THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Curriculum Vitae for Faculty Members
Date: May 30 2014 1. SURNAME: Johnson FIRST NAME: Shelly MIDDLE NAME: Lee 2. DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL: Social Work 3. FACULTY: Arts 4. PRESENT RANK: Assistant Professor SINCE: July 1, 2012 5. POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
University or Institution Degree Subject Area Dates
University of British Columbia EdD Educational Studies: Leadership and Policy 2006-2011
University of Northern British Columbia MSW Social Work 1999-2001
University of Victoria BSW Social Work 1996-1998
University of Victoria BA Sociology 1979-1983
Special Professional Qualifications 6. EMPLOYMENT RECORD (a) Prior to coming to UBC
University, Company or Organization Rank or Title Dates
Thompson Rivers University, School of Social Work Assistant Professor 2008-2012
Surrounded By Cedar Child and Family Services Chief Executive Officer 2001-2008
BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres Policy Analyst 2000-2001
BC Ministry of Children and Family Development Clinical Supervisor / Social Worker 1984-2000
(b) At UBC
Rank or Title Dates
Faculty Associate – Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies 2013 -
Assistant Professor – UBC Faculty of Arts, School of Social Work 2012 -
(c) Date of granting of tenure at U.B.C.: 7. LEAVES OF ABSENCE
University, Company or Organization at which Leave was taken Type of Leave Dates
N/A
8. UBC TEACHING (a) Areas of special interest and accomplishments
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2014 Mar 21 Guest lecture, Social Work 305.Indigenous Issues. UBC. Liz Jones class. 2013 Oct 24 Guest lecturer. Social Work 200. Introduction to Income Security: Issues for Indigenous peoples. UBC. Shelley Rivkin class. 2013 Sep 20 Contribution to Student Learning. Role. Panelist. Truth and Reconciliation Commission. PNE
grounds. Vancouver, BC. Academic Panel. 2013 Sep 03 Course Enhancement. SOWK 510/377. Role: Coordinator. 2013 School of Social Work Student
Orientation.Work with Musqueam Indian Band leadership & 12 social work student volunteers. 2013 Jul Contribution to Student Learning. Role: Interviewee for doctoral student, Heather Commodore of UBC Faculty of Education. “Pulling Together in the Academic Canoe: The Experiences Doctoral Indigenous Students”. 2013 Jul New Course Development. SOWK 440. Directed Studies.Critical Race Theory. Student: Michelle
Haywood-Farmer. 2013 May 02 Course Enhancement. SOWK 510. Role: Participant. Cultural Commodification, Indigenous
peoples and self-determination Symposium. UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues. Presented by the IPinCH project & the Liu Institute
2013 Apr 30 Course Enhancement. SOWK 510. Role: Participant. Squamish First Nation Bachelor of Social
Work Pilot Program student research review. Chief Joe Mathias Centre
2013 Apr 22 Contribution to Student Learning. Role: Interviewee for doctoral student. Shabbosachi Roy Chawdhury of La Sierra University, Riverside, California, USA. “Trajectories of scholastic achievement: An oral history study of lived experiences of selected FirstPeoples’ doctoral scholars on their path to doctoral study”. 2013 Apr 19 Course Enhancement. SOWK 510. Role: Participant. First Nations House of Learning 25 years 2013 Apr 13 Course Enhancement. SOWK 510. Role: Participant. Celebrating Indigenous Education & Arts.
UBC Year of Indigenous Education. UBC Chan Centre. 2013 Apr 9/ 10 Course Enhancement. SOWK 510. Role: Participant. Aboriginal/Jewish Dialogue. Hillel House.
UBC Campus. Reconciliation Canada and Chief Dr. Robert Joseph. Include Jewish MSW student. 2013 Mar 11 New Course Development. Indigenizing Social Work Practice. Developed with Musqueam
Indian Band. Approval provided by Chief and Council. Band Council Resolution (BCR) received by UBC.
2013 Feb 03 Course Enhancement. SOWK 510. Role: Panelist. Idle No More Teach-In – UBC First Nations Long
House. 400 participants 2013 Jan 03 Course Enhancement. SOWK 510. Role: Organizer & speaker. UBC Idle No More Rally at First Nations Long House
2013 Jan Course Development. SOWK 416. Integrative Seminar. Develop a blended class / on-line course
with instructor Natalie Clark 2013 Jan Course Enhancement. SOWK 506. Course syllabus.
