keynote Address, 40th

Anniversary of the School of Social Work and Symposium on Social Justice. Available http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/socwork/40th.cfm; October 4, 2008.

2008 Gartside, C., Janz, S., Lowen, C., Prescott, V., Reitsma-Street, M., van Mossel, C.,

Vilches, S. and Wells, A. Victoria Wedge Research Advisory Circle. “Learning

Together in a Community - Community University Study of Provisioning in

Women’s Organizations”. Community University Partnerships: Connecting for

Change, Third International Community –University Exposition (CUexpo2008)

University of Victoria, May 6

2007 Baker-Collins, S., Neysmith, S., Smith-Carrier, T., Reitsma-Street, M., & Porter, E.

“Women’s Collective Provisioning: A Bridge to Political Action?” Congress of the

Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, University of Saskatchewan,

Saskatoon Saskatchewan, May 30

2007 van Mossel, C., Reitsma-Street, M., Porter, E., Neysmith, S., Baker Collins, S. &

Gartside, C. “Provisioning: Theorising the ‘Work’ and Social Action of Groups of

Women.” Canadian Association of Women’s Studies Association, Congress,

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, May 31.

2007 Tam, S., Neysmith, S. & Reitsma-Street, M. “Provisioning Responsibilities:

Connecting Work to Relationships.” Annual Conference, International Association

http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/socwork/40th.cfm

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of Feminist Economics. Ramkhanhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand. July 1.

2006 Reitsma-Street, M. “What to do about poverty - the ubiquitous yet neglected

commitment of social work.” Social Justice in Social Work Education and

Practice. Whitaker Field Education Conference, School of Social Work,

University of Victoria. October 21.

2006 Lowen, C. & Reitsma-Street, M. “Impact of performance-based funding on

provisioning an employability program for women who experienced abuse.”

Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Conference. York University.

Toronto, ON. June 1.

2006 Neysmith, S., Reitsma-Street, M., Baker-Collins, & S., Porter, E.,. “The

Provisioning Responsibilities of Older Women”. 8th Global Conference,

The International Federation of Ageing (IFA), Copenhagen, Denmark.

May 30 - June 2.

2006 Reitsma-Street, M. “Essential community research processes in poverty and

housing”. Methods for Community Based Research and Evaluation, Summer

Institute, University of Victoria. July 14.

2005 Baker-Collins, S., Porter, E., Neysmith, S. & Reitsma-Street, M., “It’s the little

things that count: Women provisioning to sustain life.” Canadian Social Welfare

Policy Conference. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB. June 17.

2005 Reitsma-Street, M., Porter, E., Baker Collins, S., & Neysmith, S., “All the work

women do: Imagining household and collective provisioning.” Imagining Public

Policy to Meet Women’s Economic Security Needs. Simon Fraser University.

Vancouver October 14. (Presented by Reitsma-Street, M.)

2005 Baker-Collins, S., Porter, E., Neysmith, S & Reitsma-Street, M., “The complex

web of household provisioning: Stories of food coop members.” Imagining Public

Policy to Meet Women’s Economic Security Needs. Simon Fraser University.

October 14.

2005 Porter, E., Baker Collins, S., Neysmith, S. & Reitsma-Street, M., “Collective

provisioning: Contributions of community resource centres.” Imagining

Public Policy to Meet Women’s Economic Security Needs. Simon Fraser

University. October 4.

2005 Neysmith, S., Baker-Collins, S., Porter, E. & Reitsma-Street, M., “Provisioning

policies of a provident state.” Imagining Public Policy to Meet Women’s Economic

Security Needs. Simon Fraser University. October 14.

2005 Neysmith, S., co-authored with Aronson, J., Baker-Collins, S., Porter, E. &

Reitsma-Street, M. “Shifting the boundaries or policing the borders?” 1st

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International Conference Community, Work and Family. Manchester, U.K.

March 16-18.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. “Foundations of three Canadian campaigns against poverty

amid affluence.” Plenary, Mobile Boundaries/Rigid Worlds: The Contemporary

Paradox. 2nd Annual Conference of the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion.

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. September 26.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M., co-authored with Baker Collins, S., Neysmith, S. &

Porter, E. “Provisioning work: Preliminary research results of a multi-site study of

women in community.” 2nd Annual Conference of the Centre for Research on

Social Inclusion. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. September 26.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M., co-authored by Baker Collins, S., Neysmith, S. & Porter, E.

“Redefining boundaries and crossing borders: Implications of women’s

provisioning work in community.” Global Social Work Congress: Reclaiming

Civil Society. Adelaide, Australia. October 3.

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. with Baker Collins, S., Neysmith, S. & Porter, E. “Regulating

reciprocity in multi-site collaborative community research on women and

provisioning.” Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Conference,

Winnipeg. June 1.

2003 Reitsma-Street, M. “The threat of the ticking clock: Social work’s engagement with

welfare, poverty, food security and housing.” BC Association of Social Workers

Fall Conference, Vancouver. November 15.

2003 Reitsma-Street, M. & co-authored with Neysmith, S. “Provisioning: The practical

and strategic work of women and their communities.” 11th Biennial Social Welfare

Policy Conference, Ottawa. June 16.

2003 Reitsma-Street, M., & Dowhy, L. “Community action research and new social

cooperatives: A case study.” Congress of the Canadian Association for Studies in

Co-operatives, The International Research Committee of the International Co-

operative Alliance, and the BC Institute for Co-operative Studies, May 30.

