Tracey Bone

• Doctor of Philosophy (Social Work) - University of Manitoba, 2014
• Master of Social Work - University of Manitoba, 1998
• Bachelor of Social Work - University of Manitoba, 1984

Dr. Bone’s work focuses on human rights and social justice. She specializes in the following areas:

• Mental health in marginalized populations, with a particular focus on Deaf identity and Deaf mental health
• The role of art in mental health recovery
• Eating disorders and their impacts
• Social work practice, including communication
• Criminal justice
• The scholarship of teaching and learning

Dr. Bone is the Principal Investigator in a Major Grant through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Titled “Beyond the Books: Developing an interactive, case-based website”, the project hopes to extend social work pedagogy and assess student learning through an interactive website. 

Dr. Bone (PI) recently completed a mixed-methods community-based research study titled ‘Exploring the complex mental health and program access needs of Deaf and hard of hearing Manitobans’ which was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The community partner on this study was Manitoba Possible.

Dr. Bone’s teaching interests include social work practice, feminist perspectives, criminal justice, mental health, interpersonal communication and research methodologies. 

Research Study Leave: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.

Dr. Bone serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Criminal Justice Association (2024-2028), and the Legal Help Centre Inc. (2020- present). She is also (on leave) as a member of the Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees and the Senate Appeals Committee.  

For a review of Dr. Bone’s publications and work please visit: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tracey-Bone  

Selected journal articles:
Bone, T. A. (January 16 2024). Deaf Sign Language Users and the Criminal Justice System: A Human Rights, Social Justice Issue. Law360’ Canada. https://www.law360.ca/ca/articles/1786002/deaf-sign-language-users-and-criminal-justice-system-a-human-rights-social-justice-issue 

Bone, T. A. (Spring 2022). Deaf does not mean ‘dumb’: Deaf and hard of hearing federally sentenced persons face stigma. Actualites JUSTICE Report 37(1), 7-12. Ottawa: Canadian Criminal Justice Association (CCJA). Available online at http://www.justicereport.ca/ 

Bone, T. A. (Winter 2020). Deaf offenders: understanding and meeting the needs of this unique population of parolees. Actualites JUSTICE Report 35(4), 20-23. Ottawa: Canadian Criminal Justice Bone, T. A. (2019 November 9). Enhancing the rights of Deaf offenders through visual staff training content. Paper presented at the Canadian Criminal Justice Association 100th Anniversary Congress. Quebec City, Quebec. 

Bone, T. A., Wilkinson, E. Ferndale, D., & Adams, R. (2020). Indigenous and Deaf people and the implications of ongoing practices of colonization: A comparison of Australia and Canada. Humanity & Society, 1-27. https://doi-org.uml.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/01605976211001575 

Bone, T. A. (2019). No one is listening: members of the Deaf community share their depression narratives. Social Work in Mental Health, 17(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2018.1498045  (Epub. Aug. 6, 2018). 

Bone, T. A. & Roberts, M. (2019). An investigation into the routes to inpatient care at the Pantang Hospital Ghana via the criminal justice system.  Ghana Medical Journal, 53(2), 100-108. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v53i2.4 

Bone, T. A. (2018). Art and mental health recovery: Evaluating the impact of a community-based participatory arts program through artist voices. Community Mental Health Journal, 54(8), 1180-1188. 

Rogers, K., Bone, T., Schwartz, K., Slater, J., Thakrar, S., & Heinonen, T. (2018). Exploring identity: What we do as qualitative researchers. The Qualitative Report, 23(3), 532-546. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol23/iss3/3 

Book chapter:
Bone, T. A. (2019).  Deaf mental health: Enhancing linguistically and culturally appropriate practice. In A. Al-Krenawi and M. Zangeneh (Eds.) Culture, Diversity and Mental Health; Enhancing Clinical Practice. (pp. 61-82). Series Title: Advances in Mental Health and Addiction. Springer International Publishing.

Report article:
Bone, T. A. (Winter 2020). Deaf offenders: understanding and meeting the needs of this unique population of parolees. Actualites JUSTICE Report 35(4), 20-23. Ottawa: Canadian Criminal Justice Association (CCJA).

Conference proceedings:
Bone, T. (2019). International Trauma Summit, Executive Summary. World Federation for Mental Health. 

Selected presentations:

National/International:
Bone, T. A. (2024). Acknowledging Deaf Identities in Canadian Corrections. Poster presentation at the 6th World Congress on Probation and Parole, The Hague, The Netherlands. April 16-19, 2024. 

Bone, T. A. (2022 September 30). Deaf offenders: Fingerspelling isn’t the only way to communicate. Paper presented at the 5th World Congress on Probation and Parole. Ottawa, Ontario. 

