Jessica Hutchison, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

decolonizing education documentary knowledge mobilization storytelling visual arts Indigenous ways of knowing

Latest papers

The Gendered, Misogynoiristic, and Colonial Genocidal Logics of Strip Searching.
Affilia · 2025 · first author
Applying feminist principles to social work teaching: Pandemic times and beyond.
Qualitative social work : QSW : research and practice · 2021 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Developing partnerships to investigate and address the processes and outcomes criminalization and incarceration in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$133,936
Stories of Unpacking Colonialism: A Decolonizing Journeys Documentary
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$49,290

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

The Gendered, Misogynoiristic, and Colonial Genocidal Logics of Strip Searching.

Hutchison J

Affilia2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/08861099241297153 PMID: 40657571

02

Applying feminist principles to social work teaching: Pandemic times and beyond.

Hutchison J

Qualitative social work : QSW : research and practice2021First author

DOI: 10.1177/1473325020973305 PMID: 34253994

Developing partnerships to investigate and address the processes and outcomes criminalization and incarceration in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Kish, Nyki

Keywords: Critical prison studies; community-engaged research; Participatory Action Research; criminalization; incarceration; oppression and marginalization; public policy; legislative change; lived experienced; mixed methods; arts-based; Knowledge Mobilization

$133,936

Stories of Unpacking Colonialism: A Decolonizing Journeys Documentary

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Hutchison, Jessica

Keywords: decolonizing education; documentary; knowledge mobilization; storytelling; visual arts; Indigenous ways of knowing

$49,290

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: decolonizing education Dear Professor Hutchison, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The Gendered, Misogynoiristic, and Colonial Genocidal Logics of Strip Searching." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Stories of Unpacking Colonialism: A Decolonizing Journeys Documentary" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]