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Jeff Karabanow


Professor, School of Social Work

Cross Appointment to the Department of International Development Studies

Cross Appointment with Graduate Studies

Cross Appointment to the School of Health and Human Performance

School of Social Work
Dalhousie University
6414 Coburg Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 2A7

Telephone:  (902) 494-1193
Fax:  (902) 494-6709
E-mail:  jeff.karabanow@dal.ca

 

 

Areas of expertise

  • Youth homelessness
  • International social work and development
  • Political economies
  • Research methods

Educational background

  • 2000 PhD in Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier
  • 1994 MA in Sociology, McGill University
  • 1990 BA in Sociology, McGill University

Professional and educational responsibilities

  • 2008 Promotion to Full Professor
  • 2005 Promotion to Associate Professor
  • 2005 Tenure granted
  • Editorial Review Board for Health and Place
  • Children and Youth Services Review
  • Canadian Journal of Urban Research
  • The Open Social Science Journal
  • Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
  • Journal of Sociology
  • Canadian Journal of Urban Research
  • Canadian Journal of Sociology
  • Qualitative Social Work
  • International Social Work
  • Canadian Social Work Review
  • 2009 Emergency Out of The Cold Shelter, Organizing Committee
  • 2008 YWCA Housing First Project, Advisory Board Member
  • 2003-present Society for Supportive Housing For Young Mothers
                               Board Member and Working Group member
  • 2003-present Homeless Action Research Committee, Co-Chair

Check out two animated shorts that Dr. Karabanow was involved with:

 

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Scholarly Activity/Research

Grants Received 

Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator, "Exiting Street Life: Exploring Youth Trajectories out of homelessness". $250,000 from Social Science and Humanities Research Council (May 2011-June 2014). Co-Investigators Jean Hughes and Sean Kidd.

Principal Investigator, "Can you be healthy on the street?  Young people speak out:  A filmmaking knowledge mobilization project". $50,000 from Social Science and Humanities Research Council (May 2008-June 2009). Co-Principal Investigator Jean Hughes.

Pincipal Investigator, "Can you be healthy on the street?  Young people speak out:  A filmmaking knowledge mobilization project". $5,000 from NS Department of Health (May 2008-June 2009). Co-Principal Investigator Jean Hughes.

Principal Investigator, " Building Community: The Story of Supportive Housing for Young Mothers (SHYM)". $25,000 from Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (June 2008-July 2009). Co-Investigator Jean Hughes. 

Principal Investigator, "Working within the Formal and Informal Economies: How Homeless Youth survive in Neo-liberal Times”. $50,000 from Human Resources and Social Development Canada (May 2008-March 2009). Co-Investigators Jean Hughes and Sean Kidd  

Principal Investigator, “Exploring the literature on programming for young mothers”. $10, 480.00 from National Homelessness Initiative (February 1, 2007-March 31, 2007).  

Co-Principal Investigator, “Addressing Youth Homelessness: A Web-Based Strategy for Dissemination” $49,000 from Social Science and Humanities Research Council Dissemination Grant (January 2007-December 2007). Co-Principal Investigator Sean Kidd. 

Principal Investigator, “Youth on the Margins of the Information Society Workshop” $3,500 from Dalhousie’s Faculty of Health Profession’s Research Development Fund (January 2005- June 2006). Co-investigators also include Dianne Looker, Victor Thiessen, Cynthia Alexander and Blye Frank. 

Principal Investigator, “Getting off the Street: Exploring Strategies used by Canadian Youth to Exit Street Life and Promising Street Youth Services”, $1500.00 from Dalhousie’s Faculty of Health Profession’s Research Development Fund (September 2005-December 2005).  

Principal Investigator, “Getting off the Street: Exploring Strategies used by Canadian Youth to Exit Street Life and Promising Street Youth Services” $4,000 from Youth Justice Renewal Fund, Community Partnership Approach to Implementation. Co-Investigators include members from the Halifax Community Action On Homelessness Research Sub-Committee (September 20, 2004-April 1, 2005). 