2002 Reitsma-Street, M. “Issues in community action research: Social justice and

ownership.” International Human Science Research Conference, Victoria, BC.

June 21.

2002 Reitsma-Street, M. “Policing the welfare and work of Canadian girls.” Girls and

Aggression Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. May 10.

2001 Reitsma-Street, M. “Community action research: Putting poverty on the policy

agenda of a rich region.” Tenth Biennial Conference on Canadian Social Welfare

Policy, University of Calgary. June 18.

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2000 Reitsma-Street, M. “Rich time–A relational currency: A way to move beyond

inequality.” Feminist Utopias–The International Inaugural Conference of the

Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Toronto. November 11.

2000 Reitsma-Street, M. “Community action research in multi-city social justice work.”

Joint Conference of the International Federation of Social Workers and the

International Association of Schools of Social Work. Montreal, P.Q. July 29-

August 2.

2000 Reitsma-Street, M. “Using tales from women living on low incomes.” Building

Bridges: Creating an Integrated Approach to Women’s Health National Conference

Co-sponsored by Health Canada, Health Association BC, BC Women’s Hospital

and Health Centre, CRD, BC Ministry of Women’s Equality, CHPC, University of

Victoria, BC Ministry of Health, Victoria, BC. April 30.

1999 Reitsma-Street, M. “Restructuring and community care work.” Canadian Research

Institute for the Advancement of Women Biannual Conference. Sudbury, Ontario.

October 17.

1999 Reitsma-Street, M. “Using action research to build women-centred urban

coalitions”. Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women Biannual

Conference. Sudbury, Ontario. October 16

1999 Reitsma-Street, M. “Analysis of anti-poverty coalitions in the 1990s” (with C.

Wright). Ninth Social Welfare Policy Conference Montreal, June 22

1999 Reitsma-Street, M. “Users of poverty data in a rich city.” (With Kevin Lee). Ninth

Social Welfare Policy Conference Montreal, June 22

1999 Reitsma-Street, M. “This is Where we Live: Women and Urban Housing Policies

in Two Cities.” (with G. Geller) Ninth Social Welfare Policy Conference.

Montreal, June 21

1998 Reitsma-Street, M. “Policing Girls to Care: A 1990s Update.” Western Biennial

Conference of Anthropology and Sociology. Vancouver, May 18.

1997 Reitsma-Street, M.“ Valuing work in low income communities: The case of Better

Beginnings”. Eight Social Welfare Policy Conference (With S. Neysmith). Regina,

June. 4

1996 Reitsma-Street, M. "Popular education tools to support community activists" (with

J. Kuyek). Canada's Children, Canada's Future Conference (Child Welfare League

of Canada and Ont. Association of Children's Aid Societies), Ottawa, November

26.

1996 Reitsma-Street, M. "Reflections of an activist researcher: Abolition of a welfare

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snitch line." Praxis/Nexus: Feminist Methodology, Theory, and Community

International Conference, Victoria. Victoria, B.C., January 20.

1993 Reitsma-Street, M. "Community development for children: The Better Beginnings

Better Futures Model." Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work

Conference, Ottawa, June 11.

1993 Reitsma-Street, M. "Participating action research strategies in a community

prevention project." 6th Biannual Social Welfare Conference, St. John’s,

Newfoundland, June 30.

1992 Reitsma-Street, M. "Poverty and children in Canada: Competing explanations,

competing solutions." International Conference Justice for Children. Glasgow,

Scotland, September 23.

1992 Reitsma-Street, M. "Evaluation of a prevention program."7th Annual Conference of

the Institute for Prevention of Child Abuse. Toronto, October 26.

1989 Reitsma-Street, M. "The Conceptual Level Matching Model for Youth

Corrections." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Washington, D.C., March 28.

1989 Reitsma-Street, M. "The implementation of the Young Offenders Act: Five Years

Later.” 4th Social Welfare Policy Conference, Toronto, October 27.

1988 Reitsma-Street, M. "Scripts in female delinquents." Canadian Anthropology and

Sociology Association. Windsor, Ontario, June 4.

1988 Reitsma-Street, M. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, "New

directions for female delinquency and practice." Windsor, Ontario, June 7.

1988 Reitsma-Street, M. ). "Preparing Practitioners for the battle against violence within

families." Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, (with R. Carriere

Windsor, Ontario, June 9.

1986 Reitsma-Street, M. "More control than care: Analysis of Ontario laws for

delinquent and neglected youth." Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Annual

Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 7.

1985 Reitsma-Street, M. "An interagency preventive mental health program in two

secondary schools." International Conf. on Prevention, Montreal, P.Q., April 30.

1982 Reitsma-Street, M. "Comparison of antisocial boys and their non-antisocial

brothers." American Society of Criminology Conference, Toronto, Ontario,

November 5.

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INVITED ACADEMIC PAPERS AND OTHER ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

2007 “The Trials of Provisioning: Reflections on Writing up a Multi-Site Research

Project.” Luncheon Seminar Series in Studies in Policy and Practice, UVic.

November 22.

2006 “How do we Understand Community-Based Research? What is it? What Issues are

Involved?” Centre of Aging Student Lunch Session. University of Victoria. March

29.