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2013 Jan Course Enhancement. SOWK 510. Course syllabus. 2012 Nov 27 Course Enhancement. SOWK 510. Role: Webinar presentation. PART Ontario (Practice and
Research Together). International broadcast. Topic: Educational outcomes of Indigenous hildren in care
2012 Sep 20 Course Enhancement. Role: Organizer. Presentation by Cree and Secwepemc Elders. UBC
Longhouse 2012 Sep 21 Course Enhancement. Role: Coordinator. The New Family Law Act Webinar – Room 200, Jack Bell
Building Continuing Legal Education Society of BC – 16 participants (6 agencies attended) 2012 Sep Course Enhancement. SOWK 377. Update course syllabus
(b) Courses Taught at UBC
Session Course Scheduled Class Hours Taught
Number Hours Size Lecture Tut L
2014-15 SOWK FN Advisor course release .5
2014-15 SOWK 430 DS: Aboriginal Child Welfare 1
2013-14 SOWK 415 3.0/week 7
2013-14 SOWK 416 3.0/week 19
2013-14 SOWK 510 SOWK 415 17
2013-14 SOWK 305 SOWK 416 20 Guest Lecture for E. Jones
2013-14 SOWK 200 2.0 60 Guest Lecture for S.Rivkin
2013-14 SOWK PWIAS course release award
2013-14 SOWK New faculty course release
2013-14S SOWK 440 DS: Critical Race Theory 1
2012-13 SOWK 510 3.0/week 26
2012-13 SOWK 201 1.5 30 Guest Lecture for E.Kruk
2012-13 SOWK 416 3.0/week 14
2012-13 SOWK 506 3.0/week 10
2012-13 SOWK 425 3.0/week 26 Guest Lecture for R. Vedan
2012-13 SOWK 337 3.0/week 44
2012-13 SOWK New faculty course release
Courses Taught at Thompson Rivers University, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, and University of Victoria
Session Course Scheduled Class Hours Taught
Number Hours Size Lecture T L
2011-12 SW311 Aboriginal Perspectives on Social Policy 24 NVIT
2011-12 SW 304/402 Social Work Field Practice 15 TRU
2011-12 Socw 450 Leadership Practice in Social Service Organizations 25 TRU
2011-12 Socw 454 Aboriginal Decolonizing Social Work Practice 18 TRU
2010-11 Socw 354 Introduction to First Nations Issues and Human Services 25 TRU
2010-11 Socw 376 Family and Child Welfare Practice 22 TRU
2010-11 Socw 402 Social Work Field Practice 15 TRU
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2009-10 Socw 354 Introduction to First Nations Issues and Human Services 25 TRU
2009-10 Socw 376 Family and Child Welfare Practice 22 TRU
2009-10 Socw 354 Introduction to First Nations Issues and Human Services 25 TRU
2009-10 Socw 402 Social Work Field Practice 15 TRU
2008-09 Socw 354 Introduction to First Nations Issues and Human Services 24 TRU
2008-09 Socw 304 Social Work Field Practice 15 TRU
2005-06 Socw 323 Anti-Oppressive Social Work Knowledge and Practice 25 UVIC
2005-06 Socw 402 Protecting First Nations Children 14 UVIC
2004-05 Socw 323 Anti-Oppressive Social Work Knowledge and Practice 25 UVIC
TRU Guest Lectures
2009-10 SOCW 200B Intro to Social Work policy. J. Birkbeck Class. TRU Mar 3, 2010
2009-10 SOCW 301 Introduction to SW research. W. Hulko Class. TRU Feb 24, 2010
2009-10 SOCW 357 SW, law and social policy. J. Birkbeck Class. TRU Feb 22, 2010
2009-10 EDPY 410 (2) EDPY 410 (1)
Teaching children with special needs. P.Walton Classes. TRU Dec 01, 2009 TRU Dec 01, 2009
2009-10 SOCW 454 Decolonizing practice. P. Tamburro Class. TRU Nov 09, 2009
2009-10 SOCW 376 Family and child welfare policy. C. Walmsley Class. TRU Oct 27, 2009
2008-09 SOCW 359 Advanced SW practice with individuals. C.McLenan Class TRU Mar 10, 2009
2008-09 SOCW 476 Family and child welfare policy. C. Walmsley Class. TRU Feb 10, 2009
2008-09 Med 504 Decolonizing education. W. Hulko Class. TRU Oct 2, 2008
(c) Graduate Students Supervised
Student Name Program Type Year Supervisory Role
Start Finish (supervisor, co-supervisor, committee member)
Jessica Dyer BSW 2014 Supervisor, Directed Studies
Jacinda Douque MSW 2014 Supervisor, GRA research project
Michelle Haywood-Farmer MSW 2014 Supervisor, GRA research project
Alex Leslie MSW 2014 Supervisor, GRA research project
Suhaila Jaafar MSW 2014 Supervisor, GRA research project
Shachar Bar MSW 2014 Supervisor, GRA research project
Jeane Riley MSW 2014 Supervisor, GRA research project
Jaclyn Sauer MSW 2014 Supervisor, GRA research project
Kinwa Bluesky PhD (Law) 2014 2014 Supervisor, GRA research project
Georgina Martin PhD (Education) 2013 2014 Supervisor, GRA research project
Adeline Huyunh MSW 2013 2014 Supervisor, GRA research project
Ashley Rosman BSW 2013 2014 Supervisor, URA research project
Michelle Haywood-Farmer BSW 2013 2013 Supervisor, URA research project Supervisor. Directed Studies
Michelle Sam PhD 2013 Co-supervisor, PhD committee
(d) Other Supervisions
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Name Program Completed (Y/N)
Campus Role Start End
Sarah Bjorndal BSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Jan 2014 April 2014
Nicole Buxbaum BSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Jan 2014 April 2014
