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EDUCATION<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

1995 PhD, University of Toronto, \u201cOrigins of Contemporary Indian Social Welfare in the Canadian Liberal State: An Historical Case Study in Social Policy, 1873 \u2013 1965\u201d
\n1974 MSW (Social Policy), University of British Columbia
\n1972 BA (Sociology; minor in English), Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004 ‘Enough to Keep Them Alive:’ Indian Welfare in Canada, 1873 – 1965. University of Toronto Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Articles in Journals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 \u201c\u2019Stretcher Bearers of Society:\u2019 Social Work, Neoliberalism and Post-Pandemic Canada.\u201d Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical<\/em> Social Research<\/em>. 35. pp. 62-75. Paper originally presented at \u201cPost-Pandemic Inequalities in an Age of Global Capitalism,\u201d Sapienza University, Rome, 8 June, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 \u201cSocial Work, Social Justice, Judaism and Tikkun Olam.\u201d Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought. (Forthcoming). Paper originally presented at Social Work and Spirituality Interfaith Forum, 27-30 April, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, N.B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 \u200b\u201cSocial Work Faculty Engagement in Social Policy Practice: A Quantitative Study of the Canadian Experience.\u201d With Karen Schwartz and Kim Ongaro. The British Journal of Social Work. 51. pp. 1257-1295.https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/bjsw\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/bjsw\/bcab037\/6154720?guestAccessKey=424b07a3-2d66-4fe1-879c-7e313a720dc7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018   \u201cTroubles and Issues: The Personal is Political or, Wherefrom, Where to Social Work?\u201d  Canadian Social Work. Vol. 20 (1), 15-33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016  \u201cWhy Jurisdiction Matters: Social Policy, Social Services and First Nations.\u201d  Canadian Journal of Native Studies. Vol. 36 (1): 179-202.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007  “Rassembler Nos Forces Ou Recourir Encore A L\u2019Aide Sociale? La situation socio-\u00e9conomique des premi\u00e8res nations avant et apr\u00e8s la Commision royale.”  Recherches am\u00e9rindiennes au Qu\u00e9bec. Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, 43-56.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002  \u201c\u2018Bitterness Behind Every Smiling Face\u2019: Community Development and Canada\u2019s First Nations, 1954-1968.\u201d The Canadian Historical Review.  Vol. 83, No.1 (March) 58-84. Originally delivered at the Frost Centre of Canadian Studies, Trent University, April, 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001  \u201c \u2018What Makes the Indian Tick?\u2019 The Influence of Social Sciences on Canada\u2019s Indian Policy, 1947-1964.\u201d Social History \/ Histoire Sociale.  Vol. 34, no. 67 (May) 133-67. Originally delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, San Francisco,Ca., March, 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999  \u201cJules Sioui and Indian Political Radicalism in Canada, 1943 – 1944.\u201d  Journal of Canadian Studies. 34. 3 (Autumn) 211-242.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Articles in Conference Proceedings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022 \u201cOurs to Make: The Decline of Social Work\u2019s Influence on Canadian Social Policy.\u201d Paper presented at 20th European Social Policy Association (ESPAnet) Conference, Vienna, Austria; 14-17 September.  https:\/\/espanetvienna2022.exordo.com\/files\/papers\/391\/final_draft\/Ours_to_Make.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018  \u201cSocial Work Faculty Engagement in Social Policy Practice: The Canadian Experience.\u201d With Karen Schwartz and Kim Ongaro. Paper presented at annual conference of the European Social Policy Analysis Network(ESPAnet).Vilnius,Lithuania.August\/September.40%contribution.  http:\/\/www.espanetvilnius2018.fsf.vu.lt\/components\/com_rsform\/uploads\/paperSocialWorkFacultyEngagement.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008  \u201cStrangers in their own Land: First Nations and Canada as a Place of Peril.\u201d Paper presented at \u201cCanada as Refuge?\u201d Conference at the Centre of Canadian Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. May.  www.cst.ed.ac.uk\/Events\/Conferences\/CanadaRefugepapers.htm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005  \u201c\u2019What is Truth?\u2019: Farrell Toombs and the National Seminar on Indian Research, 1960.