Sheila Neysmith
Professor
Associate Dean of Research
RBC Chair in Applied Social Work Research
B.Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Canada
M.S.W. McGill University, Montreal, Canada
D.S.W. Social Welfare, Columbia University, NYC.
Phone: (416) 978-3268
Fax: (416) 978-7072
E-mail: sheila.neysmith@utoronto.ca
Sheila Neysmith's scholarship focuses on feminist theory and praxis. She is interested in how knowledge is constructed and used in professional practice and in the development of programs and policies. The substantive area of her research is the paid and unpaid caring labour done by women. Related to these questions is her ongoing engagement with policy issues that affect women as they age.
Interests:
- women
- aging
- social policy
- feminist methodology
- paid and unpaid work
- caring labour
Selected Publications:
Women's Caring: Feminist Perspectives on Social Welfare. 2nd edition. (Oxford, 1998) co-edited with Carol Baines and Patricia Evans. She is editor of Critical Issues for Future Social Work Practice with Aging Persons (Columbia University Press, 1999) and Restructuring Caring Labour: Discourse, State Practice and Everyday Life (Oxford, 2000). Other publications include: "Working Conditions in Home Care: Negotiating Race and Class Boundaries in Gendered Work"; "The Retreat of the State and Long-Term Care Provision: Implications for Frail Elderly People, Unpaid Family Carers and Paid Home Care Workers"; "Homemakers Discuss Their Work: The Skills Required to "Use Your Common Sense"; "Toward a Woman Friendly Long-Term Care Policy".