Kirsten Crisostomo BSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Jan 2014 April 2014
Jillian Culver BSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Jan 2014 April 2014
Ashley Rosman BSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Jan 2014 April 2014
Justin Van Westin BSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Jan 2014 April 2014
Lucy Xie BSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Jan 2014 April 2014
Geoff Argue MSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Sep 2012 April 2013
Sarah Bjorndal BSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Jan 2013 April 2013
Karina Czyzewski MSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Sep 2012 April 2013
Sherina Kanani MSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Sep 2012 April 2013
Moira McIntyre MSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Sep 2012 April 2013
Bart Newman MSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Sep 2012 April 2013
Ashley Rosman BSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Jan 2013 April 2013
Shawn Schaubel MSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Sep 2012 April 2013
Jessica Williams MSW Y UBC Clinical Field Supervisor Sep 2012 April 2013
Thompson Rivers University Other Supervisions
James Shawana BSW Y TRU UREAP Research Supervisor 2011 2012
(d) UBC Continuing Education Activities
Date Activity Venue City Hours of training completed
May 22, 2014 Tenure and promotion workshop UBC Allard Hall Vancouver 3.0 hrs
Mar 18, 2014 Problem solving skills for problem solving courts and non PS courts
Westin Bayshore
Vancouver 7.0 hrs
Feb 14-23, 2014
Developing research, faculty & field relationships with Maori post secondary colleagues
Massey University & University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
7 days
Jan 24, 2014 Exploring alternatives for addressing gender violence. Dr. Andrea Smith
UBC Sty Wet Tan Hall UBC Vancouver
1.0
Nov 18, 2013 Splane lecture by Dr. Marie Wilson, TRC Commissioner. Reconciliation
Liu Institute for Global Studies
UBC Vancouver
1.5 hrs
April 16, 2013 Willful blindness: Using computer games to unlock cultural prejudices
Irving K Barber Centre, room 302, CTLT
UBC Vancouver
1.5 hrs
April 15, 2013 Classroom & on-line blended teaching skills workshop for faculty
Irving K. Barber Centre, room 2.22 CTLT
UBC Vancouver
1.5 hrs
Aug 7, 8, 9, 2012
Instructional skills workshop for faculty Irving K. Barber Centre, CTLT
UBC, Vancouver
24 hrs (830- 430 X 3 days)
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Aug 15, 2012 Connect Express Irving K. Barber Centre, CTLT
UBC Vancouver
2 (10-12 noon)
July 31, 2012
Connect Express Assignments & Assessments
Irving K. Barber Centre, CTLT
UBC Vancouver
2 (1-3 PM)
9. SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
(a) Areas of special interest and accomplishments Mar 2014. Co-coordinator. Social Work Week at UBC. Two public lectures by Drs Isabel Jimenez and Raven Sinclair. Aotearoa presentation with Natalie Clark and Corrina Sparrow. Book launch by Isabel Jimenez. Develop 2 posters. Organize catering by Nisga’a Doolan. Publicize event March 10, 2014 Sty Wet Tan, UBC Dec 2013. Member of working group on a Canadian Charter legal challenge re: poverty of children in BC. Does section 7 of the Canadian Charter impose a positive obligation on the state to sustain the life, liberty and security of children, which includes ensuring that children have access to sufficient and nutritious food. Dec 2013. Member. Aboriginal Health Working Group. Sharing our wisdom: A holistic Aboriginal health initiative. Funded by the Vancouver Foundation. Health and Medical Education/Research Grant. PI Dr. T. Howell.
Nov 2013. Indigenous doctoral cohort writing retreat. Nov 15-17, 2013. Vancouver, BC. Sep 2013. Profiled in CURRENTS newsletter. Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. UBC. Institute in the news, p.1. http://peterwallinstituteforadvancedstudies.createsend.com/t/ViewEmailArchive/j/4E005E16A1EE1ADE/C67FD2F38AC4859C/ Aug 2013. Profiled in CONNECT newsletter. Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity (SPARC). Success Story:
First-time submission results in 3-year Partnership Development Grant, p. 1. http://www.tellemonline.com/asp/showcampaigns_view.php?campaign=26561
Jun 2013. Develop “Indigenizing the International Academy” display for Aboriginal UnHistory Month. Irving K. Barber
Centre, UBC. May 31 to June 30, 2013. http://blogs.ubc.ca/library/category/aboriginal/ Aug 2012. Participant at S’iwes Toti:lt Q’eep Teaching and learning together. Indigenizing the Academy Gathering. University of the Fraser Valley, August 11 & 12, 2012. Chilliwack Thompson Rivers University 2011
Sisters in Spirit – Candle Light Vigil, Kamloops, October 7, 2011 REDress Project, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Exhibit and Lectures. October 2011. Tiny Tot Pow Wow Project, Year 2. April 2011.