2006 “The How-To’s of Graduate Work.” HSD Graduate Student Conference.

University of Victoria. October 23.

2006 “Final Revision Research Proposal in Thirteen Parts,” 4th Annual Faculty of

Human and Social Development Graduate Faculty Conference, University of

Victoria. October 13.

2006 “The Provisioning of Women’s Groups in Neo-Liberal Regimes.” Presented at the

Wedge Provisioning Research Symposium. Faculty of Social Work, University of

Toronto. August 1. (with Baker Collins, S., Neysmith, S. & Porter, E.)

2006 “Provisioning: Conceptualising the work of individual women and groups of

women.” Research Symposium. University of Victoria. March 22. (with van

Mossel, C.)

2006 “Ethics of emerging research.” Invited Speech. University of Victoria Ethics

Review Board. January 30.

2005 “Highlights of Housing Thousands of Women Report: What Legacy - Sowing

Seeds for the Future.” Women’s Housing Action Team Press Conference, City

Hall, Victoria, BC. December 1.

2005 “Narratives in Canadian Anti-Poverty Campaigns” School of Social Work and

Studies in Policy and Practice Public Lecture, University of Victoria, November

30.

2005 “All the work women do: Imagining household and collective provisioning.”

Studies in Policy and Practice, School of Social Work & VIPIRG, Public Research

Symposium, University of Victoria. October 17.

2005 “Provisioning of a women’s organization.” Studies in Policy and Practice, School

of Social Work & VIPIRG, Public Research Symposium, University of Victoria.

October 17 (with C. van Mossel).

2005 “Provisioning policies of a provident state.” Studies in Policy and Practice, School

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of Social Work & VIPIRG, Public Research Symposium, University of Victoria.

October 17 (with Sheila Neysmith).

2005 “Graduation address: Towards a leadership of scale.” Leadership Victoria

Graduation Ceremony. June 23. www.leadershipvictoria.ca, Victoria.

2005 “Challenges to community based research.” Community Based Research Forum,

University of Victoria. Available on www.research.uvic.ca/VPRE/index.htm

April 23.

2004 “Lessons from thirty years of practice in doing research in community.” Centre

for Social Justice and Social Change, University of Western Sydney, Sydney,

Australia. October 25.

2004 “The promises and costs of community action research.” School of Social Work,

Melbourne University. October 21.

2003 “The research proposal.” The practicalities of completing a degree in HSD.

Faculty of Human and Social Development Graduate Conference, University of

Victoria. October 24.

2003 “Entering and exiting research projects.” Human and Social Development Faculty

Research Day, University of Victoria, April 11. (with A.M. Peredo, X. Chen, and

A. McHugh).

2003 “Policy from community action research projects on poverty and health,”

Colloquium Series, Centre for Youth and Society, University of Victoria. April 3.

2002 “Cutting welfare: An analysis of the proposed BC Employment and Assistance

Act.” Public Panel, Faculties of Humanities, Law, and Human and Social

Development, University of Victoria. March 13.

2002 “Dilemmas of participation, action and research in community.” Presenter, Centre

for Youth and Society Symposium on Evaluation, University of Victoria. March 1.

2001 “Issues in Participation,” Qualitative Research Forum, Faculty of Human and

Social Development, University of Victoria. November 13.

2001 “Putting poverty and inequality on the agenda of a rich region: Issues in

community action research.” Studies in Policy and Practice, Public Seminar

University of Victoria. October 23.

2000 “Tales of inequity from a rich city,” School of Social Work, McMaster University,

Public Lecture Series. November 1.

2000 “Community action research: Lessons and Challenges, “Laurentian University,

Sudbury Social Planning Council and School of Social Work Special Lecture.

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October 18.

1999 “Feminisms: What difference to the study of inequality?” Dean of Social Sciences

Colloquium Series, University of Victoria. February 26.

1998 “Understanding inequality in the Capital region: The National Urban Poverty

project” Department of Sociology Seminar, University of Victoria. September 30.

1998 “The Multilateral Agreement Investment and the UN Covenant of Human Rights:

A Policy Contrast.” Vancouver Island Public Information Research Group,

University of Victoria March 25.

1998 “Giving Time: A Case Study of Unpaid Work in Children’s Prevention Program”

(With S. Neysmith). University of Toronto, Changing Conditions of Women’s

Caring Labour Symposium. Toronto, January 29.

1997 “Crosswinds in an evaluation of a community prevention project.” University of

Victoria, Faculty of Human and Social Development Seminar. February 17

1996 “Community Work: A new arena for women's citizenship” (with S. Neysmith),

University of Toronto, Changing Conditions of Women's Caring Labour

Symposium, Toronto, May 11.

1995 “Pitfalls in Action Research.” Social Work Research Centre, Invited seminar,

University of Stirling, Scotland. November 18

1995 “Contemporary Developments in Canadian Juvenile Justice.”Applied Social

Science Department, University of Stirling, Scotland Seminar Series. November 18

1995 School of Policy Studies Seminar, University of Bristol, UK. “Action research:

Strategies and issues.” October 17.

1993 “The Better Beginnings Research Project.”Laurentian University, Centre for

Research in Human Development Annual Conference, Sudbury, May 7.

1993 "Programs and research initiatives in the Better Beginnings, Better Futures

Prevention Project."Ontario Public Health Association Annual Conference and

Third Annual Healthy Places, Healthy People, Sudbury, November 14.