Principal Investigator, “Getting off the Street: Exploring Strategies used by Canadian Youth to Exit Street Life and Promising Street Youth Services” $80,000 from National Secretariat on Homelessness, National Research Program on Homelessness. Co-Investigators include members from the Halifax Community Action On Homelessness Research Sub-Committee (May 2004-July 2005). 

Co-Principal Investigator, “Housing and Health: The Impact of Alternative Service Delivery and Supportive Housing on Health Outcomes.” $97,562.00 from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Reducing Health Disparities and Promoting the Health of Vulnerable Populations. Other Co-Principal Investigators include Steve Kisely and Jean Hughes. (March 2004-March 2005). 

Principal Investigator, “Exploring Salient Issues of Youth Homelessness in Nova Scotia,” $73,850.00 from Human Resources Development Canada’s Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative (January 2003-September 2003). 

Principal Investigator, “Who are Squeegee Youth?” $1,000 from Halifax Community Action on Homelessness (Dec. 2002-Feb. 2003). 

Principal Investigator, “Pathways to Resilience: A Study of High-Risk Youth and their Interactions with Human Service Providers.”  $5000 from Dalhousie Research Development Grant (April, 2002 – January, 2003). Co-Investigators include Dr. Mike Ungar and Prof. Nancy MacDonald. 

Principal Investigator, “Exploring the On-Line Education Revolution.”  $1000.00 from Office of Instructional Development and Technology (January 2002- January 2003). Co-Investigators include Drs. Wanda Thomas-Bernard, Joan Harbison, Catrina Brown, Mike Ungar and Profs. Carolyn Campbell, Nancy MacDonald, Gail MacDougall, and Judy Macdonald.  

Associate Investigator, “Health and Homelessness Study” $50,000 from Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation (April, 2003). Principal Investigator, Stephen Kisely; Associate Investigators also includes Jean Hughes and Joanne Parker. 

Co-Investigator

Co-Investigator, "Building Capacity for Effective HIV/HCV Policy and Programming Responses Across the Atlantic Region". $147,883 from The Candian Institute of Health Research (August 2010-August 2013). Principal Investigator, Jackie Gahagan.

Co-Investigator, "Harm reduction within mainstream services: What are the challenges and opportunities to reducing the harms for people who use illicit drugs?" $258,639.00 from The Canadian Institute of Health Research HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research Program (May 2010- May 2013). Principal Investigator, Lois Jackson. 

Co-Investigator, "Enhancement of Transitional Housing Programmes for Street-involved Youth through the Application of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to Strengthen Resilience". $329,792.00 from Canadian Institute of Health Research ($229, 792) and The Mental Health Commission of Canada ($100,000) (January 2010-December 2012). Principal Investigator, Beth McCay.

 

Co-Investigator, "The Effectiveness of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to Enhance Emotion-Based Coping and Strengthen Resilience amongst Street-involved Youth? $10,000.00 from Canadian Institute of Health Research Partnerships for Health System Improvement (October-December 2009). Principal Investigator, Beth McCay.

 

Co-Investigator, "CIHR Center for Research Evidence into Action For Community Health [REACH] in HIV/AIDS?" $2,500,000 from Canadian Institute of Health Research (June 2009-June 2014). Principal Investigator, Sean Rourke.

 

Co-Investigator, "Canadian Homeless Research Network?" $2,097,039.00 from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (July 2009-June 2015). Principal Investigator, Stephen Gaetz. Co-Investigators also include Hulchanski, D., Hwang, S., Aubry, T., O?Grady, B., Frankish, J., Bellot, C., Hurtubise, R., Palepu.A., Mosher, J., Anucha, U., Daiski, I., Preston, V., and Keil, R.

 

Co-investigator "Youth Engagement and Mental Health". SSHRC- CURA, LOI ($20,000)(January 2009). (Highest ranked proposal in competition). Principal Investigator, Jean Hughes. Co-Investigators also include Tirone, S., Braganza, B., Mitchell, J., Novaczek, I., Sullivan, M., Turner, T. and Beattie Huggan, P.