2010 Foster Parent Practicum Pilot Project – in collaboration with BCFFPA and MCFD reps
Tiny Tot Pow Wow - year 1. Collaboration with Skeetchestn First Nation Elders & TRU students Sisters in Spirit - Candle Light Vigil, Kamloops, October 4, 2010
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(b) Research or equivalent grants (indicate under COMP whether grants were obtained competitively (C) or non-
competitively (NC)
Granting Subject C $ Year Principal Investigator
Co-Investigator/s
Agency Per Year
SSHRC Insight Grant No. 435-2014-0139 23% of 2,144 apps funded
Awakening the spirit: Culture and language revitalization in Musqueam First Nation.
C $ 500,000 2014-2017
Shelly Johnson J. Archibald C. Sparrow A. Lyall
UBC Faculty of Arts 2014 HSS International Conference Travel Grant (Australia)
C $ 2,000 2014 Shelly Johnson
SSHRC Connection Grant No. 611-2013-0099
Indigenizing Utopias Conference
C $ 22,392 2014 A. Santos Shelly Johnson K.Beauchesne
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
Int’l Research Colloquium Award – New Zealand
C $ 5,000 2014 Shelly Johnson
SSHRC Partnership Grant No. 895-2011-1001
Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Research Network
C $2,500,000 2012-2018
D. Newhouse Shelly Johnson P. Bowles et al
SSHRC Partnership Dev. Grant No. 890-2012-0081 37% of 157 apps funded
First Nations Court: Towards a restorative justice, community based healing plan
C $ 200,000 2013-2016
Shelly Johnson
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
Early Career Scholar & Faculty Associate
C $ 20,000 2013-2014
Shelly Johnson
SSHRC Urban Aboriginal nowledge Research Network
Strategies to improve the education of urban Aboriginal youth
C $ 15,000 2013 Shelly Johnson L. Brown
SSHRC UBC VPRI/SPARC
National review of First Nations Court
C $ 9,987
2013 Shelly Johnson
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
Indigenizing the international academy - roundtable
C $ 50,000 2013 Shelly Johnson J. Archibald H. Weaver
UBC Faculty of Arts 2012 HSS International Conference Travel Grant (Chile)
C $ 1,500 2012 Shelly Johnson
American Foundation for Research and Consumer Education in Social Work Regulation *Awarded in 2012-13 but declined.
Regulation barriers with First Nations peoples and organizations
C $ 25,000
2011-2012
John Mayr E. Jones Shelly Johnson G. Schmidt G Mavis
(c) UBC Research or equivalent contracts (indicate under COMP whether grants were obtained competitively (C) or non-competitively (NC).
Granting Subject COMP $ Year Principal Agency Per Year Investigator
Legal Services Society Int’l Indigenous Therapeutic Jurisprudence Conference 08/14
NC $ 10,000 2014 Shelly Johnson
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UBC, School of Social Work, Forestry, Native Studies, Education, Peter Wall Institute, Communications and U at Buffalo, New York, USA
To support the Indigenizing the international academy roundtable
NC $ 12,500 2013 Shelly Johnson
UBC School of Social Work International travel funds to present at Council of Social Work Educators conference Nov 2012
NC $ 3,600 2012 Shelly Johnson
Thompson Rivers University
(a) Research or equivalent grants (indicate under COMP whether grants were obtained competitively (C) or non-competitively (NC)
Granting Agency
Subject C $ (per year)
Year Principal Investigator
Co-Investigator/s
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Indigenous student retention at TRU and SFU
C $ 60,000 2011 Patrick Walton S. Johnson M. Pidgeon
N. Clark
SSHRC Institutional Grant
Education of Secwepemc children in foster care
C $5,000 2011 Shelly Johnson
Thompson Rivers University
REDress Project
NC
$4,000 2011 Shelly Johnson
Int’l Women’s Worlds Conference 2011
Domestic Violence: Strategies to create global Angel Streets
C $4,795 2010 Shelly Johnson M. Canaday
Kamloops Foundation Angel Street Project
C 1,000 2009 Shelly Johnson
Surrounded By Cedar Child and Family Services
Granting Agency
Subject C $ (per year)
Year Principal Investigator
Co-Investigator/s
Victoria Foundation Lex Reynolds Fund
Nong Sila, Urban Aboriginal Adoptions
C $ 20,000 2008 Sandrina DeFinney
Shelly Johnson
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University of BC 2014 May 27 Indigenizing the national and international academy: Lessons from Indigenous social work educators and
students. CASW-ACTS /CASWE-ACFTS National Joint Conference. Brock University. St. Catharines, Ontario. May 7 Indigenizing Social Work Education and Research in Colonial Contexts. Development of Social Work Policy Research and Practice Education. Shandong University Partnership Program , Jinan, China. May 5 First Peoples of Canada: Critical Indigenous Knowledge for Newcomer Students. Development of Social
Work Policy Research and Practice Education. Shandong University Partnership Program, Jinan, China. May 5 Planning and evaluation of social work programs. Shandong University, Jinan, China. Mar 19 Smarty pants: Becoming the first person in your family to attend university. Gathering our Voices
Indigenous Youth Conference. Vancouver, BC. Mar 11 A framework for practicum supervision, ethical decision-making, cultural relevance and professional development: Practical stories and models about what it is, what it could be, and what it’s not. UBC Field Education Workshop for Agency Supervisors. Feb 19 Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing research. MASW Orientation. Massey University, Albany,
New Zealand. Feb 16 Maori and Indigenous partnership development with UBC, Musqueam First Nation and Vancouver
Aboriginal Child and Family Services. Pouwheri. Massey University, Albany, New Zealand.