1992 "Three perspectives on child poverty."Laurentian Sociology, Anthropology and

Social Work Seminars. Sudbury, Ontario, March 11

1992 "Research issues in community development."First North Eastern Ontario

Community Development Institute, Laurentian University. March 25

1992 “Creating community nets.” Networking for Children Conference, Ontario

Association for Professional Social Workers, Toronto. November 26.

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1991 "Female delinquency and the YOA."Laurentian Sociology and Anthropology

Seminars. Sudbury, Ontario, November 27.

1988 "The Conceptual Level Matching Model in Corrections." Northeastern Ontario,

Psychology Conference, Nipissing Univ. College. North Bay, Ontario, April 18.

1988 "The varieties of alternative measures for young offenders." John Howard of

Ontario Conference Couchiching in Orillia. October 22.

1987 "From private dreams to public knowledge: The method in a study of delinquency

and conformity in adolescent sisters."Third Annual Social Work Research Day,

School of Social Work, Univ. of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, February 13.

1987 "Comments on the method and findings of a study on delinquent girls and their

non-delinquent sisters." Centre for Criminology, Univ. of Toronto, Symposium on

Gender, Law and Social Control, Toronto, Ontario, April 10.

1987 “The Conceptual Level Matching Model: Research and implications for practice.”

7th Opinicon Psychology Conference, sponsored by Rideau Correctional Centre,

Chaffey’s Locks, Ontario. May 5

1987 “Characteristics of Structure in a Treatment Environment.” 11th International

Differential Treatment Association Conference, Orillia, Ontario. May 29.

1986 “Structured Flexibility Characteristics of a residential Environment for Sometimes

Violent Youth.” International Differential Treatment Association Conference, 10th

Annual Conference, Estes Park, Colorado. June 1.

1983 “Critical review of the Conceptual Level Matching Model and its relevance to

maladjusted youth.” International Differential Treatment Association Conference,

Wayzata, Minn., May 10

1981 “An introduction to Conceptual Level.” Conceptual Level Seminar Series, Co-

sponsored by Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and the

International Differential Treatment Association (IDTA), Toronto. June 18

1981 “Analysis of a program for low conceptual level youth.” 5th Annual International

Differential Treatment Association Conference (IDTA), Rensselaerville, New

York. April 21

1981 “Psychometric evaluation of juvenile offenders with an objective personality test.”

Ontario Family Court Clinic Conference, Toronto.

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KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS TO PROFESSIONAL AND POPULAR AUDIENCES

2009 “Working towards social justice in the community” Acceptance speech for the Dick

Weiler Award for lifetime contributions in building community partnership and social

justice, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, October 14.

2006 Reitsma-Street, M. “From AntiViolence to ProVisioning: Supporting Women’s

Organisations in the 21st Century” Keynote Annual General Meeting, Bridges

Society for Women, Victoria, BC. September 28. Uploaded to

www.bridgesforwomen.ca

2004 Reitsma-Street, M. “Welfare in BC: Is there a limit to time limits?” Keynote, Field

Education Symposium, School of Social Work and Human Service, University of

Cariboo College, Kamloops, BC.

2003 Reitsma-Street, M. “Investing in the hands of the community.” Keynote, Better

Beginnings, Better Futures Community Resources Centre and the Investors Group,

Sudbury, ON. March 1.

2003 Reitsma-Street, M. “Imposing changes: A review of recent new provincial

policies.” Keynote, Public Forum, Oceanside Coalition for Strong Communities,

Parksville & Qualicum, BC. February 3.

1999 Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria Annual Meeting. Keynote,

“The Future of Poverty and Wealth in Victoria’s Capital Region: Three

Perspectives.” September 1

1999 Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria. “Poverty in Victoria: The

Real Facts” Public Issues Community Forum. (2nd

Keynote, With Bishop Remi de

Roo) February 2, 1999.

1998 Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria. Keynote, “Challenging

poverty in our community: Canada measured by the United Nations.” Public Issues

Community Forum. November 19.

1997 Elizabeth Fry Society of Sudbury, Annual Meeting. “New challenges, snitch lines

& prison sentences for poor women.” May 2.

1996 John Howard Society of Ontario Annual Conference. Plenary Speaker. “What

works: Planning programmes for the best results.” Toronto, October 28.

1994 The Social Service Research and Advisory Group, Annual Meeting. Keynote.

Sudbury, Ontario, “The shame of child poverty in Sudbury.” November 17

1993 Sudbury Youth Services, Annual Meeting. Keynote. “Is child poverty necessary?”

June 15

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1990 Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa, Annual meeting.“ Keynote. Females and the

Youth Offenders Act.” June 13

1983 Safety Net Conference of the Hard to Serve, sponsored by the Advocacy Unit of

the Ministry of Community and Social Services, Toronto. Plenary address, “The

outcome of the sibling study.” October 10

INVITED PRESENTATIONS TO PROFESSIONAL AND POPULAR AUDIENCES

2006 “Women, Provisioning and Community Research Project in Three Acts.” Older

Women’s Network Forum. Housing Cooperative, 115 Esplanade, Toronto. August

2 (with WEDGE research team).

