Biweekly Student Bulletin
In order to improve communications and reduce the high volume of emails, the School of Social Work is introducing a new student bulletin which will include ALL communications between students and faculty. Depending on the volume of items, it will be produced every 2 weeks.
8th Edition, Apr. 29, 2013
7th Edition, Apr. 12, 2013
6th Edition, Apr. 2, 2013
5th Edition, Mar. 18, 2013
4th Edition, Feb. 28, 2013
3rd Edition, Feb. 18, 2013
2nd Edition, Feb. 4, 2013
1st Edition, Jan. 21, 2013
Congratulations to Bree Akesson, Recipient of the 2013 Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Teaching Award!
The School of Social Work warmly congratulates PhD student Bree Akesson on being selected as one of the three recipients for the 2013 Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Teaching Award. This award is designed to recognize outstanding teaching in the Faculty by graduate students.
Job Talk Series (#6): Dr. Sarilee Kahn - Apr. 17, 2013
In her talk entitled “Not this, not that:” The Experience of Muslims Seeking Asylum in the United States on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 2 pm in Wendy Patrick room (#118), Dr. Sarilee Kahn presented results of a qualitative study focusing on the experience of 14 persons from Islamic societies in Africa and the Middle East who gained asylum in the U.S. on the basis of sexual orientation or gender. Dr. Kahn completed her PhD in 2012 at New York University, following many years in clinical practice working with refugees and asylum seekers. Dr. Kahn’s research interests cover such areas as refugees and asylees, cross-cultural trauma and recovery, secondary trauma in humanitarian aid workers, and international social work practice and program development, etc. For further information, please click here.
Job Talk Series (#5): Dr. Gabriela Novotná - Apr. 15, 2013
In her talk entitled The Role of Lived Experience of Addiction and/or Recovery of Professionals Working in their Practice-related Decision Making on Monday, April 15, 2013 at 2 pm in Wendy Patrick room (#118), Dr. Gabriela Novotná presented the findings of her research on how the role of personal lived experience of addiction and recovery affects the decision making of administrators working in addiction agencies that serve women in Canada. Dr. Novotná received her PhD in Social Work at the Wilfrid Laurier University in 2010 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Addiction Counselling (non-tenure-stream) at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge. Dr. Novotná’s research interests converge at the intersection of practice in the field of addictions, translation of knowledge for evidence-informed practice and institutional theory. For further details, please click here.
Job Talk Series (#4): Dr. Rachelle Ashcroft - Mar. 27, 2013
Job Talk Series (#3): Dr. Nazim Habibov - Mar. 1, 2013
Dr. Nazim Habibov presented a job talk entitled Poverty Reduction & Social Security in Canada from Mixed to Neo-Liberal Welfare Regimes: Estimation from Household Surveys on Friday, March 1, 2013 at 12:30 pm in Wendy Patrick room (#118). Dr. Habibov is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Windsor. His teaching interests include social policy welfare development and analysis, as well as public program evaluation and research methods in the context of Canadian and international social welfare. For more details, please click here.
Job Talk Series (#2): Dr. Vandna Sinha - Feb. 25, 2013
Dr. Vandna Sinha presented a job talk entitled Community-based, Culturally Tailored Services for Children and Families: Structural Barriers and Pathways to Stable Implementation on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 at 2:00 pm in Wendy Patrick room (#118). Dr. Sinha is a (non‐tenure stream) assistant professor in the Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF) at McGill University. She completed a Ph.D. in Human Development and Social Policy, from Northwestern University, in 2006. For more details, please click here.
Job Talk Series (#1): Dr. James Mandiberg - Feb. 18, 2013
The first of a series of job talks at the School was held on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 at 2:00pm in Wendy Patrick room (#118) with a talk entitled Identity Community Development for Stigmatized Populations by Dr. James M. Mandiberg from Columbia University. Dr. Mandiberg’s research is in social entrepreneurship and social enterprise development among and for economically and socially excluded populations. For details, please click here.
Call for Application: MMEP's Summer Program in Jordan, Palestine & Israel
Expanding on the success of its pilot summer program in 2012, McGill Middle East Program (MMEP) will launch an expanded Summer Program between May and July 2013, which will run in Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. The 10-week Summer Program will give up to 36 North American students a unique experience in rights-based organizing with community centers in marginalized neighborhoods in the Middle East. Any students interested in the program should submit their application as soon as possible (the original application deadline of Feb. 18, 2013 was extended for a limited period). For further details, please visit MMEP's website or click here.
IHSP Seminar: Understanding the Role of Health Policy in Health Inequalities - Jan. 30, 2013
McGill Institute for Health & Social Policy (IHSP) 2012 - 2013 Speaker Series presents "Understanding the Role of Health Policy in Health Inequalities" on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013, 12:30-1:45 pm at 1130 Pine Avenue West. For the flyer, please click here.
TheSocial Statistics & Population Speaker Series - Jan. 30, 2013
The Social Statistics and Population Speaker Series presents in collaboration with the Centre on Population Dynamics “Fertility Transitions along the Extensive and Intensive Margins" on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013, 12:00-1:00pm at Leacock, Room 429. For the flyer, please click here.
Congratulations to Dr. Jaswant Guzder, Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal!
The School of Social Work wishes to congratulate Dr. Jaswant Guzder, well deserved recipient of the precious Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her significant contributions to her community.
As Head of Child Psychiatry and Director of Childhood Disorders Day Hospital at the Jewish General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Psychiatray at McGill University, Dr. Guzder is a truly exceptional woman who has made significant contributions in the area of mental health for children, families and trans-cultural psychiatry at a local, national and international level.Richard Silver Elected Director at Large of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Richard Silver, an alumni of McGill, has been elected director at large of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB). Elections were held at the association’s fall business meeting, held in November 2012 in Springfield, Ill.The ASWB is the nonprofit association of social work regulatory boards in the United States and Canada. Members include 49 states and Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, and all ten Canadian provinces. The association owns and maintains the licensing examinations used in most member jurisdictions and is a central resource for information on the legal regulation of social work. ASWB’s mission is to strengthen protection of the public by providing support and services to the social work regulatory community in order to advance competent and ethical practices. Visit www.aswb.org for more information.