Jane Stinson
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW-ICREF)
| Email: | jstinson@criaw-icref.ca |
I am currently a Research Associate with the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW-ICREF), the only national, bilingual feminist organization dedicated to research. Through CRIAW I’ve collaborated on many research projects advancing knowledge on how to do feminist intersectional analysis, how to engage marginalized community members to influence economic development decisions, and how changes to public services affect diverse groups of women. Previously I worked for the Canadian Union of Public Employees as a researcher, educator, facilitator, strategic planner and managing director of national departments, often involved in a labour-university research alliance. A leave of absence allowed me to analyze the outcome of pay equity bargaining for Ontario Hospital workers while pursuing an MA at the Institute of Political Economy. I recently helped to get the IPE Work and Labour program off the ground and now chair the Advisory Board and teach the program’s core course (PECO 5002 – the Political Economy of Work and Labour). That course explores union strategies for solidarity within the changing nature of Canadian capitalism, the labour market and work.
My research interests include:
- union strategies for organizing, collective bargaining, and developing broad-based solidarity for social, political and economic change
- public policy analysis, public services, and the care economy
- feminist and equity organizing
- intersectional analysis
- precarious employment and the future of work.
Selected publications on work and labour issues:
International Trade Union Congress. (2021) Putting the Care Economy in Place: Trade Union in Action Around the World. ITUC report on care.
Ballantyne, Morna and Stinson, Jane. (2019) Women Breaking Barriers: Using Education to Develop Women’s Leadership inside Canada’s Largest Union. In Cracking Labour’s Glass
Ceiling: Transforming Lives through Women’s Union Education. Edited by: Cindy Hanson, Adriane Paavo and Sisters in Labour Education. Fernwood Publishing.
Stinson, Jane. (2018) Ontario Pay Equity Results for CUPE Service Workers in Ontario Hospitals: A Study of Uneven Benefits. Public Services International.
Pollack, Marion, Stinson, Jane and Levac, Leah. (2018) Why Saying “Just Grieve It” Doesn’t Work: A Preliminary Feminist Intersectional Analysis. Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women.
Hanson, Cindy, Cattapan, Alana, Paterson, Stephanie, Stinson, Jane and Neapole, Jacqueline. (2018) Budget misses on diversity of women’s experiences. Policy Options. Institute for Research on Public Policy.
Baker, Sarah, Denis, Ann and Stinson, Jane. (2016) Women and Changing Public Services in Ottawa. CRIAW.
Stinson, Jane, Pollak, Nancy and Cohen, Marcy. (2005) The Pains of Privatization: How Contracting Out Hurts Health Support Workers, Their Families, and Health Care. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office.
Research Projects:
Identifying Best Practices for the Integration of GBA+ in Impact Assessments and Health Impact Assessments. (2020-21) CRIAW. Health Canada Impact Assessment Research Fund.
Engendering Public Engagement (Policy 4 Women) (2015-17) Co-applicant, SSHRC Partnership Development Grant.
Changing Public Services (2012-17) Co-applicant, SSHRC Partnership Development Grant.
FemNorthNet (2010-17) Principal Investigator, SSHRC Community-University Research Alliance.
Restructuring Work and Labour in the New Economy (2003-06) Co-applicant, SSHRC, Initiatives on the New Economy program.
Editorial Board member (2002-2009) Just Labour; A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, York University.
Other:
Bridging Theory and Activism in the Work & Labour Program: A conversation with Jane Stinson. (November 2021). Institute of Political Economy. Carleton University.
Profile of Jane Stinson. 2017. Faculty of Public for the 75th anniversary of Carleton University.