2005 Reitsma-Street, M., Baker Collins, S. Cerny, J., Tam, S., Porter, E.& Neysmith, S.

Panel Members. Presentation and Skit to the Better Beginnings, Better Futures

Community Resource Centre Public Forum. “Preliminary results of the

Provisioning Project,” Sudbury, ON. July 3.

2004 “Limits to wealth, poverty and welfare.” Lenten Speech, Church of St. John the

Divine, Victoria, BC. April 7.

2004 “Poverty and community development.” Workshop for Burnside Gorge

Community Centre, Victoria, BC. January 30.

2003 “Remembering women, violence, and poverty.” National Day of Remembrance

and Action on Violence Against Women, Women’s InterChurch Council of

Canada, Victoria, BC. December 6.

2003 “Housing policy in British Columbia.” Invited expert to National Council of

Welfare, Board of Directors, Victoria, BC. May 22.

2002 “Moral wealth and immoral poverty.” First Unitarian Church, District of Saanich,

BC. June 2.

2002 “Overview of proposed BC welfare laws.” Public Panel, Action Committee of

People with Disabilities, Victoria, BC. April 23.

2002 “Towards new housing models for women.” Transition Homes Housing

Committee, Victoria, BC. April 23.

2000 “Poverty and Inequality in the CRD.” Invited expert to the Capital Region

District Regional Planning Committee of 13 mayors and senior administrators,

Victoria, BC. April 19.

2000 “Poverty and Inequality in Saanich.” Invited expert to the District of Saanich

Municipal Council Meeting of Mayor and Councillors, Saanich, BC. March 20.

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2000 “Acknowledging Poverty and Women’s Unpaid Work.” Women’s Caucus and

University of Victoria. International Women’s Day Celebrations. March 8.

2000 “Facts and figures on poverty and inequality in the Capital Region of BC.”

Launch of Poverty and Inequality in BC’s Capital Region Research Report, Top

of Mount Tolmie, Victoria, BC. March 1. (Televised)

2000 “Women and poverty in our neighbourhood.” Victoria Group of the Canadian

Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative. Quaker House, Victoria, BC. March 1.

2000 “People and Poverty.” Invited expert for the Environment Scan and Strategic

Planning Meeting, City of Victoria Senior Administrators, Mayor and

Councillors. February 29.

1999 Panel Presenter on Re-appointment, Tenure and Promotion. “Inside the Faculty

Advisory Committee.” Faculty Women’s Caucus, University of Victoria. October

28.

1999 Hosted by the Committee of Social Responsibility, “Poverty and Housing Options:

Spotlight on Saanich,” First Unitarian Church of Victoria, Saanich. October 26.

1999 Presentation to the Sudbury Better Beginnings Association and Research Caucus.

“The Politics of Volunteering.” Sudbury, Ontario. October 12

1999 Third Community Forum on poverty, co-sponsored by the United Way and the

Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria, “Poverty: Taking

Action.” May 19.

1998 Panel Member, Camosun College, The Criminal Justice System Symposium.

Exploring the Issue of Youth Violence. “Girls and myths.” November 23.

1998 B.C. Social Workers Association, Victoria Branch Annual Meeting. “Can we take

sides in the poverty debates?” May 27

1997 District of Sudbury Social Services Administration Board, “Major Problems in

Sudbury’s Ontario Workfare Plans.” February 20.

1996 Ontario Provincial Division Judges Conference, London, Ontario. Panel Speaker.

“Poverty in Families: Impact on custody, access and support.” May 22

1995 Fees, Fundraising, and Field trips Board of Trustee Committee of the Sudbury

Board of Education. “Implications of Youth Poverty on School Costs.” May 4.

1995 Sudbury Network North and Ontario Association of Social Workers. Lecture

Series. “Can we do something about child poverty in Sudbury?” March 8

1995 District of Sudbury School Services Administration Board, “Implications of the

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Child and Youth Poverty in Sudbury Report.” January 19

1994 Federal House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resource

Development Hearings in the Axworthy Report. “Critique of the Proposals on

Social Security.” Sudbury (Also on MCTV), December 4.

1990 Sudbury Secondary School, Career Day. "Social work as a career." November 30

1986 Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Child and Family Centre Rounds, Hamilton.

“Conceptual Level Matching Model: An Approach to Designing Appropriate

Interventions for Different Groups of Youth.” September 24.

1985 McMaster Hospitals Pediatric Rounds, Hamilton. “The Wentworth-Chedoke Pilot

Prevention Project.” November 6.

1984 Scarborough Agency Federation, Seminar, Toronto. “The Young Offenders’ Act:

Implications for Social Services.” November 30

1983 Metro Children’s Aid Society Staff Training Seminar, Toronto, “Treatment

strategies with teens.” November 2

1983 Child and Family Centre Research Day, Hamilton, Ontario. "The clinical value of

in-house research"

1982 Special seminar of the AATD Interagency Team, Hamilton, “Antisocial Behaviour:

Review and Implications for Treatment.” December 10

1982 Child and Family Centre Rounds, Hamilton, “Areas for Preventive Interventions.”

December 6

1982 London Family Court Clinic Seminar, London “Interpersonal Maturity Level-

theory and implications for practice.” September

1982 Child and Family Centre Rounds, Hamilton. “Comparison of antisocial adolescents

with their non-antisocial same-sexed siblings.” February 21

1980 Family and Children Services of Norfolk County Foster Care Training Program,

Simcoe. "Attachment and Separation"

1980 Hamilton Probation and Aftercare Services and Interagency Staff Meeting,

Hamilton. “The ‘Impossible’ Child”. June 18

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MEDIA PRESENTATIONS

2005 “Narratives in three anti-poverty Canadian campaigns.” Lecture aired on CFUV

101.9 FM. January 4th, 11th, and 18th.

2004 “Housing realities of women living with disabilities,” Press conference, Women’s

Housing Action Team, Victoria, BC. Jan. 28, reported by Malcolm Curtis,

“Disabled Women Cry Out for Housing,” Times Colonist, January 29, p. B1.

