First Name
Naomi
Last Name
Nichols
Email
naominichols@trentu.ca
Phone
705-748-1011 ext. 7822
Location
Otonabee College 232
Campus
Peterborough
Job Title
Associate Professor
Job Designation
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Community-Partnered Social Justice
Accreditation
B.A. (Trent), B.Ed.(Queen's), M.A. & Ph.D. (York)
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My research program consists of three integrated streams of research-to-action. The first two streams focus on youth, specifically youth inequality, poverty and homelessness. The research brings into view the social, institutional and policy systems that produce conditions of inequity in the public sphere. This work includes an investigation of Canada’s move to embrace data-led governance in its efforts to resolve an emerging youth homelessness crisis. My third stream of research investigates and seeks to transform the capacity of Canada’s non-profit social innovation sector to engage in effective research and development activities in support of equitable social transformation.
Areas of Expertise
Publications
Nichols, N. & McAuliffe, J. ( 2023). The Socio-Technical Organization of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Child Welfare. Journal of Public Child Welfare.
Nichols, N. Crowell, K., Lenzner, M., & Bourns, J. (2023). Data justice for youth in and leaving care: Mapping the child welfare data landscape in Ontario. Information, Communication and Society.
Nichols, N. Malenfant, J. and the Youth Action Research Revolution Team (2023). The Social Organization of Pervasive Penality in the Lives of Young People Experiencing Homelessness. Critical Criminology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-023-09717-5
Nichols, N. Malenfant, J. and the Youth Action Research Revolution Team: Adamovicz, L. Narcisse, S., Plamondon, M. & Watchhorn, M. (2023). Youth as Truth-tellers and Rights-holders: Legal and Institutional Reforms to Enable Youth Housing Security International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 14(1): Special Issue: Youth Leaving Care. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18357//ijcyfs141202321288
Nichols, N. Malenfant, J. and the Youth Action Research Revolution Team: Adamovicz, L. Narcisse, S., Plamondon, M. & Watchhorn, M. (2022). Health System Access for Precariously Housed Youth. Society and Mental Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/21568693221082206
Nichols, N. & Guay, E. (2022). Ethnography, Tactical Responsivity and Communities of Inquiry. Contemporary Ethnography 51(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/08912416211060870
Nichols, N. (2019). Youth, School and Community: Participatory Institutional Ethnographies. Toronto, ON: The University of Toronto Press.
Nichols, N. (2014). Youth Work: An institutional ethnography of youth homelessness. Toronto, ON: The University of Toronto Press.
Nichols, N. Crowell, K., Lenzner, M., & Bourns, J. (2023). Data justice for youth in and leaving care: Mapping the child welfare data landscape in Ontario. Information, Communication and Society.
Nichols, N. Malenfant, J. and the Youth Action Research Revolution Team (2023). The Social Organization of Pervasive Penality in the Lives of Young People Experiencing Homelessness. Critical Criminology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-023-09717-5
Nichols, N. Malenfant, J. and the Youth Action Research Revolution Team: Adamovicz, L. Narcisse, S., Plamondon, M. & Watchhorn, M. (2023). Youth as Truth-tellers and Rights-holders: Legal and Institutional Reforms to Enable Youth Housing Security International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 14(1): Special Issue: Youth Leaving Care. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18357//ijcyfs141202321288
Nichols, N. Malenfant, J. and the Youth Action Research Revolution Team: Adamovicz, L. Narcisse, S., Plamondon, M. & Watchhorn, M. (2022). Health System Access for Precariously Housed Youth. Society and Mental Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/21568693221082206
Nichols, N. & Guay, E. (2022). Ethnography, Tactical Responsivity and Communities of Inquiry. Contemporary Ethnography 51(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/08912416211060870
Nichols, N. (2019). Youth, School and Community: Participatory Institutional Ethnographies. Toronto, ON: The University of Toronto Press.
Nichols, N. (2014). Youth Work: An institutional ethnography of youth homelessness. Toronto, ON: The University of Toronto Press.
Languages Spoken
Media Database
Yes
Media Preferences
Print
Radio
Video