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Eva Jewell

Dr. Eva Jewell

Associate Professor
EducationBA (Institute of American Indian Arts), MA (University of Victoria), Doctor of Social Sciences (Royal Roads University)
OfficeJOR-319
Phone416-979-5000 x552667

Dr. Eva Jewell is Anishinaabekwe from Deshkan Ziibiing (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation).

Areas of Expertise: 

Indigenous perspectives of care; Indigenous feminist care ethics, Indigenous community-based reclamation movements; Anishinaabe governance; Anishinaabe research methodologies

Research: 

Dr. Jewell approaches inquiry by centering justice and equity through anti-oppressive, culturally relevant, community-oriented processes. Her research on Indigenous perspectives of care and caring illuminates, from community perspectives, the unique needs and experiences of Indigenous carers. Her current work explores the critical role of care and labour in Indigenous reclamation efforts, and the unique ethics of care inherent within Indigenous worldviews. From 2019-2023, she co-authored an independent annual status update report on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action for Yellowhead Institute. Dr. Jewell is an active member of her First Nation and contributes research skills to community-led topics of cultural and political reclamation. 

Website:

ORCID iD icon  orcid.org/0009-0004-9076-3972 (external link, opens in new window) 

Courses:

Community & Professional Service:

Recent Publications:

Doucet, A., E. Jewell and J. Falk. 2025. Deep listening, slow relationships, world-making: Indigenous and feminist ecological reflections on the Listening Guide and the Live Methods Manifesto. (external link, opens in new window)  The Sociological Review 0(0).

Jewell, E. 2024. “Towards an anti-colonial feminist care ethic” in Making Space for Indigenous Feminism, 3rd ed., (external link, opens in new window)  edited by G. Starblanket. Halifax: Fernwood Press.

Doucet, A., E. Jewell, and V. Watts. 2024. “Indigenous constellations, feminist ecological social imaginaries, and feminist care ethics: Caring encounters” in Decentering epistemologies and challenging privilege: critical care ethics perspectives, (external link)  edited by S. Bourgault, M. Fitzgerald, and F. Robinson. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

Jewell, E., and I. Mosby. 2023.  (PDF file) Calls to Action Accountability: A 2023 Status Update (external link) . Toronto: Yellowhead Institute.

Jewell, E. 2022. “Settler colonialism, age, and gender” in Reading Sociology, 4th ed. (external link) , edited by J. Jean-Pierre, V. Watts, C.E. James, P. Albanese, X. Chen, and M. Graydon. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Jewell, E., A. Doucet, J. Falk & K. Hilston. 2022. “Looking after our own is what we do”: Urban Ontario Indigenous perspectives on juggling paid work and unpaid care work for adult family members. (external link, opens in new window)  Wellbeing, Space and Society 3.

Jewell, E., A. Doucet, J. Falk and S. Fyke. 2020. Social Knowing, mental health, and the importance of Indigenous resources: a case study of Indigenous employment engagement in southwestern Ontario. (external link, opens in new window)  Canadian Review of Social Policy 80: 1-25.

Creative Work:

Payer, N., E. Jewell and D. Wolf. 2021. Lily’s Story: The Feminization of Poverty (external link)  (animated short). Toronto: Yellowhead Institute.