Co-Principal Investigator “Health and Homelessness: A Look at our Young People Living on the Street” $3000 from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Cafe Scientifique Partners (2008-9). Co Principal Investigator Jean Hughes.


Co-Investigator, “CIHR Center for Research Evidence into Action For Community Health [REACH] in HIV/AIDS” $2,500,000 from Canadian Institute of Health Research (June 2009-June 2014). Principal Investigator, Sean Rourke. 
 

Co-Investigator, “Canadian Homeless Research Network” $2,097,039.00 from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (July 2008-June 2015). Principal Investigator, Stephen Gaetz. Co-Investigators also include Hulchanski, D., Hwang, S., Aubry, T., O’Grady, B., Frankish, J., Bellot, C., Hurtubise, R., Palepu.A., Mosher, J., Anucha, U., Daiski, I., Preston, V., and Keil, R. 

Co-investigator “Youth Engagement and Mental Health.” SSHRC- CURA, LOI ($20,000). (highest ranked proposal in competition). Principal Investigator, Jean Hughes. Co-Investigators also include Tirone, S., Braganza, B., Mitchell, J., Novaczek, I., Sullivan, M., Turner, T. and Beattie Huggan, P.  

Co-Investigator, “Theory and Implications: Understandings of “Elder Absue and Neglect” their Implications for Policy and Legislation.” $25,000.00 from Human Resources and Social Development Canada (January, 2008-July 2008). Principal Investigator, Joan Harbison. Co-Investigators include Marie Beaulieu, Stephan Coughlan, Madine Van DerPlaat and Sheila Wildeman. 

Co-investigator, “Social Networks and Safer/Unsafe Sexual and Injection Drug Use Practices among Injection Drug Users (IDUs) in Rural and Urban Atlantic Canada” $320,116 from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (February 2006-February 2009). Principal Investigator, Lois Jackson; Co-Investigators also include Margaret Dykeman and Jacquie Gahagan.  

Co-Investigator, “Offering the help that is needed: Service delivery to mistreated and neglected older people” $157,778 from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (#41020060070)(April 2006-April 2008). Principal Investigator, Joan Harbison. Co-Investigators also include Stephen Coughlan and Madine Vanderplaat. 

Co-Investigator, “Mental Health Needs of Street-Involved Youth in Canada: Establishing Evidence for a Policy Driven Agenda “ $9750.00 from CIHR, Institute of Gender & Health,  (Nov 2006) Principal Investigator Beth McCay. Co-Investigators include  Langley, J.,  Henderson, A., Kidd, S., Cooper, L., Beanlands, H. & Spalding, K.  

Co-investigator, “Youth on the Margins of the Information Society” $799,757 from SSHRC Initiative of the New Economy Research Alliance (October, 2003-2006). Principal Investigator, Dianne Looker; Co-investigators also include Victor Thiessen, Cynthia Alexander and Blye Frank. 

Co-investigator, “Women involved in the sex trade and their intimate partners: Exploring gender, health and healthy/unhealthy practices” $49,280.00 from Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Perspectives on Gender and Health Pilot Projects (February 2004- February 2005). Principal Investigator: Lois Jackson; Co-investigators also include Barb Sowinski, Carolyn Bennet, Tod Augusta-Scott and Richard Swaine. 

Co-investigator, “Parent Abuse in Immigrant Communitites- A Pilot Study” $17,600 from Nova Scotia Department of Justice (November 2003- April 2004). Principal Investigator, Madine Vanderplaat; Co-Investigators also include D. Crocker, N. Sharif and E. Tastsoglou. 

Co-investigator, “Community-Based Services for Abused and Neglected Older Adults.”  $59,336.80 from Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (August 2001-August 2003). Principal Investigator, Joan Harbison; Co-Investigators also include Madine Vanderplaat and Stephen Coughlan. 

