Welcoming the first international AKA (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.) Leadership Conference, which was held from July 18-21, 2013 in Montreal. For more information see "News & Events".

Congratulations to Shawn-Renée Hordyk, Recipient of the Munroe-Blum Award for Outstanding Contribution to Social Work. For more information see "News & Events".

Social Work graduates celebrate Spring 2013 Convocation. (Nicolas Morin)

It's all smiles at Spring Convocation 2013 reception. (Nicolas Morin)

Social Work graduates celebrate Spring 2013 Convocation. (Nicolas Morin)

Members from Indigenous Access McGill and First Peoples’ House present Rt. Hon. Paul Martin with a Pendleton Iroquois Turtle Blanket. (Egan Owen)

McGill students march through downtown Montreal to "Make Poverty History."

School Director Wendy Thomson (left) enjoys the festivities at the Social Work Student Association BBQ.

(from left to right) Brenda Paris, ACDPN; Jim Carter, CHSSN, Gemma Matheij, former Director, CSSS Cavendish; George McKenzie, BATSHAW; KATHLEEN WEIL, Minister of Immig. and Cultural Comm.; Dr Wendy Thomson, Dir. McGill School of SW; Leith Hamilton, ACDPN

Proud of their achievements, Social Work graduates cheerfully celebrate the Spring 2012 Convocation. (Photo of Nicolas Morin)

Ai Thien Tran, winner of the prestigious "Canada's Top 25 Immigrants Award" of 2012, wants to share this honor with McGill School of Social Work and all of his professors who have helped him achieve the dream of becoming a professional social worker.

Warmest congratulations to MSW graduate Beth Martin who has been awarded the prestigious Vanier scholarship to pursue doctoral study.

The School takes professional teaching and learning seriously and is delighted to have Dr. Tamara Sussman receive the H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching (2011). More about Dr. Sussman...

With homecoming comes an update from the Director on news about the School. More on "News & Events".

The School’s academic associate Michael Loft, who served in the US Marine Corps for 3 years during the Vietnam era, presents a wreath on behalf of the Aboriginal Veterans of Canada at the 2012 Remembrance Day ceremony taking place on McGill’s Lower Campus.

Congratulations to Léa Bou-Malham, Josiane LaBadie, Joanna Kolb, Marysabel Moreno, Shaday Lavallée and Ariane Duplessis on receiving the 2012 Faculty of Arts Internship Awards! More stories here...

CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) names Bill Ryan, adjunct Professor at the School of Social Work, one of the Top Ten Researchers in Gender and Health of the last ten years. Read more here...

A U.S.- Canada/Québec Health Policy Symposium offered insights into the role of state and provincial-level actors, in particular Québec, in effecting and implementing health reform. Learn more here...

The final report of the Ontario Commission to Promote Sustainable Child Welfare was submitted to Minister Hoskins in Sep. 2012. Commissioners Thomson, Lewis and Underwood were pleased to have these original ‘portraits’ as mementos of their 3 years working.

Social Work students man the grill at a student-run BBQ.

Happy Social Work graduates are all in big smiles at the School's reception following the Fall Convocation 2012 ceremony. (Photo of Nicolas Morin)

Congratulations to Dr. Daphne Nahmiash, long-time field supervisor for the School, on receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her remarkable contributions to gerontology. More here...

Liz Ierfino smiles happily at the reception in her honor upon her retirement from School of Social Work after 40 years service. To read the full story, please go to "News & Events".

The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) elected new officers at its meeting in November. From left are Richard Silver of Québec, M. Jenise Comer of Missouri, John McBride of Louisiana and Dorinda Noble of Texas.

Congratulations to Dr. Jaswant Guzder, well-deserved recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her remarkable contributions to public service through her transcultural work.More here...