Media
News Talk 980 CJME, April 15, 2016Radio/Podcast
URL: http://cjme.com/article/593048/success-being-found-reginas-mental-health-disposition-court
Dr. Michelle Stewart is an associate professor of justice studies at the University of Regina and has been studying the effectiveness of the mental health court for its first two years in operation. She said this court truly recognizes that people who are dealing with mental illness or cognitive disabilities deserve a different kind of system. She calls the report a formative investigation, noting that it would take more time to truly understand the long-term benefits or determine specific results...
Two Nigerian students in trouble: the rest of the story
Regina Leader Post, May 14, 2016Online
URL: http://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/two-nigerian-students-in-trouble-the-rest-of-the-story
Also taking up their cause were U of R social work student Paige Kezima and justice studies professor Michelle Stewart. They and other U of R supporters vowed they’d carry on the fight until the “right outcome” is reached...
Study says mental health court positive for Sask.
CBC News, April 16, 2016Online
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/mental-health-court-saskatchewan-2016-1.3539019
"You have the Crown that will look for particular people that will qualify for the court," explained Michelle Stewart, associate professor with Justice Studies at the U of R. "These are individuals that are facing jail time."...
Mental health court seeing success, but more resources needed: report
Regina Leader Post, April 14, 2016Online
Authored by Dr. Michelle Stewart and Brittany Mario from the University of Regina, Regina Mental Health Disposition Court: A Formative Investigation is intended to independently document some of the court’s outcomes, studying who is using it, the challenges those individuals face and the court’s unique function. “I think we would all agree that we don’t want people to continue to reoffend, and this court is attentive to giving people the supports that they need … and then finding the best outcome based on the reason that they’re in court in the first place,” Stewart said...
Does Sask. really need a new prison?
Global News, September 22, 2015Online
URL: http://globalnews.ca/news/2235425/does-sask-really-need-a-new-prison/
“The more programs that we can build and that provide effective supports and programs that especially try to surround people with some care and try to counter-balance some of the stigma they may have experienced after being incarcerated or just having a justice encounter are very important,” explained justice studies professor Michelle Stewart...
Workshop Scribbles, Policy Work and Impact: Anthropological Sensibilities in Praxis at an FASD Workshop
Published by Anthropology in Action
2015 This article reports on a workshop that was held with frontline workers in Canada and discusses the role of anthropological sensibilities as they inform research, community engagement and policy outcomes. The workshop brought together frontline workers to ...
URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berghahn/antiac/2015/00000022/00000002/art00004
FASD & Justice: The Ethical Case for Effective Training and Knowledge Mobilization Practices for Frontline Justice Professionals in Canada
Published by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Ethical and Legal Perspectives
2016 Although FASD is first and foremost a health issue, it is a consideration in the justice system because individuals with FASD have contact as victims, witnesses and offenders. This chapter will draw on research with justice professionals to argue that there is an ...
URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-20866-4_12
Front-line police perceptions of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in a Canadian province
Published by The Police Journal
2014 This paper reports findings from police interviews regarding understandings of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) including the challenges this presents at the front line. The project investigates police perceptions, as individuals with FASD can have ...
Community-Based Research Showcase Final Report and Action Items
Published by University of Regina
2015 This report summarizes the proceedings of the Community Film Showcase and Community-Based Research Showcase. Over one hundred participants turned out to learn about research done by community organizations and present research needs to University of ...
Anti-Oppressive Education and the Trap of'Good'Intentions: Lessons From an Interdisciplinary Workshop
Published by Critical Education
2014 This article is about the challenges of doing anti-oppressive education in a post-secondary context with a community of interdisciplinary colleagues. Critical examination of an anti-oppressive workshop, and subsequent focus group, reveals how good intentions ...
URL: http://ices.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/article/view/184392
Biography
Michelle Stewart is an Associate Professor in the Department of Justice Studies where she teaches in the area of social justice and research methods. She received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of California Davis in 2011 where she focused on political and legal anthropology. Her dissertation research explored contemporary policing practices in Canada with attention to programs and training that rely on collaborations between community, police and other agencies. She has had this work presented in articles in Contemporary Justice Review and M/C. She is currently revising this work into a book namuscript entitled Pedagogies of the State: Capture, Collaboration and Contestation in Late Neoliberalism. Her current research expands on her interest in the anthropology of the state to include medical anthropology with attention to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) where she investigates how FASD is understood in particular communities of practice. The first phase of the project focused on the ways that police understand and mobilize understandings of FASD. The second phase of her research will turn attention to the ways in which advocates and mentors mobilize health information about FASD in various settings (including social services, criminal justice, health, education and community settings). Her research team has created a publicly-available resource page focused on disseminating research findings as well as FASD material for front-line workers with a peer-reviewed article forthcoming. Click here to view the FASD Research Project web page: http://fasdresearchproject.com/.
Stewart is the Director of the Community Research Unit. She is dedicated to community-engaged and publicly-available scholarship. For more information about the Community Research Unit please visit: http://www.uregina.ca/arts/community-research/.