2004 Interview by Ian Dutton and others for articles on housing levy, e.g. Malcolm

Curtis, “Property Tax Hike Mulled to Fund Affordable Housing,” Times Colonist,

January 30, p. B1.

2003 Interview by Norman Gidney for article “Impact of Welfare Cutoff Unknown,”

Times Colonist, December 2.

2001 Interview by Jody Paterson, Columnist of Times Colonist on “Youth, Housing

and Poverty,” April 30.

2000 Global TV “BC perspective” following release of “Urban Poverty in Canada: A

Statistical Profile” by K. Lee and Canadian Council on Social Development, April

17.

2000 Several in-depth background interviews with reporters from Times Colonist,

News Group ,The Martlet, The Ring. Shorter interviews with CBC Radio, CHEK

TV, Q103 Radio, Shaw TV regarding release of Poverty and Inequality in BC’s

Capital Region from the University of Victoria and Capital Urban Poverty

Project. March 1-15.

Examples of printed articles include: Top story Cindy Harnett “Research finds

50,000 live below poverty line,” Times Colonist, March 2, 2000, p. 2; Matt

Ramsey, “Number of poor in CRD keeps growing,” News Group, March 3, 2000,

p. 3; Editorial “Inclusivity key to helping poor,” Times Colonist, March 7, 2000,

A12. News Focus two-page spread by Cindy Harnett “Poverty fight needs better

strategies experts say,” “Youth easy prey to poverty,” “Education, day-care

options vital in helping women escape,” “Health issues top poverty concerns for

medical official,” Times Colonist, March 6, p. C4, C5.

1999 Press Conference “End Child Poverty Now” Canadian Auto Workers Building,

Victoria. November 24.

1999 Interviews and fact sheets used for other popular press articles including Jane

Dewing, “Poverty the missing piece of health puzzle” Times Colonist, March 5,

1999, p. A11; Cindy Harnett, “Women face the fight of their lives over poverty”,

Times Colonist, April 25, 1999, p. A7. Jim Hackler “Three approaches to treating

poverty.” Times Colonist, October 29, 1999, p. A13.

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1999 Interview and article “No easy answers in poverty battle.” News Group. September

3.

1998-99 Two intense rounds of interviews for CBC radio and MCTV and print (Times

Colonist, The News Group, The Ring, The Martlet) regarding facts and implications

of poverty and inequality in Victoria around the time of three community forums

Nov. 18, 1998, Feb. 2, 1999; May 16, 1999 and the release of five fact sheets.

Examples of print articles include: Brenda Martin, “Canadians not exempt from

poverty, says forum” The Martlet, Nov. 28, 1999, p. 2; by Susan Danard, “Many

live in poverty, says researcher” Times Colonist, Feb. 2, 1999, p. C1; Matt Ramsey

“Troops gather to fight poverty in Capital Region” Victoria News, Jan. 28, 1999, p.

3; Matt Ramsey, “Listen to the poor, Bishop urges UVic poverty forum”, Victoria

News Feb. 5, 1999, p. 3.

1997 “Workfare Opposition,” MCTV, February 20 (see also “Workfare Opposition

Expected to be stiff.” Sudbury Star, February 20, p. A3.

RESEARCH GRANTS AND PROJECTS

2004 - 09 "Provisioning, women and community.” Reitsma-Street, M. (PI), Neysmith, S.,

Porter, E. & Baker-Collins, S. (CIs). SSHRC Standard Research Grant ($176,356).

2004 - 09 “Redefining public services in British Columbia.” Klein, S., & Marjorie Griffen-

Cohen (Co-PIs), Reitsma-Street, M. (CI). SSHRC-CURA - ($1million).

2002 - 05 “Looking for a Place.” Reitsma-Street, M. as academic member with the Women’s

Housing Action Team, Victoria, BC. Status of Women Canada, BC/Yukon

Community Grants ($85,150).

2002 “Adolescent girls’ health issues related to their dating relationships.”

Banister, E. (PI), Barnes, G., Leadbeater, B. & Wolfe, D. and

Reitsma-Street, M. CIHR ($12,767).

2002 - 03 “Community sites of work, learning and sustainability for women.” Neysmith, S.

(PI) & Reitsma-Street, M. (Co-PI). SSHRC Strategic ($42,018).

1998 - 2001 “Urban Housing Options for Women Living in Poverty.” Reitsma-Street, M. (PI),

with Schofield, J. and Lund, B. Ottawa, Status of Women Canada Policy Grants.

($82, 772).

1997 - 2001 Capital Urban Poverty Project. Initiated and co-facilitated by Reitsma-Street, M.,

with the Community Social Planning Council. Victoria is one of 19 cities in the

National Urban Poverty project sponsored by Canadian Council of Social

Development. Victoria partners donated $28,000 and $92,983 in kind towards

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publication and distribution of the fact sheets, website and report.

