Inmates

HIGHLIGHTS

Academic Publications

1.  Gibson, M., Dell, C., Chalmers, D., Rath, G., Mela, M. (2023). “Unleashing Compassionate Care: Canine-Assisted Intervention as a Promising Approach to Prisonization in Canada and its Relevance to Forensic Psychiatry”. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14:1219096. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1219096 
2.  Smith, S., Dell, C., Claypool, T., Khalid, A. (2023). “Case Report: A Community Case Study of the Human-Animal Bond in Animal-Assisted Therapy: The Experiences of Forensic Patients with Therapy Dogs”. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14: DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1219305 
3. Chalmers, D., Dell, C., Dixon, J., Rath, G. (2023). “PAWSitive Support: A Canine Assisted Learning Program to Support Prisoners in Healing from Substance Use”. R. Ciernick. Responding to the Oppression of Addiction, 4th Edition. Canadian Scholars.
4. Fletcher-Hildebrand, S., Williamson, L., Lawson, K., & Dell, C. 2023. “Remotely and Collaboratively Evaluating a Campus-based Therapy Dog Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Evaluation and Program Planning. 98.  DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102239   
5. Scheck, H., Williamson, L., Dell, C. 2022. “Understanding Forensic Psychiatric Patients’ Experience of Virtual Animal-Assisted Therapy Sessions during the COVID-19 Pandemic”. People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice. 5(1), 1-8.  
6. Lalonde, R., , Claypool, T., Dell, C. 2020. “PAWS Your Stress: The Student Experience of Therapy Dog Programming”. Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education. 11(2). pp. 78-90.
7. Dell, C., Chalmers, D., Cole, D., Dixon, J. 2019. “Accessing Relational Connections in Prison: An Evaluation of the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program at Stony Mountain Institution”. The Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research. 8: 13-68.
8. Dell, C., Chalmers, D., Stobbe, M., Rohr, B., Husband, A. 2019. “Animal Assisted Therapy in a Canadian Psychiatric Prison”. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 15(3): 209-231. 
9. Dell, C. &  N. Poole. 2015. “Taking a PAWS to Reflect on how the Work of a Therapy Dog Supports a Trauma-Informed Approach to Offender Health “. Journal of Forensic Nursing. Vol 11, No 3: 167-173.  

• 3 minute video abstract.  

Magazine

1. Dell, C▪, Chalmers, D, Goodfellow, H. (2019). Animal Memories. Saskatoon: University of Saskatchewan. 51 pp.

• News release, December 17, 2019.
• Additional submissions. 

Other Publications

1. Dell, C. and Chalmers, D.. 2019. How Some Offenders are Healing Through an Innovative Program at Drumheller Institution. Let’s Talk: Correctional Service Canada. 

Presentations

1. Gibson, M., Dell, C., Chalmers, D., Rath, G. 2023. "Pups in Prison: A Novel Approach to Prison Programming". Custody &Caring Conference. Saskatoon, SK. 
2. Dell, C., Chalmers, D., Stobbe, M., Rohr, B., Husband, A. 2020. “Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) in a Canadian Psychiatric Prison: Addressing Problematic Substance Use and Mental Health”. NIDA International Forum/CPDD International Research Poster Session, Virtual Platform.
3.  Chalmers, D. and Dell, C. 2020. “PAWSitive Support: The Development of a Prison-Based Canine Assisted Learning (CAL) Program”. 6th International Veterinary Social Work Summit. Knoxville, TN. Virtual.  
4. Chalmers, D. & Dell, C. 2019. Animal Assisted Therapy in the Correctional Service of Canada: National Kickstarter Initiative and Emerging Opportunities. Citizens Advisory Committee Regional Council Meeting. Saskatoon: SK.
5. Dell, C. 2019. Dogs, Dogs, Dogs. A Research Plan. Community Adult Corrections. Mental Health &
   Addiction Services. Saskatoon: SK.
6. Dell, C & D. Chalmers. 2017. 5 Days, 4 Prisoners & 3 Therapy Dogs = PAWSitive Support. Custody & Caring International Conference on the Nurse’s Role in the Criminal Justice System. Saskatoon, SK.