Affiliated Research Centres & Clinics

Global Child McGill

Global Child McGill is a research group led by Dr. Myriam Denov that integrates diverse interdisciplinary perspectives on children and families affected by war and migration, specifically the following three key approaches:

1. Arts-Based Approaches,
2. Participatory Approaches, and
3. Socioecological Approaches.

Through this Tri-Pillared Approach (Denov, Mitchell, Rabiau, Forthcoming), the research group brings together a team of researchers, practitioners, and students, while actively involving a group of war-affected youth as part of the research team, to impact research, policy, and practice.

Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF)

The CRCF, led by Director Delphine Collin-Vézina, conducts leading research on programs and policies related to youth and family services. The CRCF hosts 25 faculty members who run 30 projects and provide training to 40 graduate students annually. It offers a unique platform for developing local, national, and international collaboration in academic and non-academic milieus. CRCF members are committed to pursuing research that aims to significantly impact the lives of children, youth, and families.

Centre for Research and Expertise on Social Gerontology (CREGÉS)

CREGÉS is a research centre that facilitates the sharing of knowledge between the academic community and practice settings in health and social services. Our mission is to encourage, promote and disseminate research in social gerontology, and to support the development of leading-edge practices.

Please contact Dr. Tamara Sussman, Dr. Shari Brotman, or pam.orzeck [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Pam Orzeck) for more information about the McGill office.

Global Social Justice and Peace (GSJP)

Global Social Justice and Peace (GSJP), an initiative hosted by the School of Social Work, aims to be a principal forum on community-led social justice and peacebuilding at McGill University. GSJP is directed by Associate Professor Amal Elsana-Alh’jooj, a Noble-prize nominated community organizer and human rights activist. It convenes scholars, students, community leaders, and policymakers in Canada and beyond to reshape Western-centric paradigms of peacebuilding and social justice through Global South practices, knowledge, and lived experiences.

Through community action, experiential teaching, transnational education, interdisciplinary research, and partnerships, GSJP bridges academia and practice to foster greater support for and recognition of local efforts by marginalized groups to address conflict, inequality, and oppression, including women, Indigenous peoples, racial and religious minorities, and refugees. GSJP advances solutions to our most pressing challenges through Global South leadership and engagement while deepening our understanding of conflict and ensuring marginalized communities can build a more just world.

See Global Social Justice Peace Proposal.

McGill Couple and Family Clinic

The McGill Couple and Family Therapy Clinics (CFTC) include:

a) an on-site clinic which provided specialized training to students in the MScA CFT Program in working with couples dealing with complex developmental trauma as of January 2016

b) a clinic is located within the Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry at the Jewish General Hospital.

The two clinics provide students with the opportunity to observe and participate in couple therapy research and to serve as external internship sites for graduate student training in the School’s MScA CFT program.