1998 “Uniting research evidence and the wisdom of practice at the crossroads between

the university and community.” (Leadbeater, B. (PI) and Reitsma-Street, M. as one

of the founding members of the Youth and Society Research Unit). SSHRC

Research Development Initiatives Programs. ($48,920).

1998 – 99 “The nature and value of community care work.” SSHRC/University of Victoria.

$1,688), Reitsma-Street, M. (PI).

1996 “The poverty, wealth, and health of rich and poor neighbourhoods” in Sudbury and

Toronto. SSHRC/Laurentian University. ($2,100), Reitsma-Street, M. (PI).

1995 Scholarly conference & publication on women and the Northern Ontario xperience.

(Reitsma-Street, M., Kechnie, M. & Thomson, A.), SSHRC. ($8,515).

1994 - 98 “Conditions that shape paid and unpaid caring labour.” (with Neysmith, S.

University of Toronto (PI) and 12 collaborators, including Reitsma-Street, M.

SSHRC Strategic. ($65,000).

1990 – 95 The epidemiology, impact, and prevention of child and youth poverty in

Sudbury and Northeastern Ontario. Reitsma-Street, M. (PI), with members of the

School of Social Work, Laurentian University and professionals in the Child

Poverty Network). Laidlaw Foundation. ($9,375).

1989 - 97 “Development and evaluation of the Sudbury multicultural community

prevention.” Initiatives for young children and their families. Sudbury is one of the

seven urban provincial sites in the longitudinal Better Beginnings, Better Futures

Project. (with Peters, R. Queen’s University as Director of the Research

Coordinator Unit, & Reitsma-Street, M. as Sudbury Researcher). Funded by

community, and by health, education and social services ministries. $481,000 to

Laurentian University with myself as Project Consultant.

1989 - 94 Examination of differential impact of juvenile justice policies on

female youth under the old Juvenile Delinquents Act and the new Young

Offenders Act. SSHRC/Nipissing College in North Bay; then Laurentian

University. ($2,600), Reitsma-Street, M. (PI),

1988 - 93 Trend analysis of the changes in sentences before and after introduction of the

Young Offenders Act, by province and gender. SSHRC/Nipissing College;

Laurentian University. ($2,700), Reitsma-Street, M. (PI).

1982 - 85 Assessment of the program integrity, organizational stresses, and potential mental

health prevention programs for the children's and adolescent mental health teams at

Chedoke Child and Family Centre. (In house research projects directed by Reitsma-

Street, M. under supervision of Director of Research, David R. Offord).

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1979 - 83 Comparison of the correlates of antisocial behaviours and prosocial characteristics

of adolescent youth and their non-delinquent siblings. (with Offord, D. R. (PI) and

Reitsma-Street, M. as Project Manager). Chedoke Child and Family Centre and

Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University. Funded by Laidlaw Foundation

and the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. ($260,000).

1976 - 78 Evaluation of the differential effectiveness of residential and group home

environments on juvenile delinquents. Groupe de recherche sur l'inadaptation

juvenile, Université de Montreal. Funded by le Ministère des Affaires Sociales du

Quebec, Le Ministère du Soliciteur General du Canada, Shawbridge Youth Centers

Foundation. (Brill, R. and LeBlanc, M. PI and Reitsma-Street, M. Research

Associate).

CONTRACTED RESEARCH

1993 Evaluability assessment of services for battered women offered by the YWCA,

Sudbury.

1992-93 Evaluation of an alternative secondary school for native students. Commissioned

by the N'swakamok Native Friendship Centre in Sudbury.

1986-91 Analysis of program environments and staff training needs on the "Conceptual

Level Matching Model" for young offenders at Craigwood Youth Services,

London, Ontario.

1982-88 Short-term consultations with group homes for boys in trouble with the law

(Booth House, London, Ontario; First Nations Home, Milton, Ontario; Boys’

Home, Minneapolis, Minn.; Youth Detention Centre, St. John’s, Newfoundland).

1982-83 Design and evaluation of a program based on the “Conceptual Level Matching

Model” for adolescent young offenders diagnosed as mentally ill and dangerous,

Syl Apps Youth Centre, Oakville, Ontario.

1980-82 Client characteristics and program environment based on differential treatment

models. White Oaks Centre for latency age boys charged with crimes.

Hagersville, Ontario.

1979-82 Evaluation of client characteristics and program integrity for Youth Horizons,

Montreal, P.Q.

