Gerald deMontigny

Courses Taught:

• Theories in Social Work
• Direct Intervention Theory
• Working with Children and Youth

Research Interests:

• Child protection practice:
• Experience of children and youth in care
• Collaborative models of child protection
• Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and child protection
• Ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and social work
• Marxist materialism & reflexive social work

Books:

• de Montigny, Gerald A.J. (1995). Social Working: An Ethnography of Front-line Practice. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press.

Chapters in Books

• de Montigny– (2005). A Reflexive materialist alternative. In Steven Hick, Richard Pozzuto and Janis Fook (Eds.) Critical Social Work (pp. 121-136). Toronto, ON: Thompson Educational.
  de Montigny, Gerald A.J. (1997). In the company of strangers: Being a child in care. In Ian Hutchby and Jo Moran-Ellis (Eds.). Children and Social Competence (pp. 202-219). Falmer Press.
• de Montigny, Gerald A.J. (1995). The power of being professional. In Marie Campbell and Ann Manicom (Eds.), Knowledge, Experience, and Ruling Relations: Studies in the Social Organization of Knowledge (pp. 209-220). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• de Montigny, Gerald A.J. (1992). Compassionate Colonialism: Sowing the Branch Plant,” In Margaret Tobin & Christopher Walmsley (Eds.), Northern Perspectives: Practice and Education in Social Work (pp. 73-82). Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Association of Social Workers and University of Manitoba Faculty of Social Work.

Papers in refereed book

• de Montigny– (2007). Accomplishing professional self. In Deena Mandell (Ed.), Revisiting use of self: Questioning Professional Identities, (Chapter 11, pp. 181-212). Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholar’s Press.

Papers in refereed journals

• de Montigny. (2007). Ethnomethodology for social work. Qualitative Social work, 6, #1: 95-120.
• de Montigny, Gerald A.J. (Fall/Winter 2003). Textual regulation of child welfare: A critique of the Ontario Risk Assessment Model. Canadian Review of Social Policy, #52: 33-50.

Chapters in Conference Proceedings

• de Montigny, Gerald A.J. (1999). Changing Families, Changing Places. In Claudio Violato, Oddone-Paolucci, Elizabeth, Genuis, Mark (Eds.), The changing family and child development: Proceedings from the First International Congress Sponsored by the National Foundation for Family Research and Education (pp. 402-425). Calgary, Alberta: The National Foundation for Family Research and Education.
• de Montigny, Gerald A.J. (1999). Cutting Social Services: Who bleeds? Gerald Barlow (Ed.), Child care policies and structures: An International Perspective (pp. 9-16). Glasgow, Scotland: The Centre for Residential Child Care.

Technical Reports

• de Montigny, Gerald A.J. (July 2005). A theoretical framework for working with Adolescents. In Gary C. Dumbrill (Ed.), Child welfare in Ontario: Developing a collaborative intervention model (Consultation draft) (pp. 125-133). Toronto, ON: Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies.
• de Montigny, Gerald A.J. (June 1993). The Assumptions of non-Aboriginal Child and Family Services. Background paper for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. (122 pages)

Conference Papers

• de Montigny— Disagreeing, contradicting, and physical distancing: Troubles in recipient design. Paper to be presented at the Qualitative Analysis Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON: May 03.
• de Montigny— Oppression, privilege, and Guilt: Escape from the Wasteland. Paper to be presented at the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Annual Conference, Halifax, NS: June 03.
• de Montigny— Which side are you on? IE and Loyalty in Social Work. Institutional Ethnography Conference, Victoria, BC, June 28, 2002.
• de Montigny— “Textual Order: An Institutional Ethnography of “Looking After Children”. Institutional Ethnography Conference, Syracuse University, Syracuse New York, June 2-5, 2001.
• de Montigny— “Looking After Children: Textual conflations, Collapsing Relations”. Paper presented at Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Laval University, Montreal Quebec. May 31-June 3, 2001.
• de Montigny— “The experience of children and youth in care”. Paper presented at Conference Renewed Hope: Keeping children and youth at the centre. Ontario Association of Court Related Clinical Services. Elmhirst, ON. October, 25-27, 2000.
• de Montigny— “Textual Regulation of Children in Care”. Paper presented at conference 16th Annual Qualitative analysis. University of New Brunswick and St Thomas University, Fredericton, NB. May 13-16, 1999.
• de Montigny— “Institutional Production of Children’s Narratives”. Paper presented at conference Social Transformation and Activism: The Application of Institutional Ethnography. Arizona State University West, Phoenix, Arizona. March 10 to 14, 1999.
• de Montigny— “Who Bleeds when social services are cut?” Paper presented at conference, Restructuring and Transformation of Canadian Institutions: Applications of Institutional Ethnography. York University, Toronto, Ontario. October 28-31, 1998.
• de Montigny— “It says here…”: Techniques of textual absorption and resistance.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA. April 15 to 19, 1998.
• de Montigny— “Changing Families/Changing Places.” Paper presented at conference The Changing Family and Child Development to be held at the University of Calgary July 10-12, 1997. (Paper written but not presented due to death in family. However, to be submitted for inclusion in conference proceedings—see below under Work in Progress.)
• de Montigny— “Cutting Social Services.” Paper presented at the Realities and Dreams: Children in Residential Care Conference, University of Strathcylde, Glasgow, Scotland. September 1996.
• de Montigny— “Writing and Erasing Children’s Accounts.” Paper presented at the Social Science Methodology Conference, Essex University, Colchester, England. July 1996.
• de Montigny— “Cutting Social Services: Who Bleeds?” Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Conference, Brock University, St. Catherine, Ontario. June 1996.
• de Montigny— “Children’s Experiences of Being in Care.” Paper presented at the Qualitative Analysis Conference, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. May 1996.

Journal Book Reviews

• de Montigny – (June 2005). Christopher Hall, Kirsi Juhila, Nigel Parton & Tarja Pösö. Constructing clienthood in social work and human services: Interaction, identities and practices. Qualitative Social Work, 4, 2: 229-236.
• de Montigny– (Winter 1993). Kay Feehan & David Hannis. “From Strength to Strength: Social Work Education and Aboriginal People,” by. The Social Worker/Le Travailler Social, 61, #4, 187.

Work in Progress

• de Montigny– Reflexive Social Work: Interviews with youth in care. Book Manuscript submitted to University Toronto Press. (515 pages)
• de Montigny– (projected Fall 2006). Self, reflexivity and social work. In Deena Mandell (Ed.) Self and social work (tentative title), Canadian Scholar’s Press.
• de Montigny – (projected 2006). Ethnomethodology for Social Work. Qualitative Social Work. Accepted with minor revision.

Current Research

• 2006 Ministry of Children and Youth Services, Research & Outcome Measurement Branch/Child Welfare Secretariat. Alternative Dispute Resolution in Child Protection. Gerald de Montigny Principal Researcher. $10,000.00 Grant in Aid for Major Project Proposal.

Service

• Carleton University Academic Staff Association (CUASA) Grievance Chair.
• Social justice and building democratic organizational structures through unions.