Co-investigator, “Youth on the Margins of the Information Society” $5513.75 from SSHRC Aid to Small Universities Grant (June 2001- December 2001). Principal investigator, Dianne Looker; Co-Investigators also include Blye Frank, Victor Thiessen and C. Alexander. 

Co-Investigator, “Developing a Workshop about Abuse of Parents by their Teenage Children” $8,000.00 from Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (June 2002). Principal investigator, Barbara Cottrell; Co-Investigator also includes Morah MacEachern.

 Co-Investigator, “Building Transitional Residence for Immigrant Men” $237,800 from HRDC Supportive Communities Partnership Initiative Fund (July 2002-5). Principal investigator, Claudette Legualt (MISA). 

Co-Investigator, “Research Skills Development Proposal concerning Housing and Health in Halifax” $4900 from Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (August 2002). Principal investigator, Benjamin Rusak. 

Collaborator

Collaborator, “From the Ground Up: Increasing access to health care services for Dartmouth citizens marginalized by race and class” $70,970 from Department of Community Services (July 2002-July 2003). Principal investigators, Liz Townsend, Elias Mutale, Wanda Thomas Bernard.

 

Publications

Karabanow, J., and Kidd, S. Being Young and Homeless: Addressing Youth Homelessness from Drop-In to Drafting Policy. In Manal Guirguis-Younger (ed.) Homelessness and Health in Canada. In press at Sage.

 

Jackson, L., Dykeman, M., Gahagan, J. Karabanow, J., and Parker, J. 

Challenges and opportunities to integrating family members of injection drug users into harm reduction efforts within the Atlantic Canadian context. In press at International Journal of Drug Policy.

 

Karabanow, J, Carson, A., and Clement, P.(2010).  Leaving the Streets: Stories of Canadian Youth. Fernwood Publishing Ltd: Halifax, NS.

 

Karabanow, J. (2010). "Using art to tell stories and build safe spaces: Transforming academic research into action." Proceedings for the CRI Rethinking Homelessness International Conference, Montreal PQ.

 

Harbison, J.,Coughlan, S., Beaulieu, M., Karabanow, J., VanderPlaat, M., Wildeman, S. Wexler, E.. "Understanding ?elder abuse and neglect: A critique of assumptions underpinning responses to the mistreatment and neglect of older people".  Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect (in press).

 

Karabanow, J., Hughes, J., Ticknor, J., Kidd, S., and Patterson, D. (2010). "The Economics of Being Young and Poor: How Homeless Youth survive in Neo-liberal Times".  Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Vol. XXXVV11 (4), p. 39-64.

 

Karabanow, J., Hughes, J. and Kidd, S. (2010). Travailler pour survivre: exploration du travail des jeunes de la rue. [Working to Survive: Exploring street youth labor] . Criminologie, 43(1),7-29.

 

Karabanow, J. (2010) Street Kids as Delinquents, Menaces and Criminals: Another Example of The Criminalization of Poverty in D. Crocker and V.M. Johnson (Eds.), Poverty, Regulation, and Social Exclusion: Readings on the Criminalization of Poverty (pp.140-147) . Halifax: Fernwood Publications.

 

Karabanow, J with Naylor, T. (2010). Being Hooked-Up: Exploring the Experiences of Street Youth with Information Communication Technology. 

In E. Dianne Looker and Ted Naylor (Eds.) Digital Diversity: Youth, Equity, and Information Technology (pp.161-178) Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier Press.

 

Jackson, L., Parker, J., Dykeman, M., Karabanow, J and Gahagan, J. (2010). The power of relationships: implications for safer and unsafe practices among injection drug users. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 17(3), 189-201.

 

Jacquie Gahagan, Lois Jackson, Jeff Karabanow, Margaret Dykeman. 

(2010). Injection Drug Users, Social Justice, and Health Research: The Ethics of Meaningful Inclusion. Proceedings for the American Public Health Association Public Meeting, Denver Colorado, Nov 6-10.