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GRADUATE COURSES

Advanced Thesis Seminar (Required, Studies in Policy and Practice)

Advanced Policy and Practice “Poverty and Inequality” (Elective, Studies in Policy and Practice)

Communities, Politics and Social Change (Required, Studies in Policy and Practice)

Research Methodologies (Required, Studies in Policy and Practice)

Action-Oriented Research in Human Services (Elective, Studies in Policy and Practice)

The Policy Context of Practice (Required, Studies in Policy and Practice)

Advanced Social Policy (Required, School of Social Work, Laurentian University)

Research Methods (Required School of Social Work, Laurentian University)

Social Work and Corrections (Elective, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto)

Directed Studies (Elective, School of Social Work, Studies in Policy and Practice, UVic)

Research Graduate Fellowships (Studies in Policy and Practice, University of Victoria)

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

Policy in the Human Services, co-authored with Lyn Davies (Web Course, UVic)

Policy in the Human Services (Upper Year Elective, Faculty of Human and Social Development)

Field Supervision (Required, School of Social Work, Laurentian University)

Social Welfare and Women (Elective, School of Social Work, LU)

Social Work Theory and Practice (Required, 4th Year, School of Social Work, LU)

Social Work Research Methods (Required, 4th Year, School of Social Work, LU)

Social Policy (Elective, 3rd Year, School of Social Work, LU)

Introduction to Social Welfare (Required and Elective, 1st year, Social Welfare, Nipissing)

Violence in Families (Elective, 3rd year, Social Welfare, Nipissing)

Social Policy (Required, 3rd Year, Social Welfare, Nipissing)

THESIS SUPERVISION COMPLETED

2010 Kronstal, Alana MA (Studies in Policy and Practice) “Mental Health and

Addictions Practice in a changing North: Community Based Perspectives.” Co-

Supervisor

2009 Worton, Jane MA (Studies in Policy and Practice) “Participation of Low Income

People in Poverty Reduction Initiatives.” Supervisor.

2008 Scott, Jennifer, E. (School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education) “Is

Your Community Reaching Everyone Everyday? Exploring the Experiences and

Perspectives of Active Communities Practitioners in Serving Low Income

Citizens.” Committee Member.

2008 Fraser, Annette (Dispute Resolution) “However Long the Night, the Dawn Will

Break. The hope of nonviolent direct tactics in the Niger Delta: A case study of

nonviolent protests by women in the Niger Delta against Chevron”. External

Examiner

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2007 Gartside, Crystal, MA (Studies in Policy and Practice). “Reconfiguring Gendered

Independence: Conceptual Struggles in Feminist Organizations”. Supervisor.

2007 Etmanski, Catherine, PhD (Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies).

“Unsettled: Embodying Transformative Learning and Intersectionality in Higher

Education: Popular Theatre as Research with International Graduate Students”.

Committee Member.

2006 Tschanz, Coby, MA (Nursing). “Bearing Witness to Persons Living with Dying.”

Committee Member.

2006 King, Peter Zebulon, MA (Public Administration). “Communication Strategies for

the Village of Alert Bay.” Chair and External.

2006 Cerqueira, Marcos Roberto, MA (Public Administration). “A Literature Review on

the Benefits, Drawbacks and Trends of Accreditation as a Quality Assurance

System.” Chair and External.

2005 Padfield, Melissa, MA (Political Science). “Finding a Way In: Investigating the

perceptions of the Euro in the New Member States of the European Union through

the cases of the Czech Republic and Hungary”. Chair.

2005 Sparks, Catherine, MA (Dispute Resolution) “Rural women and resistance to land

reform in Papua New Guinea.” Supervisor.

2005 Marsden, Sarah, LL.M. (Law). “That’s a really nice coat you’re wearing: Dignity,

agency and social inclusion in the administration of welfare”. Co-supervisor.

2005 Strasdin, Sharon, MA (Studies in Policy and Practice). “Full-time conscripts:

Narratives of long-term, part-time female college instructors”. Supervisor.

2005 van Mossel, Catherine, MA (Studies in Policy and Practice). “Resistance in small

spaces: Citizen opposition to privatisation in health care.” Supervisor.

2005 Souza, Karen, MA (Psychology). “Examining the role of volunteers in community-

based restorative justice programs.” External.

2004 Dowhy, Laura, MA (Studies in Policy and Practice). “Forming a social services

co-operative: A case study of community action research.” Supervisor.

2004 Khan, Aman Ali, MA (Public Administration). “An evaluation of the graffiti

management program.” Chair and reviewer.

2004 Halsall, Elaine MA (Child and Youth Care). “What is measured matters: A textual

analysis of screening and intake used by youth.” Committee member.

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2003 Tice, Shelley, MA (Public Administration). “Enhancing results-based management

at Environment Canada.” Chair and External.

2003 Phillips, Rachel, MA (Sociology), “Health and the sex trade: An examination of the

social determinants of health status and health care access among sex workers.”

Chair.

2003 Lougheed Green, Elizabeth, MA (Child and Youth Care). “The role of leadership in

the spotlight campaign’s community mobilization.” Chair.

2003 McMillan, Robin Jo-Anne, MA (Nursing Policy). “Unveiling the invisible and

uncelebrated aspects of relational practice: Enlightening conversations with

experienced community health workers.” External.

2003 Corrin, Sarah, MA (Faculty of Education). “Connecting experiential and ethical

issues in interdisciplinary research: A case study of “Coasts under stress.”

Committee member.

2003 Rozeck-Allen, Tamara Lynn, MA (Education) “Through darkness, through light:

Narratives of women who have exited from the sex trade.” External.

2002 Vilches, Silvia, MA (Child and Youth Care) “Managing visibility: The process of

managing equity issues for gay, lesbian, bisexual, two-spirited, and transgendered

people in an academic environment.” External.

2002 Sommers, Sam, MSW (Faculty of Human and Social Development). “Pressures

and expectations on mid-life female social workers.” Supervisor.

2001 Duder, Karen, PhD (History). “The spreading depths: Lesbian and bisexual wom