2013 Nov 19 Indigenous and blood-centred research. Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Early Career Scholar
presentation. Shelly Johnson & Christian Kastrup (Michael Smith Labs). UBC. Peter Wall Institute. Oct 31 Indigenizing the international academy: Indigenous perspectives from the US, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand. Council of Social Work Educators Annual Conference. American Indian Alaska Native Social Work Educators’ Association Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Oct 31 First Nations court: Our elders are our law. Council of Social Work Educators Annual Conference. American
Indian Alaska Native Social Work Educators’ Association Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA. Oct 09 First Nations Court, elders and Indigenous therapeutic jurisprudence: Coast Salish, Quwet’sun &
Secwepemc experiences. National American Indian Court Judges Association Conference, Cabazon, California, USA.
Sep 20 Towards respectful relationships between social work students, Indigenous peoples, communities and
organizations. Academic Talk, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Hearings, Vancouver, BC Sep 17 Embedding Indigenous learning in scientific and academic knowledge. Scientific and Academic Knowledge
International Conference, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Jul 09 First Nations court: Towards an Indigenous model of therapeutic jurisprudence. 2
nd International
Indigenous Voices in Social Work Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Jun 23 Aboriginal health research. National Gathering of Graduate Students in Aboriginal Health Research. First
Nations Longhouse, University of BC, Vancouver, BC. Jun 04 Siem Smun’eem (Respected children): A community-based research training story. Congress 2013,
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. May 30 Social inclusion & participation: The good, the bad and the possible. Engaging women, transforming cities: Designing an ideal city for women and girls National Conference, Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. Mar 21 Connecting creativity and innovation in practice. Keynote at Stronger Nations Conference, Vancouver, BC. Mar 20 Indigenous children in care. Gathering Our Voices: National Aboriginal Youth Conference, Penticton, BC Mar 18 Hostages and weapons of mass destruction: Urban Indigenous children in the sights of Canada’s Indian
Act, child welfare, justice and education systems. Race, Sex and Empire. Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
2012 Dec 11 Knucwénte-kuc re Stsmémelt.s-kuc: Indigenous educational leadership by, with and for children on Secwepemc territories. VIII International Conference on Indigenous Education and Culture, Universidad Catolica de Temuco and First Nations University of Canada, Temuco, Chile. Nov 9 Native American Social Work Regulation and Exemptions: Who stands to gain and who loses? Council of Social Work Educators Annual Conference. American Indian Alaska native Social Work Educators’ Association. Washington, DC, USA.
Thompson Rivers University 2012 May 03 Intergenerational trauma and the criminal justice system. Aboriginal Justice Forum: Canadian Bar Association and BC Legal Services Society. Thompson Rivers University, Irving Barber Centre. Kamloops BC 2011 Mar 12 A vision of hope: Seven women chiefs of Northern BC. 1
st Annual women Warriors Conference.
University of Northern BC. Prince George, BC. Feb 08 Understanding, including and invoking the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
International Development Symposium: Our Changing Environment, Building a Better Future. Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC.
Feb 03 Making the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples work for tribal communities.
13th
Annual American Indian Studies Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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2010 Apr 26 Failure to protect? Failure to provide? An Indigenous view of BC’s child welfare doctrine. Failure to protect: Moving beyond gendered responses. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC.
Apr 21 Wrap a star blanket around each one: Developing an educational model for Indigenous Youth in BC’s foster care system. Crown Ward Pathways: Making Trails Through Education National Conference. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
Mar 27 Wrap a star blanket around each one: Developing an educational model for Indigenous children.
8th
Annual Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium. UBC, Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, First Nations House of Learning, Vancouver, BC.
Mar 12 Wrap a star blanket around each one: Developing an educational model for Indigenous youth in BC’s foster care system. Kloshe Tillicum Research Forum: Looking to the future. The Next Generation of Aboriginal Health Researchers. UBC, Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, First Nations House of Learning, Vancouver, BC. 2009 Dec 5 Aboriginal education. Success factors for Aboriginal learners. BC School Trustees Association provincial
conference. Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver, BC. Jul 15 Learning over thunder and lightning: Using culture to improve educational outcomes and identity for Indigenous children-in-care. International Foster Care Conference. Linking global foster care: Mirroring the new Ireland. Dublin, Ireland. Jun 24 Aboriginal women and education: Honoring our Aboriginal women. National Aboriginal Day Conference.
Keynote. CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, BC.
Apr 30 Indigenous Ways of Being: Lessons learned from Nunavut. Provincial Victims Services. Keynote presentation. Legislative Building, Victoria BC Mar 26 Delegated Aboriginal Agencies in BC. Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, Provincial Child Protection Conference, Vancouver, BC. Mar 20 Citizenship and belonging in Canada today. Research and Publics, University of BC Educational Studies. UBC, Vancouver, BC.
