An EconoTimes perspective
Tracy Smith-Carrier
Associate Professor, King's School of Social Work, Western University
Associate Professor, King's School of Social Work, Western University Associate Professor, King's University College at Western University & Adjunct Research Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University & Chair, Basic Income London Ontario Tracy's program of research touches upon a number of different fields in the social policy arena, including access to social welfare benefits, social assistance receipt, food and income security, and basic income. Current research projects involve examining trends in intergenerational social assistance receipt, research on charitable and justice models of social support, human rights, and the design and delivery of basic income. Peer-reviewed Articles/Book Chapters: Smith-Carrier, T. (2020). Why charity isn’t just, or always charitable: Exploring charitable and justice models of social support. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-020-00124-2 Smith-Carrier, T., Kerr, D., & Wang, J. (2020). The Learning, Earning and Parenting (LEAP) program two decades on: A descriptive cohort study. Social Policy and Society. doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746420000147 Smith-Carrier, T., Montgomery, P., Mossey, S., McCauley, K., Shute, T., Forchuk, C., & Rudnick, A. (2020). A critical analysis of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP): Does the program meet its identified policy objectives? Canadian Journal of Disability Studies. https://cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cjds/article/view/594/862 Smith-Carrier, T., Benbow, S., & Lawlor, A. (2020). An ‘opportunity’ for policy recycling? A critical analysis of the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy. Poverty & Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.265 Smith-Carrier, T. (2020). The (charitable) pantry is bare: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Christmas hamper programs in Canada. Critical Policy Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2020.1722190 Baker Collins, S., Smith-Carrier, T., Gazso, A., & Smith, C. (2019). Resisting the culture of poverty narrative: Perspectives of social assistance recipients. Journal of Poverty, 24(1), 72-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2019.1678551 Gazso, A., Baker Collins, S., Smith-Carrier, T., & Smith, C. (2019). Thinking differently about generation and ‘welfare dependency’: A qualitative analysis. Social Problems, 0, 1-17. http://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spz032 Smith-Carrier, T., & Benbow, S. (2019). Engendering economic stability: Exploring a basic income for mothers in Ontario. Journal of the Motherhood Initiative: Matricentric Feminism, 10(1/2), 45-58. http://motherhoodinitiative.org/product/matricentric-feminism/ Smith-Carrier, T. (2019). Universality and immigration: Differential access to social programs and societal inclusion. In D. Béland, G. Marchildon, & M. J. Prince (Eds.), Universality and Social Policy in Canada (pp. 155-178). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Smith, C., Gazso, A., Smith-Carrier, T., & Baker Collins, S. (2019). The relationship between child maltreatment and social assistance use: A chain of adversities and transitions from a Life Course Perspective. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 13(5), 556-577. doi:10.1080/15548732.2019.1608887 Kerr, D., Smith-Carrier, T., & Wang, J. (2019). From temporary financial assistance to longer term income support: Probing the growth in Ontario’s Disability Support Program (ODSP). Canadian Review of Social Policy, 79, 11-31. https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40301 Smith-Carrier, T., Gazso, A., Baker Collins, S., & Smith, C. (2019). Myth or reality? Exploring intergenerational social assistance participation in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 46(1), 113-137. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol46/iss1/8 Lawlor, A., Smith-Carrier, T., & Benbow, S. (2018). Reducing delivery: The effects of program recycling, an analysis of the Poverty Reduction Strategy in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Review of Social Policy, 78, 81-110. https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40303/0 Smith-Carrier, T., Leacy, K., Sangster-Bouck, M., Justrabo, J., & Decker Pierce, B. (2018). Living with poverty: A simulation. Journal of Social Work, 0(0), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680173 Smith-Carrier, T., & Green, S. (2017). Another low road to basic income? Mapping a pragmatic model for basic income in Canada. Basic Income Studies, 12(2), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1515/bis-2016-0020 Kerr, D., Smith-Carrier, T., Wang, J., Kwok, S-M., & Tam, D. (2017). Population aging and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 6(4), 33-55. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v6i4.382 Smith-Carrier, T., Kerr, D., Wang, J. Kwok, S-M., & Tam, D. (2017). Vestiges of the medical model? A critical exploration into the Ontario Disability Support Program in Ontario, Canada. Disability & Society, 32(10), 1570-1591. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2017.1359495 Smith-Carrier, T., Ross, K., Kirkham, J., & Decker Pierce, B. (2017). “Food is a right…Nobody should be starving on our streets”: Perceptions of food bank usage in London, Ontario. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 9(1), 29-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017318766429 Smith-Carrier, T. (2017). Reproducing social conditions of poverty: A critical feminist analysis of social assistance participation in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 38(4), 498-521. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2016.1268874
