CRCF Graduate Student Travel Grants
The CRCF Graduate Student Travel Grants are competitive grants designed to support graduate student travel expenses for MSW (thesis option) and PhD students, and postdoctoral fellows for the purposes of disseminating research (conference and talk), data collection, and training. Priority will be given to students who are presenting to a conference. The competition runs twice a year, with deadlines being June 1st and December 1st of each year. Application must be made prior to travel. Application forms available online. For more information, contact mireille [dot] delasablonniere-griffin [at] mail [dot] mcgill [dot] ca (Mireille De La Sablonnière-Griffin)
Summer Workshop in Quantitative Methods for Aboriginal Child Welfare Research, May 2009
Principal Investigator: Vandna Sinha
Co-Investigators: N. Trocmé, B. Fallon & B. MacLaurin
Funding Source:NNAMHR, CECW, CRCF
Period:2009
Total Award: $ 20,000
On May 19-22nd, 2009, the Centre for Research on Children and Families hosted the 2nd annual workshop on the use of quantitative methods for Aboriginal researchers. Participants from across Canada included child welfare managers, workers, university students and researchers. The Aboriginal component of the 2003 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect was used to teach participants the possibilities of working with quantitative information about children and families. It also provided support on the design of research projects at local and community levels.
To know more about this upcoming event, please visit the CIS section or the Centre Events page.
International Conversation, April 2008
Organized by CRCF Members Julia Krane and Linda Davies, the conference Why Does Gender Matter in Child Welfare? An International Conversation will be held in Wendy Patrick Room (McGill School of Social Work - Ground Floor) from 2:30pm to 5:30pm on Thursday, April 10th, 2008. Brid Featherstone, Carol-Ann Hooper (United Kingdom) and Andrea Doucet will each be presenting for one hour. For more information, please click on the conference's title above.
To know more about this upcoming event, please visit the Gender in Child Welfare section or the Centre Events page.
The 74th ACFAS Congress, May 2006
Between May 15th and 19th 2006, McGill University has hosted "Le savoir trame de modernité", the 74th annual congress of l'Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences (ACFAS).
The CRCF, being represented with many of its researchers, organised a colloquium on the 17th, called Variations on child maltreatment rates: epidemiological reality or change of standards.
Please click on the following link to download the complete Programmation of May 17th colloquium.
McGill Reporter, March 2006
This issue of McGill's Reporter addresses the subject of poverty, which the CRCF is much concerned with because of its inextricable link with vulnerable families.
For the Reporter's interview with CRCF Director, Dr. Nico Trocmé, please follow this link
CIS Secondary Analysis Workshop, February 2006
On tFebruary 27th, 25 researchers from across Canada attended a one-day workshop data-analysis held at the Quebec Inter-University Centre for Social Statistics.
Strengthening Black Family Forum, November 2005
On November 18th 2005, McGill's School of Social Work, in concert with the African Canadian Development & Prevention Network, held a forum on the crisis facing black families at risk: the Strengthening Black Families Forum.
- For more information, visit the Côte-des-Neiges Black Community Association website
- Or go to our Black Family Strengthening Program section.
Michael MacKenzie Lecture, November 2005
The Centre hosted a public lecture, "Attachment Theory and Change Processes in Foster Care", given by Michael MacKenzie from University of Michigan. Dr. MacKenzie presented emerging findings from his research. Approximately 30 people attended this public lecture, including faculty, graduate students and community professionals.