2008 Dec 8 Indigenous women, men and education: Role models in our communities. World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education, Melbourne, Australia. Nov 28 Poetry in motion: Children in care create a path from foster homes to Government House. 14
th annual First
Nations Education Steering Committee Provincial Aboriginal Education Conference. Vancouver, BC Nov 20 Best practices in child protection advocacy. BC Legal Services Society. Provincial Training Conference for Legal Advocates. Vancouver BC. Nov 19 Child protection issues for Aboriginal clients: Delegated and band models. BC Legal Services Society Provincial Training Conference for Legal Advocates, Vancouver, BC
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Nov 07 Poetry in motion: Children-in-care create a path from foster homes to Government House. BC Association of Social Workers, Provincial Fall Conference. Vancouver, BC.
Oct 22 Indigenous men and education. Father Involvement Research Conference. Toronto, Ontario. Sep 09 Indigenous child welfare: Navigating the politics of distraction. BC Legal Services Society. Provincial Training Conference for Legal Advocates. Vancouver, BC.. Keynote presentation Aug 5-6 Learning over thunder and lightning: Improving health and educational outcomes for Indigenous children in BC’s foster care system. National Collaborating Centre for Public Health, Summer Institute. Poster session. Kelowna, BC. Jun 5-21 Governor Generals’ Canadian Leadership Conference. Numerous presentations. Calgary, Ottawa, Iqualuit Nunavut, Inuvik NWT.
(g) UBC Conference Participation (Organizer, Keynote Speaker, etc.)
Oct 8-10, 2014 Healing courts, healing plans, healing people: International Indigenous Therapeutic Jurisprudence Conference. UBC SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
PI & Organizer
Jan 23, 2014 Statistics Canada Data Tour. UBC: First Nations House of Learning Organizer
Oct 18, 2013 Strategies to improve the education of Urban Aboriginal Youth – SSHRC grant. UBC: First Nations House of Learning
PI
May 6-10, 2013 Indigenizing the International Academy – Roundtable – Peter Wall grant UBC: First Nations House of Learning and Liu Centre for Global Studies
PI
Thompson Rivers University Conference Participation (Organizer, Keynote Speaker, etc.)
May 19-23, 2012 Indigenous Grief and Loss Train the Trainer 5 day workshop for 12 trainees. Partnership with Qwemtsin Health Society, T’Kemlups Indian Band
Organizer
Oct 4-7, 2011 REDress Community-University Project. Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Art Installations and Artist Talks. TRU and T’Kemlups Indian Band.
Organizer Chair
Mar 7, 2011 Social Work Week in Secwepemc Territory. Film and discussion. A spiritual land claim: Dorothy Christian. TRU Kamloops
Organizer Chair
Feb 17, 2011 Aboriginal Title and Rights: Towards Decolonization and Reconciliation in Social Work. Public Lecture Series: Grand Chief Stewart Philip. TRU Kamloops
Organzier Chair
Feb 3, 2011 Indigenous Women in Leadership. Public Lecture Series: T’kemlups Indian Band Councillor Evelyn Camille. TRU Kamloops
Organizer Chair
Apr 29, 30, 2010 Community training session: An opportunity for relationship and skill building as we re-story, re-name and re-claim RE-SEARCH. Indigenous Child Welfare Research Network. Interior Savings Centre, Kamloops.
Kamloops Chair
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10. UBC SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
(a) Areas of special interest and accomplishments
2014
Feb 14-23 Funded by the PWIAS International Research Colloquium Award. Travel to University of Auckland and Massey University, New Zealand to establish research, scholarship, faculty and field opportunities. Include Musqueam First Nations representative Corrina Sparrow, Manager of Social Development. Presentations to Administrators of the College of Health Disciplines, Head of School, MASW student body, Maori Social Work faculty, powhiri for new Advisor. Registered participants at the TeWhate Kura: Thematic Research Symposium at U of Auckland on Feb 21, 2014
2013
Nov 26 Newspaper interview and article. “Deaths of Aboriginal children in care no ‘fluke of statistics’. Edmonton Journal. By Darcy Henton. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/Deaths+Alberta+aboriginal+children+care+fluke+statistics/9212384/story.html
Sep 5 Radio interview, CiTR 101.9 FM. UBC Student Radio. By Morgan Yee. RE: Truth and reconciliation hearings and student orientation at Musqueam.
Aug 14 Newspaper interview, Georgia Straight. By Yolande Cole. RE: Aboriginal enrolment growing at Vancouver post secondary schools http://www.straight.com/news/412001/aboriginal-enrollment-growing-vancouver-postsecondary-schools
May 23 Media interview, Rabble. By Samantha Sarra. RE: Indigenous views of the city.
May 16 SSHRC CCV Workshop at SPARC – 6190 Agronomy Road.
May 10 Television interview, Global TV News with Steve Darling. Indigenizing the In’tl Academy with Dr. M. Mutu, University of Auckland, New Zealand
May 9 Newspaper interview, Georgia Straight with Yolande Cole. Indigenous academics convene at UBC for international conference. http://www.straight.com/news/380921/indigenous-academics-convene-ubc-international-conference
Mar Finalize First Nations School of Social Work logo with Musqueam Indian Band
Mar Develop UBC social work field placement at VACFSS.