\u201d Paper presented at \u201cFirst Nations, First Thoughts,\u201d 30th Anniversary Conference of the Centre of Canadian Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, May.  www.cst.ed.ac.uk\/2005conference\/papers\/Shewell_paper.pdf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapters in Edited Books<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 \u201cStructural Violence, Trauma and the Pursuit of Happiness.\u201d In Lea Tufford and Arielle Dylan, eds. Trauma-informed Care in social work education. London and New York: Routledge. pp. 399-409.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022   \u201cSocial Work and Structural Theory: Restoring a Vision for Social Work.\u201d In Brenda LeFran\u00e7ois, Sobia Shaikh and Teresa Mac\u00edas, eds. Critical Social Work Praxis.<\/em> Fernwood Press. pp. 50-61<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020   \u201cTo Be an Englishman and a Jew: Basil Henriques and the Oxford and St. George\u2019s Settlement House.\u201d In John Gal, Stefan Koengeter and Sarah Vicary, eds. A History of the Settlement House Movement. Research in Social Work Series. Bristol Policy Press. pp. 129-144.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016   \u201cDreaming in Liberal White: Canadian Indian Policy, 1913-2013.\u201d In Kristin Burnett and Geoff Read, eds., Aboriginal History: A Reader.  2nd edition. Revised. Toronto: Oxford University Press. pp. 185-198.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012   \u201cDreaming in Liberal White: Canadian Indian Policy, 1913-1983.\u201d In Kristin Burnett and Geoff Read, eds., Aboriginal History: A Reader. Toronto: Oxford University Press. pp. 168-179.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010   \u201cSocial Rights are Human Rights: Furthering the Democratic Project.” In Jane Pulkingham, ed. Human Welfare, Rights and Social Activism: Rethinking the Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 114-135. Originally delivered at \u201cHuman Rights and Social Activism: Rethinking the Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth.\u201d Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, September 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003   \u201cCanada.\u201d In Professional Ideologies and Preferences in Social Work: A Global Study, eds. Idit Weiss, John Gal and John Dixon. Westport, CT: Auburn House. 45-74.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001  \u201c’Almost Twelve People An Hour Leaving Welfare’: The Marketization of Welfare in Ontario and the Decline of the Public Good.\u201d In, The Marketization of Social Security, eds. John Dixon and Mark Hyde. London and New York: Quorum Books (Greenwood). 167-186.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1998   \u201cCanada.\u201d In, Poverty: A Persistent Global Reality, eds. John Dixon and David Macarov. London: Routledge. 45-73.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1995   \u201cThe First Nations of Canada: social welfare and the quest for self-government,\u201d with Annabella Spagnut. In, Social Welfare With Indige\u00adnous Peoples\u00ad, eds. John Dixon and Robert P. Scheure\u00adll.
\nLon\u00addon: Routledge. 1-53.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991   \u201cUses of Social Assistance for Employment Creation on Indian Reserves: An Appraisal.\u201d In Alternatives to Social Assistance in Indian Communities, eds. Frank Cassidy and Shirley B. Seward. Halifax: Institute for Research on Public Policy. 17-81.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affiliations\/Positions Held:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2003-2006: Undergraduate Program Director, School of Social Work, York University.
\n2008-2009: Associate Dean (Students), Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University.|
\n2009-2014 and 2018-2019 : Director, School of Social Work, Carleton University
\n2016-2018: Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Public Affairs, Carleton University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1482,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Hugh","cu_people_last_name":"Shewell","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[34,85],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-1479","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-professor-emeritus-adjunct-professor","cu_people_type-retired-faculty"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Professor Emeritus","cu_people_degree":"BA (Carleton), MSW (UBC), PhD (Toronto)","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"hugh_shewell@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7454,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1479\/revisions\/7454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}