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Brief Bio:

Jeff (he/him) is an uninvited settler with roots in Ireland, Scotland, Holland, England and Wales. He was born on a territory named Stz'uminus (now the shared lands of Chemainus First Nation and Penelakut Tribe). After seven years learning and teaching on the traditional territories of the Dakota, Anishanabek, Oji-Cree, and Cree Nations, as well as the homeland of the Red River Metis Nation, he and his family have returned to live and work on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples. He is a former assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at Brandon University. He has a diploma in jazz performance from Vancouver Island University, with focus on jazz guitar; a Bachelor of Music Therapy from Capilano University; an MA in counselling psychology from ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø; and is a PhD candidate in Education at the University of Manitoba. He is a Canadian Certified Counsellor working in private practice, and works as a consultant, supervisor, and writer, focusing on creative anti-colonial approaches to institutional change and collective well-being.

Research Interests: Indigenous education (e.g., program evaluation in rural schools integrating Indigenous education); Institutional pedagogy; conciliation and reconciliation; settler colonial studies;  arts-based research; discourse analysis and ethnomethodology of counselling therapy; decolonization of counselling therapy; music therapy; mental health and well-being;

Sample Publications:

Skott-Myhre, K. S., Skott-Myhre, H. A., Smith, J. G., & Kouri, S. (2023). Desettlering as Re-subjectification of the Settler Subject: Towards Alternative Traditions and Identity. Taylor & Francis.

Smith, J. (2023). Becoming-music as a De-settlering of Music Therapy. In S. Hadley, & A.
Crooke (Eds.), (Post)Colonial Music Therapy (pp. forthcoming). Dallas: Barcelona Publishers.

Duncan, H., Smith, J., & Bachewich, L. (2022). Mino-Pimaatisiwin: Beginning the journey towards decolonisation and reconciliation. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 32(2), 1-17.

Smith, J. & Kouri, S. (2018). Schizoanalysis, Counselling Praxis and a Sanbox Dirge. In D. G. Cole & J. P. N. Bradley (Eds.), Principles of Transversality in Globalization and Education (pp. 211-225). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

Kouri, S. & Smith, J. (2016). Street Analysis: How we come together and apart in localized youth work peer supervision. In H. Skott-Myre, V. Pacini-Ketchabew, & K. S. G. Skott-Myhre (Eds.), Critical Perspectives on Working with Young People (pp. 35-49). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Skott-Myhre, H., Skott-Myhre, K., Kouri, S. & Smith, J. (2016). Orphan Love in the Age of Capital. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 15(3), 51-70.

Kouri, S. & Smith, J. (2013). What’s Under the Dirt? Wondering as a Transformation of Self. Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, 26(2), 42-46.

Smith, J. (2012). Becoming Music: A description of an improvisational music therapy outreach approach. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 3(2-3), 272-283.

Smith, J. (2007). Creating a “Circle of Song” Within Canada's Poorest Postal Code. Canadian Journal of Music Therapy, 13(2), 103-114.