SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
L. Froggett, E. Ramvi, L. Davies. (2014) "Thinking from experience in
psycyhcosocial practice: reclaiming and teaching ‘use of self’" Journal of Social
Work Practice
E. Ramvi & L. Davies (2010) “Gender, mothering and relational work”. Journal of
Social Work Practice Volume 24
L. Davies (2008) “Omnipotence in child protection: Making room for
ambivalence” Journal of Social Work Practice Vol .22. No. 2
L. Davies and A. Grenier, (2008) Editorial “Psychotherapeutic approaches to
practice in the public sector” Journal of Social Work Practice Canadian Special
Issue Vol 22:2
L. Davies, S. Collings (2008) "Emotional knowledge for child welfare practice:
Reexamining our roots." Smith College for Studies in Social Work, Vol 78, No 1, pp.
7-26
L. Davies, J. Krane, S. Collings, S. Wexler. (2007) “Developing mothering
narratives in child protection practice” Journal of Social Work Practice. Vol. 21,1,
pp.23-34
L. Davies and J. Krane (2006) “Collaborate with caution: Protecting children,
helping mothers”, Critical Social Policy 26, 2, pp.412-425
P. Rains, L. Davies, M. McKinnon, (2004) “Social services construct the teen
mother”, Families in Society 85, 1, pp.17-26
L. Davies, S. Collings, J. Krane. (2003) “Making mothers visible: Implications for
social work practice and education in child welfare”, Journal for the Association
for Research on Mothering, Vol. 5, 2, pp.158-169
L. Davies and J. Krane (2003) “Critical reflections on practice with battered
women: Insights from Maya’s story, Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal, Vol.
28.1 pp.63-71
J. Krane and L. Davies. (2002) “Sisterhood is not enough: The invisibility of
mothering in battered women’s shelters”, Affilia, Vol. 17 (2) pp. 167-190
L. Davies, M. McKinnon, P. Rains. (2001) "Creating a family: Perspectives from
teen mothers" Journal of Progressive Human Services, Vol. 12 (1) pp. 83-100
M. McKinnon, L. Davies, P. Rains (2001) "What about the fathers? Contrasting
views of men in the lives of the teen mothers”, Affilia. Spring, pp. 80-99
L. Davies and J. Krane (1996) "Shaking the legacy of mother blaming: No easy
task for child welfare", Journal of Progressive Human Services, Vol 7, (2) pp.3-22.
L. Davies (1989) "Professional autonomy revisited: The case of social work
practice in child abuse", Canadian Social Work Review, (2), summer, pp.186-202.
Books and Chapters in Books:
J. Krane, J., Davies, L., Carlton, R., & Mulcahy, M. (2010) “The clock starts now:
Rethinking attachment theory in child protection practice”. In B Featherstone,
CA Hooper, J Scourfield & J Taylor, (Eds), Gender and Child Welfare in Society.
Chichester Wiley Press.
L. Davies and P. Leonard (eds.) (2004) Social Work in a Corporate Era: Practices
of Power and Resistance, Aldershot, U.K. Ashgate Publishing.
L. Davies and S. Collings (2004) “Subject-to-subject: reclaiming the emotional
terrain for practice” Chapter Four in Social Work in a Corporate Era: Practices of
Power and Resistance, Aldershot, U.K., Ashgate Publishing.
L. Davies, P. Rains, M. McKinnon. (1999) "On my own: A new discourse on
dependence and independence from young mothers” in Teen Pregnancy and
Parenting D. Checkland and J. Wong, Eds. University of Toronto Press, pp. 38-51
L. Davies, (1990) "Limits of bureaucratic control: Social workers in Child
Welfare", in L. Davies and E. Shragge (eds.), Bureaucracy and Community.
Montréal: Black Rose, pp. 81-101.
SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS
2007 SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF
CANADA, J Krane (P.I.) L. Davies, Co-investigator, Engaging mothers and f
fathers: Challenges for social service practices with parents $97,510
2006 SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF
CANADA. International Opportunities Grant, L. Davies, Principal
Investigator Making Gender Visible in Child Welfare: An
International Initiative $75,000
2003 SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, Linda
Davies, Principal investigator: Constructing Maternal Identities: an
examination of everyday practices in welfare state organizations,
$131,109.
2000 SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, Linda
Davies, Principal investigator "Implementing the feminist vision: Case
studies of four organizations" $102,000.
1994- SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
"Pregnant and parenting teens: An examination of social services and
policies". P. Rains, principal investigator L. Davies, co-investigator, M.
McKinnon, $65,620.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
"Emotional effects of relational work- a psycho-social perspective". European Group
for Organizational Studies, (2013, July) Montreal, Quebec
"Vicarious trauma in Relational Professions" University of Stavanger, Norway,
Professional Development Research Group, June 2012
“Attachment based practice in child protection ” Gender & Child Welfare – An
Interdisciplinary Conference, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, April 2009
Keynote Speaker Gender & Child Welfare – An Interdisciplinary Conference, York
University, U.K. “Omnipotence in Child Protection: Making room for ambivalence”
October, 2007
“Maternal ambivalence in child protection work” Canadian SPECIAL ISSUE of
Journal of Social Work Practice, (International) McGill University April, 2007
Keynote Speaker, Public Seminar Series, Bradford University, U.K. “Protecting
Children in Circumstances of violence: Implications for Women as Mothers” March,
2007
“Domestic violence and child protection” Why gender matters in child protection.
University of Huddersfield, U.K. April 2005.
“Mothering under difficult and unusual circumstances: The case of women’s
shelters, Association for Research on Mothering, Mothering & Feminism Conference
York University, October 2004
“Mothering & Social Work Education” Mothering & Teaching Conference: Bringing
Mothers into the Academy: York University, May 2002
“Beyond the state: Conceptualizing protection in community settings”, Evaluation
for practice conference, University of Huddersfield, England, July 2000.
"Reconceptualizing teenage mothers: Social services and their clients", Seventh
Conference on Canadian Social Welfare Policy. University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C., June 1995.
"Too young to be a mum: Examining cultural stereotypes about teenage mothers",
Conference on Writings, Genders, Cultures. Faculty of Education, McGill University,
May 1994.
"The creation of an alternative social service program for the black family in
Montreal". Social Welfare Policy Conference, Memorial University, St. John's, Nfld.,
June 1993.
"The justice/welfare debate in child welfare". Department of Government,
Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of West Indies,
Barbados, 1991.
"Child sexual abuse from a feminist perspective". Chairperson, Professional
Development Seminar, School of Social Work Alumni Annual Meeting, Montreal,
1987.