Publications
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Mendelson, M, K. Battle, S. Torjman, and E. Lightman (2010), A Basic Income Plan for Canadians with Severe Disabilities. Ottawa: Caledon Institute of Social Policy.
Mendelson, M., K. Battle, S. Torjman and E. Lightman (2010), Un plan de revenu de base pour les Canadiens avec de graves déficiences. Ottawa: Caledon institute of Social Policy.
Lightman, E., A. Mitchell and D. Herd (2010), “Cycling On and Off Welfare in Canada”, Journal of Social Policy, 39 (04), pp. 523-542.
Vick, A., and E. Lightman (2010), “Barriers to Employment Among Women With Complex Episodic Disabilities”, Journal of Disability Policy Studies (September, 21 (2), pp. 70-80).
Lightman, E., D. Herd, A. Mitchell and S. Um (2009), “Post-secondary Education and Social Assistance in Ontario” Canadian Social Work Review (26(1), pp. 97-113)
Lightman, E, A. Vick, D. Herd and A Mitchell, (2009), Not Disabled Enough: Episodic Disabilities and the Ontario Disability Support Program, Disability Studies Quarterly
Herd, D., E. Lightman and A. Mitchell, (2009), Searching for Local Solutions: Making Welfare Policy on the Ground in Ontario, Journal of Progressive Human Service
Lightman, E., D. Herd and A. Mitchell, (2008), Precarious Lives: Work, Health and Hunger among Current and Former Welfare Recipients in Toronto, Journal of Policy Practice, 7, 4: 242-259.
Herd, D., Lightman, E. and Mitchell, A. (2008), Welfare Time Limits: Symbolism and Practice, Canadian Review of Social Policy, 59: 3-19
Lightman, E., Mitchell, A. and Herd, D. (2008), Returning to Ontario Works, Canadian Review of Social Policy, 59: 20-44.
Mitchell, A., Lightman, E. and Herd, D. (2007), ‘Work-First’ and Immigrants in Toronto, Social Policy and Society, 6, 3: 293-307.
Lightman, E., Mitchell, A. and Herd, D. (2007) Globalization, Precarious Work and the Food Bank, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 35, 2: 9-28
Lightman, E., D. Herd and A. Mitchell, (2006), "Exploring the Local Implementation of Ontario Works", Studies in Political Economy, 78, Autumn: 119-144.
Lightman, E., Mitchell, A. and Herd, D. (2005). “One Year On: Tracking the Experiences of Current and Former Welfare Recipients in Toronto”, Journal of Poverty: Innovations on Social, Political and Economic Inequalities, 9, 4: 5-26
Lightman, E., Mitchell, A., and Herd, D. (2005). Workfare in Toronto: More of the Same? Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XXXII, 4: 65-75
Lightman, E., Mitchell, A., and Herd, D. (2005). Welfare to What? After Ontario Works in Toronto. International Social Security Review, 58, 4:95-106
Herd, D., Mitchell, A. and Lightman, E. (2005). Rituals of Degradation: Administration as Policy in the Ontario Works Program, Journal of Social Policy and Administration, 39, 1: 65-79
Herd, D. and Mitchell, A. (2003). “Cutting Caseloads by Design.” Canadian Review of Social Policy, 51, Spring/Summer: 114-120
Herd, D (2002) “Rhetoric and Retrenchment: Ontario’s ‘Common Sense’ Welfare Reform,” Benefits, 34, 10, 2: 105-110.
REPORTS AND UNPUBLISHED
Wilson, B., E. Lightman and A. Mitchell (2009), Sick and Tired: The Compromised Health of Social Assistance Recipients and the Working Poor in Ontario (Toronto: Community Social Planning Council of Toronto, Wellesley Institute and SANE, February)
E. Lightman, A. Mitchell and B. Wilson (2008), Poverty is Making Us Sick: A Comprehensive Survey of Income and Health in Canada (Toronto: Wellesley Institute, Community Social Planning Council of Toronto, and SANE, December,)
E. Lightman, D. Herd and A. Mitchell., (2008), “What Works? Poverty and Children of Social Assistance Recipients”, Prepared for Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services
Herd, D. (2006), “A Briefing Paper on Social Assistance in Canada”, Prepared for The China Project, University of Toronto: 38 pages.
Lightman, E., Mitchell, A., and Herd, D. (2006), "MISWAA Dissent"
Lightman, E., Mitchell, A., and Herd, D. (2005), “Notes on the Service Delivery Model for Ontario Works: Prepared for the Toronto City Summit Alliance’s Task Force on Modernizing Income Security for Working Age Adults”, Social Assistance in the New Economy Project, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, 13 pages
Lightman, E, Mitchell, A. and Herd, D. (2004), “One Year On: Leavers, Mixers, Cyclers and Stayers – Tracking the Experiences of a Panel of Ontario Works Recipients”, Social Assistance in the New Economy Project, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto. 32 pages.
Lightman, E., Herd, D. and Mitchell, A. (2003), “Suspicion and Surveillance: Navigating Welfare’s Bureaucratic Maze”, Social Assistance in the New Economy Project, University of Toronto, Toronto: 37 pages.
Lightman, E., Herd, D. and Mitchell, A. (2003), “Struggling to Survive: Ontario Works Recipients Talk about life on welfare”, Social Assistance in the New Economy Project, University of Toronto, Toronto: 30 pages.
Herd, D. and Mitchell, A. (2002), “Discouraged, Diverted and Disentitled: Low Income Ontarians Experience with Ontario Works.” Community and Social Planning Council of Toronto, Toronto: 34 pages .