Bone, T. A., Daniels, I., & Millard, J. (2022 June 30). The Journey of Women’s mental health within the World Federation for Mental Health and Relevance Today. Paper presented at the World Federation for Mental Health hybrid Congress 2022. London, England. Virtual presentation. Winner of one of two Best Congress Paper awards. 

Bone, T. (2022 June 17). Deaf offenders: The role of Social Work. Workshop (45 minute) presented at the National Organization of Forensic Social Work 2022 Conference. New Orleans, LA. 

Bone, T. A. (2019). Modern Day Slavery: Exploring the mental health and human rights of women and girls in Canada. United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW 63) NGO Parallel event. Co-Sponsors Mental Health Association in Taiwan and World Federation for Mental Health. New York, New York.  March 21, 2019. 

Milliken, E. & Bone, T. (2018 July 4). Creating Current Canadian Content for Feminist Perspectives courses. Paper presented at the SWSD Conference, Dublin, Ireland. 

Bone, T. (2016, October 16). Deaf mental health; Exploring Deaf depression narratives through case study research. Paper presented at the World Federation for Mental Health Conference 2016, Cairns, Australia. 

Bone, T. & Heinonen, T. (2017, May). Metaphors: Using creative expression to explore the qualitative researcher identity. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Social Work Educators Conference 2017, Toronto, Ontario. May 27-June 2, 2017 

Bone, T. (2017 May). Art as the conduit to personal growth, engagement and identity. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Social Work Educators Conference 2017, Toronto, Ontario. May 27-June 2, 2017. 
 

Local: 
Bone, T. A. & Irwin, J-L. (2024 January 30). Research Results: Health and mental health access in the Deaf communities. Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Services (EPPIS) professional group.  

Bone, T. A. (2019 November 17). The mental health impact of human trafficking. Traffic Jam: Raising Awareness and Funds for Klinic’s Human Trafficking Hotline event. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

Bone, T. A., El-Gabalawy, R., & Holm, S.  (2017 January 25). A mixed method investigation of the impact of involvement in a participatory arts program in Canada: Effect of involvement in Artbeat Studio Inc. Paper presented at the Artbeat Studios Inc. Fundraiser: the story and the stats: mental health recovery through participatory arts. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

Bone, T. A. (2015 September 25). Pathways to Pantang: A forensic mental health case study with inpatients at the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital, Ghana, West Africa. Paper presented at the International Research Forum, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba. 

Bone. T., Bart, N., & Bart, L. (Nov. 7, 2009).  I’ve been pony tailing it ever since: Healing the identity rupture of mental illness through art. Paper presented at the 30th annual Canadian Art Therapy Association Conference. The Canadian Mosaic; Art therapy approaches from East to West. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

Media:

Bone, T. A (2024 March 23). Invited panelist – Carmen The Opera. Topic: Interpersonal violence. Carole Shields Auditorium, Millenium Library, Winnipeg 

Bone, T. A. (2022 July 26). Moderator – World Federation for Mental Health Women’s Mental Health Section webinar. Human Trafficking of girl children and women and the Impact on mental health. (90 minutes).  

Bone, T. A. (2021 February 17). (Moderator). COVID-19: Does Social Work need to pivot to a new normal? [Video] in Women as Caregivers & Essential Service Workers: Challenges and Support Webinar, Women’s Mental Health Section, World Federation for Mental Health. Webinar. 

Bone, T. A. (2019 September 26). Eating Disorder research and more. crazy-talk podcast. Host Lee Thomas. Aired December 2019. Available at https://leethomas.ca/crazy-talk 

Bone, T. A. (2019 May 2). Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Pre-recorded Interview re: Posthumous Induction of Dr. Brock Chisholm into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. YouTube Link https://www.youtube.com/embed/dvmtLWHnfTM?rel=0 

Bone, T. A.  (2019 February 28).  Eating disorders and the Sibling Experience. Co-Interviewee Elaine Stevenson. 680 CJOB Radio Talk Show Hosts Richard Cloutier and Julie Buckingham. 

Bone, T. A. (2018, June 13). The F-word: Revisiting Feminism. TEDX Winnipeg Speaker. RBC Convention Center, Winnipeg.  Manitoba. https://tedxwinnipeg.ca/speaker/tracey-bone/ 

Bone, T. A.  (2017). Meeting the needs of Deaf offenders in a correctional setting: Staff training content for the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). The creation of internal online resources for CSC staff engaging with Deaf offenders. Updated text, and two distinct training videos created. The first; a role-play without, followed by role-play with an ASL-English Interpreter; the second an interview with a Deaf University of Manitoba Linguistics Professor.