2012
Sep Work with Musqueam First Nation to develop a logo for the UBC School of Social Work
Oct Coordinate welcome back dinner for Indigenous students
Sep 20 Develop a UBC MSW social work field placement at First Nations Court, New Westminster
Thompson Rivers University
2011
Oct 4 Radio NL Interview. Kamloops, Jim Harrison Show. REDress Project.
Oct 2 Kamloops Daily News interview. Kamloops. Seeing beyond red: Where have they gone, these hundreds of missing women? P.A4.
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(b) UBC Memberships on committees, including offices held and dates
UBC Centre of Excellence on Indigenous Health, Working Group Member 2014
UBC School of Social Work, MSW Curriculum & Field Education Committee Member 2014-
UBC School of Social Work, First Nations Advisor – Term 2 Member 2013-
UBC College of Health Disciplines Aboriginal Health Committee Member 2012-
UBC School of Social Work, First Nations Strategic Planning Member 2012-
UBC School of Social Work, BSW Curriculum & Field Education Committee Member 2012-
(c) UBC Other service, including dates
Coordinate Peter Wall Early Career Scholars information table at Musqueam Indian Band Student Career Fair
Coordinator 2013 Dec 9
Coordinate First Nations child-in-care and foster parent visit to UBC Coordinator 2013 Dec 4
Coordinate First Nations student luncheon & talking circle with FNHL Coordinator Rick Ouellette @ Xwii7xwa Library
Coordinator 2013 Nov 7
Coordinate First Nations student welcome luncheon, School of Social Work. Follow up to Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Point Grill
Coordinator 2013 Oct 24
Coordinate School of Social Work Orientation Day for students & faculty @ Musqueam First Nation
Coordinator 2013 Sep 3
11. SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY (a) UBC Memberships on scholarly societies, including offices held and dates
Canadian Association of Social Work Educators, Education Committee Member 2014-
Canadian Association of Social Work Educators, Board of Directors
Member 2014-
National Indigenous Social Work Educators Network – Thunderbird Nesting Circle
Chair 2014-
Siem Smun’eem: Provincial Indigenous child welfare research network Research advisor 2010-present
(b) UBC Memberships on other societies, including offices held and dates
First Nations Court Users Meeting, New Westminster Courthouse Member 2013-
UBC Indigenous Academic Caucus Member 2012-present
Native Women’s Association of Canada – BC Chapter Member 2011-present
Children’s Advocacy Centre of Vancouver Treasurer 2012- 2013
Thunderbird Nesting Circle – Indigenous academics in Canada Member 2010-present
(e) UBC Editorships (list journal and dates)
2014 Co-editor Canadian Journal of Native Education
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(f) UBC Reviewer (journal, agency, etc. including dates)
2014 May External Reviewer, Journal Article Social Work Education
2013 Dec External Reviewer, Journal Article Canadian Social Work Review Journal
2013 Sep External Reviewer. Journal Article AlterNative
2013 Sep External Reviewer. Book Chapter Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
2013 Sep External Reviewer. Journal Article Canadian Social Work Review Journal
2013 Jun External Reviewer. CIHR Proposal
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Randomized Controlled Trials 2 Committee
2013 Jun Departmental Reviewer. PhD dissertation
University of BC, School of Social Work
(i) UBC Other service to the community March, 2013 Board of Registration reference for Gary Lau Nov, 2013 MSW reference letters for Gary Lau, Ashley Rosman, Michelle Haywood-Farmer Jun 19, 2013 Reference letter for Samantha Sam, Coast Salish Nation. Employment. Jun 19, 2013 MSW support letter for John Bol. MSW application to the University of Calgary. Jun 13, 2013 Scholarship letter for Ron George, Wet’su’wet’en First Nation. Mar 23, 2013 Present Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to Provincial Court Judge Marion Buller-
Bennett. Native Women’s Association of Canada (BC). Kamloops. Mar 20, 2013 Master of Ceremonies. Gathering our Voices. National Aboriginal Youth Conference. BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres. Penticton. Mar 11, 2013 Present Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to Darlene Shackelly,
Executive Director of the Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of BC. Native Women’s Association of Canada (BC). Kamloops.
Feb 21, 2013 Successful nomination of Chief Wayne Christian (Secwepemc) for an honorary doctorate at
Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops. Jan 25, 2013 Write graduate scholarship letter for Jennifer-Lee Koble, Metis. UBC. Was subsequently
successful and received a $16,000 UBC scholarship.