 

Joan Harbison, Stephen Coughlan, Jeff Karabanow, Madine VanderPlaat, Sheila Wildeman. (2010). Ageism, the Right to Autonomy and Adult Protection Legislation: The Maritime Experience Proceedings for the Canadian Conference on Elder Law, Toronto, Oct 28-30.

 

Karabanow, J (2010). Building Community: The Story of Supportive Housing for Young Mothers. Proceedings for the Canadian Public Health Conference, Toronto, Ont. June 12-14.

 

Karabanow, J (2010). Street Kids as Delinquents, Menaces and Criminals: The Criminalization of Poverty Examined. Proceedings for the Law and Society Congress, Montreal, June 2-5.


Karabanow, J. , Hughes, J., and Hadley, C. (2009). Building Community: The Story of Supportive Housing for Young Mothers (SHYM). CMHC Report (O). 

Karabanow, J. Street Kids as Delinquents, Menaces and Criminals: Another Example of The Criminalization of Poverty in D. Crocker and V.M. Johnson (eds.), Poverty, Regulation,
and Social Exclusion: Readings on the Criminalization of Poverty UBC Press (Law & Society Series) (under review). (B) (S)
 

Karabanow, J and Naylor, T. Being Hooked-Up: Exploring the Experiences of Street Youth with Information Communication Technology. In E. Dianne Looker (Ed.) Bridging and Bonding Across Digital Divides: Equity and Information and Communication Technology. Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier Press (In Press). (B) (S) 

Karabanow, Jeff. (2009). "How Young People Get off the Street: Exploring Paths and Processes." In: Hulchanski, J. David; Campsie, Philippa; Chau, Shirley; Hwang, Stephen W.; Paradis, Emily (eds.) Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada (e-book). Toronto: Cities Centre, University of Toronto. 

Karabanow, J. Ticknor, J., Hughes, J., Kidd, S. and Patterson, D. (2009). Working within Formal and Informal Economies: How Homeless Youth survive in Neo-liberal Times. HRSDC report (O).  

Jackson, L., Parker, J., Dykeman, M., Karabanow, J and Gahagan, J. The power of social relationships: implications for safer and unsafe. (2009) Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 1-16, iFirst. 

Harbison, J, Coughlan, S., Beaulieu, M, Karabanow, J., VanderPlaat, M., Wildeman, S., and Wexler, E. (2009). Understanding “elder abuse and neglect”: A critique of assumptions underpinning responses to the mistreatment and neglect of older people.  HRDSC report (O). 

Jackson, L., Augusta‑Scott, T., Burwash-Brennan, M. and Karabanow, J., Robertson, K, Sowinski, B. (2009). Intimate relationships and women involved in the sex trade: Perceptions and experiences of inclusion and exclusion, Health 13(1), 25-46. 

Harbison, J.,  Coughlan, S.,  Karabanow, J., VanderPlaat, M., Wildeman, S., and Wexler, E.  Adult Protection legislation: From intent to practice in three Canadian provinces. (2008). The Indian Journal of Gerontology, 22(3 and 4), 307-318.  

Karabanow, J (2008). Being Sick on and of The Street: Homeless Youth and their Health. Proceedings for the Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference, Halifax, NS. (International).

Karabanow, J. (2008). Getting off the Street: Exploring young people’s street exits. American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 51(6), 772-788. 

Karabanow, J (2008). Street Life and Street Health. Proceedings for the Social
Work National Conference, Toronto, On.
 

Kisely, S., Parker, J., Campbell, LA., Karabanow, J., Hughes, J. and Gahagan, J. (2008). The Health Impacts of Supportive Housing for Homeless Youth: A Pilot Study. Public Health, 122, 1089-1092. 

Karabanow, J. and Naylor, T. (2007). Street Youth and Information Technology: An Exploration of Social Inclusion and Exclusion. International Journal of The Humanities, 5(3), p. 253-260. 

