Dr. Eva Jewell
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.
Dr. Jewell is the with the Jackman Humanities Institute at University of Toronto.
Website
Courses
- SOC 427: Indigenous Perspectives on Canada
- SOC 580: Indigenous Feminisms
- SOC 108: Indigenous Peoples and Decolonization
- SSH 301: Research Design and Qualitative Methods
- /PPA 700: Comparative Indigenous Politics
Graduate Program Membership
Community & Professional Service
- Affiliate,
- Board Member,
Recent Media
- TVO NDN POV (April 2024)
- TVO NDN POV (April 2024)
Recent Publications
Jewell, E. and A. Doucet. 2026. 鈥淭he Listening Guide in Canadian Indigenous contexts鈥� in edited by C. Gilligan, N. Mauthner and A. Doucet. London: Routledge. Forthcoming.
Doucet, A., E. Jewell and J. Falk. 2025. The Sociological Review 73(5): 971-992.
Jewell, E. 2025. The Walrus (Sept 29).
Jewell, E. 2024. Yellowhead Institute Policy Brief.
Jewell, E. 2024. 鈥淭owards an anti-colonial feminist care ethic鈥� in edited by G. Starblanket. Halifax: Fernwood Press.
Doucet, A., E. Jewell, and V. Watts. 2024. 鈥淚ndigenous constellations, feminist ecological social imaginaries, and feminist care ethics: Caring encounters鈥� in edited by S. Bourgault, M. Fitzgerald, and F. Robinson. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
Jewell, E., and I. Mosby. 2023. Toronto: Yellowhead Institute.
Jewell, E. 2022. 鈥淪ettler colonialism, age, and gender鈥� in , 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. Wellbeing, Space and Society 3.
Jewell, E., A. Doucet, J. Falk and S. Fyke. 2020. Canadian Review of Social Policy 80: 1-25.
Creative Work
Payer, N., E. Jewell and D. Wolf. 2021. (animated short). Toronto: Yellowhead Institute.