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12. UBC AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS (b) Awards for Scholarship (indicate name of award, awarding organizations, date)
Scholar in Residence, Peter Wall Instiute for Advanced Studies UBC 2014
Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Instite for Advanced Studies $20,000 UBC 2013-14
CIHR-IAPH Scholarship $19,050 UBC 2010-11
Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship $10,000 UBC 2010-11
UBC Graduate Scholarship $7,000 UBC 2010-11
CIHR-IAPH Scholarship $19,050 UBC 2009-10
Verna J Kirkness (Ni-jing-jada) Award $1,300 UBC 2009-10
Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship $10,000 UBC 2009-10
UBC Graduate Scholarship $7,000 UBC 2009-10
CIHR-IAPH Scholarship $19,050 UBC 2008-09
Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship $10,000 UBC 2008-09
Westcoast Energy First Nations Fellowship $1,000 UBC 2008-09
Dofasco First Nations Fellowship $6,000 UBC 2008-09
UBC Dean of Education Scholarship $1,032 UBC 2007-08
(c) Awards for Service (indicate name of award, awarding organizations, date)
Honorary Citizen of the Year City of Victoria, Victoria, BC 2006
Grace Chronister Award in Social Work Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC 2006
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THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Publications Record
SURNAME: Johnson FIRST NAME: Shelly Initials: L Date: May 12, 2014 1. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
(a) Journals Johnson, S., Te Momo, F., Clark, N., Sparrow, C., & Hapi, R. (Accepted for publication. Revisions required. 2014).
Indigenizing the international academy: Welcoming people and getting our hands dirty. Canadian Journal of Native Education.
Johnson, S. (Accepted for publication. Revisions required. 2014). Knucwente-kuc re Stsmemelt.s-kuc: Educational
strategies to support Indigenous youth in foster care. Canadian Social Work Review, Johnson, S. (2013). We are the ones we’ve been waiting for: Towards the development of an Indigenous
educational advocacy organization for Indigenous children in Canada’s custody. Canadian Journal of Native Education, 36(1), 126-145.
Johnson, S. (2013). Making space for community-based practice experience and spirit in the academy: Journeying towards the making of an Indigenous academic. First Peoples Child and Family Review, 8(2), 82-90.
Johnson, S. & Santos, A. (2013). REDressing invisibility and marking violence against Indigenous women in the
Americas through art, activism and advocacy. First Peoples Child & Family Review, 7(2), 97-111. Johnson, S. (2012). Failing to protect and provide in the “best place on earth”: Can Indigenous children in Canada
be safe if their mothers aren’t? Native Social Work Journal: Indigenous social work practices and theories, 8, 13- 41.
(b) Other
Johnson, S. (2014, in press). Aboriginal women’s safety on college and university campuses. In D. Shackelly (Ed.). Women’s right to be safe. Vancouver, BC: The Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of BC
Johnson, S. (2011). Children’s rights: Best interests of the child. In D. Shackelly (Ed.). Women’s right to be safe
(pp.27-29). Vancouver, BC: The Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of BC Johnson, S. (2010). Wicihitowin: Aboriginal social work in Canada. [Review of the book Wicihitowin: Aboriginal social work in Canada, by R. Sinclair, M. Hart & G. Bruyere (Eds.)]. BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly, 167, 140-142.
Johnson, S. (2010). Where the pavement ends. [Review of the book Where the pavement ends: Canada's Aboriginal recovery movement and the urgent need for reconciliation, by Marie Wadden. BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly, 164, 136-137. Johnson, S. (2009). Creating 'Angel Streets' across Canada: In memory of the women who have lost their lives to domestic violence. Perspectives, 30(2), 8-9. Johnson, S. (2008). Learning over thunder and lightning: Education of Aboriginal children in foster care. Perspectives, 30(1), 15-17.
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2. NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
(c) Other
Johnson, S. (2013). The year of reconciliation: Let us find a way to belong to this time and place together.
Federation of Aboriginal Foster Parents Sharing Circle newsletter, 15.
Johnson, S. (2012). Why Indigenous children in care need more than token educational change. Federation of Aboriginal Foster Parents Sharing Circle newsletter, 12-15.
3. BOOKS (c) Chapters
Johnson, S., Definney, S., Brown, L. & Green, J. ( 2014). Siem Smun’eem (Respected children): A community-based research training story. In C.Etmanski, T. Dawson and B. Hall (Eds.), Learning and teaching community based research: Linking pedagogy and practice, (pp. 93-112). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Johnson, S., Tamburro, P. & Clark, N. (2012). Indigenous field education; Protocols and practices. In J. Drolet & N. Clark (Eds.). Canadian Field Experiences and Perspectives (pp. 137-159). Toronto: Pearson Canada.
Johnson, S. (2011). Wrap a star blanket around each one. Learning from the educational experiences of Indigenous former youth-in-care on Coast Salish territory. In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.). Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice (pp. 339-352). Waterloo, ON: Wilfred Laurier Press.
8. WORK SUBMITTED (including publisher and date of submission) Johnson, S. (Submitted February 9, 2014). Pandemics, starvation and adoption narratives: Reflections and
implications for urban Indigenous custom adoption practice, policy, teaching and research. First Peoples Child and Family Review.
Johnson, S. (Submitted for publication, 2014 Feb 07). Developing First Nations courts in Canada: Towards Indigenous therapeutic jurisprudence and restorative approaches to healing. Indigenous Social Development Journal
9. WORK IN PROGRESS (including degree of completion)
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