Karabanow, J. Feeling Connected: Exploring Experiences of Street Youth and Information Technologies. Fifth International Humanities Conference. Paris, France. (International) (CP) (PR) 

Karabanow, J., Hopkins, S., Kisely, S., Parker, J., Hughes, J., Gahagan, J., and Campbell, LA. (2007). Can You Be healthy on the Street?: Exploring the Health Experiences of Halifax Street Youth. The Canadian Journal of Urban Research,16(1), 12-32 . (PR)  

Karabanow, J. (2006) Creating A Culture of Hope: Lessons from Street Children Agencies in Canada and Guatemala. Translated to Lavoro Sociale, 6(2) September. 

Karabanow, J. (2006). Being Hooked Up: Exploring the experiences of street youth and information technologies. Proceedings for The International Conference on Advances in the Internet, Processing, Systems, and Interdisciplinary Research, p. 10. Montreal, Quebec (International). (CP) (PR). 

Karabanow, J. (2006). Street Kids as Delinquents, Menaces and Criminals: Another Example of The Criminalization of Poverty. NSPIRG-DAL Poverty in Perspective, Spring, 29-33 (INV) (O). 

Karabanow, J. (2006). Becoming a Street Youth: Uncovering the Stages to Street Life. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 13(2), 49-72. (PR)  

Parker, J., Karabanow, J. Hughes, J., Gahagan, J. Kisely, S. (2006). When Difference Matters: Matching Service Delivery to Diverse Street Youth Populations. Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, 5(3), 62-69.  (PR) 

Karabanow, J., Clement, P., Carson, A., and Crane, K. (2005). Getting off the street: Exploring strategies used by Canadian youth to exit street life. The National Homelessness Initiative, National Research Program. (O) 

Harbison, J., Coughlan, S., Karabanow, J., and VanderPlaat, M. (2005). A Clash of Cultures: Rural values and Service delivery to Mistreated and Neglected Older People in Eastern Canada. Practice: British Association of Social Workers Journal, 17(4), 229-246. (PR) 

Parker, J., Campbell, L.A., Kisely, S., Karabanow, J., Hughes, J., Rusak, B., Gahagan, J., Rehman, L., Kiceniuk, D. (2005). A Pilot Study on the Health Impacts of Supportive Housing for Homeless/At-Risk Youth. Proceedings for Canadian Conference on Homelessness, Toronto, Ontario, (National). (PR) (CP) 

Karabanow, J., Clement, P., and Carson, A. (2005). Canadian Street Kids: What’s Happening and Who’s Helping?, Proceedings for Canadian Conference on Homelessness, Toronto, Ontario, (National). (PR) (CP). 

Karabanow, J., Parker, J., Kisely, S. and Hughes, J. (2005). Health and Homelessness: Exploring street youth and wellness. Proceedings for the Fifth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. Beijing, China (International). (PR) (CP) 

Karabanow, J., Carson, A., and Clement, P. (2005).  Living Healthy on the Street: Exploring Healthy and Unhealthy Street Youth Practices. Proceeding for The Third International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Cambridge, England (International). (PR) (CP) 

Karabanow, J. (2005). Doing what's needed: Providing meaningful services & support to diverse street youth populations in Canada, Proceedings for The 12th Biennial Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick (National). (PR) (CP) 

Karabanow, J. and Sanchez, M.  (2005). Social Democracy in Canada. In Herrick, J. and Stuart, P. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publishing. (PR) (INV)  

Karabanow, J. (2004). Being Young and Homeless: Understanding how youth enter and exit street life. New York, New York. Peter Lang Publishing INC. (INV) (PR) (B)  

Karabanow, J. (2004). Street Workers and Street Warriors: Youth at the Margins of Urban Guatemala. United Nations Report on Guatemala, 25(1), 10-13. (INV) (O) 

Karabanow, J.  (2004). Changing Faces: The Story of Two Canadian Street Youth Shelters. International Journal of Social Welfare, 13, 304-314. (PR)  

Karabanow, J. (2004). Making Organizations Work: Exploring Characteristics of Anti-Oppressive Organizational Structures in Street Youth Shelters.  Journal of Social Work, 4(1), 47-60. (PR)  

Karabanow, J. (2004). Exploring Salient Issues of Youth Homelessness in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Report funded by Human Resources Development Canada Supportive Communities Partnership Initiative. (O) 

Karabanow, J. and Clement, Philip (2004). Interventions with Street Youth: A Commentary on the Practice-Based Research Literature. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 4(1), 93-108.  (PR) (INV). 

