Dr. David Smith is Professor of Educational Counselling at the University of Ottawa. His primary research interests centre on school-based bullying prevention programs, with a particular emphasis on understanding how they can be made to be more effective. His current program of research is designed to study the links among school climate, children's attachment to school and bullying. It examines the proposition that schools with positive climates in which students and teachers have mutually warm and caring relationships have lower rates of bullying and victimization. Dr. Smith is a member of PREVNet and BRNET, both international networks of researchers, educators, and community-based organizations committed to the prevention of bullying and promotion of healthy relationships among children.

Chapters In Books

1. Smith, J. D., “Bullying relationships: Roles for adults in the school context. Healthy relationships, healthy development, healthy communities”, PREVNet Series, PREVNet, Toronto, 4., (In press)

2. Smith, J.D., “Promoting a positive school climat: Restorative practices for the classroom.”, An international perspective on understanding and addressing bullying, In D. Pepler, W. Craig (Eds.), Toronto, PREVNet, 2008, PREVNet series, Vol. 1, pp.132-143

Papers In Refereed Journals

1. Gazzola, N. Smith, J. D., King-Andrews, H., & Gignac, K., “Professional Characteristics of Canadian Counsellors: Results of a National Survey”, Canadian Journal of Counselling, 44, 2010, pp. 83-99.

2. Ryan, W., & Smith, J. D., “Antibullying programs in schools: How effective are evaluation practices?”, Prevention Science, 10, 2009, pp. 248-259.

3. Smith, J. D., “Wanted: Teachers and Parents to Evaluate Antibullying Programs”, Education.com: Special Edition on Bullying at School and Online, 2008.

Major Invited Contributions And/Or Technical Reports

1. Smith, J. D., A world without bullying: Roles for adults, President’s Lecture Series, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, September 2010.

2. Smith, J. D., Workplace Bullying: What it is, and what you can do about it, Workshop delivered at Department of National Defence EAP Learning, Cornwall, ON, June 2009.

3. Smith, J. D., Intimidation en milieu de travail: Définition et Solution, Workshop delivered at Department of National Defence EAP Learning, Cornwall, ON, juin 2009.

4. Smith, J. D., Le climat d’école et ses liens avec l’intimidation chez les jeunes, Conférencier invite, Faculté d’éducation, Université de Montréal, avril 2009.

5. Smith, J. D., Developments in the regulation of psychotherapy in Ontario, Presentation to the annual meeting of the Counsellor Educators Chapter of the Canadian Counselling Association, Moncton, NB, May 2008.

6. Smith, J. D., School climate and relationships with students, Panel presentation to annual meeting of vice-Principals, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Ottawa, ON, April 2008.

Papers Read And Presentations

Other Communications

1. Smith, J. D., “Bullying and School Climate: Intervention Pathways”, Bullying Think Tank organized by the Bullying Research Network, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, June 2011.

2. Ihnat, L. & Smith, J. D., “Solutions for Bullying: A Workshop for Pre-service Teachers”, Poster session presented at the annual Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, ON, June 2011.

3. Blain-Arcaro, C., Smith, J. D., Cunningham, C. E., & Vaillancourt, T., “Identifying the Contextual Factors Of Indirect Bullying Situations That Influence Canadian Teachers’ Intervention Behaviour”, Poster presentation to the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, Ca, August 2010.

4. Smith, J. D., Ryan, W., & Muira, T., “School climate: An empirically derived definition of the construct”, Paper presentation to the 2nd International Conference on Education, Economy, and Society, Paris, France, July 2010.

5. Smith, J. D., “A world without bullying: Roles for adults in the school community”, Paper presentation to the 5th Annual PREVNet Conference, Hamilton, ON, May 2010.

6. Ihnat, L. & Smith, J.D., “Teacher Approaches to Intervention in Bullying Scenarios: Do Victims an Bully-victims Elicit Different Teacher Responses?”, Poster presented at the 5th Annual Prevnet Conference, Hamilton, ON, May 2010.

7. Muira, T., Ryan, W., & Smith, J. D., “School Climate: Development of a Comprehensive Definition”, Poster presentation at 4th Annual PREVNet conference, Toronto, ON, June 2009.

8. Smith, J. D., “Ethics in vivo: Ethics teaching in clinical supervision”, Conversations about Conversations: A Workshop on Counsellor Supervision, University of Ottawa, October 2008.

9. Ryan, W., & Smith, J. D., “The impact of the tribes program on school climate and bullying: A comparison of student and staff perceptions”, Paper presentation at the annual convention of the International Society for the Study of Aggression, Budapest, Hungary, July 2008.

10. Ryan, W., & Smith, J. D., “Effects of school climate on bullying: Case study of a Tribes school”, Poster presentation at the 4th World Conference on Violence at School and Public Policy, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2008.