Harbison, J., Coughlan, S., Karabanow, J. and VanderPlaat, M. (2004). Offering the Help That’s Needed: Responses to the Mistreatment and Neglect of Older People in a Rural Canadian Context. Rural Social Work, (9), 147-157. (PR) 

Harbison, J., Coughlan, S., Karabanow, J. and Vanderplaat, M. (2004).`Rural patters of helping: Overcoming barriers in reaching out to mistreated and neglected older people. In Proceedings of the Ontario Elder Abuse Conference, Toronto, Ontario. (PR) (CP) 

Karabanow, J.  (2003). Creating A Culture of Hope: Lessons from Street Children Agencies in Canada and Guatemala.  International Social Work, 46(3), 369-386. (PR) 

Cameron, G. and Karabanow, J.  (2003). The Nature and Effectiveness of Program Models for Adolescents at Risk of Entering the Formal Child Protection System. Child Welfare, LXXXII (4), 443-474.  (PR) 

Karabanow, J. and Christian, A. (2003). Being a street kid in Halifax: Experiences of being accepted and unaccepted. Proceedings for Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Congress. (PR) (CP) 

Karabanow, J.  (2003). Changing Faces: The Story of Two Canadian Street Youth Shelters. Proceedings for 30th Biannual Congress of IASSW. (PR) (CP) 

Harbison, J., Coughlan, S., Karabanow, J. and Vanderplaat, M. (2002). Limits to Caring: Patterns of Rural Service Delivery to Mistreated Older People. Proceedings of the Ontario Elder Abuse Conference, Toronto, Ontario. (PR) (CP)

 Karabanow, J.  (2002). Open For Business: Exploring the Life Stages of Two Canadian Street Youth Shelters. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 29(4), 99-116. (PR) 

Cadell, S., Karabanow, J., and Sanchez, M.  (2001). Community, Empowerment and Resilience: Paths to Wellness.  Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. 20(1), 21-35. (PR) 

Cameron, G., Karabanow, J., Laurendeau, M.C., and Chamberland, C. (2001). Program Implementation and Diffusion. In I. Prilleltensky, G. Nelson, and L. Peirson (Eds.). Promoting Family Wellness and Preventing Child Maltreatment, (pp. 318-346). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. (PR) (B) 

Karabanow, J. (2000). The Organizational Culture of a Street Kid Agency. In N. Ashkanasy, E.J. Hartel, and W. Zerbe (Eds.)  Emotions and Organizational Life (pp.165-176). Westport, CT: Quorum Books.  (PR) (B) 

Karabanow, J. (1999).  Creating Community: A Case Study of A Montreal Street Kid Agency.  Community Development Journal, 34(4), 318-327. (PR) 

Karabanow, J. (1999).  When Caring is Not Enough: An Exploration of Emotional Labor at a Canadian Street Kid Shelter.  Social Service Review, 73(3), 340-357. (PR)  

Westhues, A., Cadell, S., Karabanow, J., Maxwell, L., and Sanchez, M. (1999).  The Creation of Knowledge: Linking Research Paradigms to Practice.  Canadian Social Work Review, 16(2), 129-154. (PR)  

Karabanow, J. (1998). Understanding the Researcher within the Research: A Discussion about the Journey involved in “Doing Research.”  Proceedings of the 14th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference. Toronto, Ontario. (PR) (CP)  

Karabanow, J. and Rains, P. (1997).  Structure Versus Caring: Discepant Perspectives in a Shelter for Street Children.  Children and Youth Services Review, 19(4), 301-322. (PR)