Oka Crisis Land Dispute - City News Interview Featuring Professor Wanda Gabriel
Professor Wanda Gabriel and other community members speak out about the unresolved land dispute at the centre of the Oka Crisis thirty years on.
To watch the full interview click here.
Delphine Collin-Vézina - Responding to Child Protection-Involved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Delphine Collin-Vézina, Associate Professor in the McGill School of Social Work and the Director of the McGill Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF), received COVID-19 research funding.
Coming soon! McLennan-Redpath Terrace Pick-Up Service
Beginning the week of July 20, McGill students, faculty and staff will be able to take advantage of a Terrace Pickup Service for print books not available electronically or through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS). The initial rollout of this service will provide access to books housed in the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex and the Nahum Gelber Law Library only. Materials from other branches will not be available during the first phase of this service.
Reflecting on strategy and healthcare in a pandemic with Susan and Henry Mintzberg
In a McGill Alumni webcast, Professor Karl Moore is joined by Professor Henry Mintzberg and Susan Mintzberg, a PhD candidate in the School of Social Work who studies the role of family caregivers in mental healthcare. The three cast light on how we can build better systems and more balanced societies based on lessons learned from COVID-19.
Link to further details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaAzXnqXnAg
Invitation for Social Work Students to Participate in Resilience App Study
The Regulation, Affect, and Development (RAaD) Lab (Prof. Katherine Maurer) invites all students of the McGill School of Social Work with access to an iPhone to participate in an online research study on increasing resilience to stress. Participants will engage in daily activities
School of Social Work Equity Committee Virtual Collective Reflection on Police Brutality and Racialized Structural Violence
Space for the broader school community to reflect on social work’s complicity in structural violence and oppression led by Kate Maurer and Wanda Gabriel.
Location: Zoom link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/92809355405
Time: 12 pm to 1pm
Congratulations to Myriam Denov recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts’ 2020 Killam Research Fellowship
The Canada Council for the Arts has announced six recipients of the prestigious 2020 Killam Research Fellowship, including McGill Professor Myriam Denov.
Professor Myriam Denov, Canada Research Chair in Youth, Gender and Armed Conflict, received a 2020 Killam Research Fellowship to support her work examining the needs of children born of war in northern Uganda.
Congratulations to Professor Delphine Collin-Vezina for SSHRC Partnership grant
Professor Delphine Collin-Vezina has been awarded a $2.5 million SSHRC Partnership grant over 7 years to support the Canadian Consortium on Child Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care.
Student Tomas Jirousek Named Inaugural Recipient of the Moral Courage in Reconciliation Award
Tomas Jirousek’s courageous and respectful leadership to change the Redmen name and efforts to educate and engage students in active reconciliation impressed Indigenous Access McGill (IAM) and by unanimous agreement of their awards committee, Tomas was named the inaugural recipient of the Moral Courage in Reconciliation Award.
Prof Collin-Vézina's publication in The Conversation
Four priorities are suggested in this brief article for planning schools’ re-opening in order for schools to step up to play a significant role in the lives of vulnerable children and youth.
Read more here.
BSW student, Andrew Seinet-Spaulding, nominated for McGill athlete of the year
MONTREAL - The major award nominees have been announced for McGill University's 43rd annual athletics gala, an event scheduled to be held on April 19, via a virtual online Facebook Premiere broadcast, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
For full details, click here.
Feature article tells the story of McGill alumna and Executive Director of ICAN-McGill, Amal Elsana Alhjooj
Dr. Amal Elsana Alhjooj, McGill MSW and PhD alumna, and currently the Executive Director of McGill’s International Community Action Network (ICAN), has been the focus of a feature article in the Times of Israel: Far from her village, rare Bedouin feminist fights for Israeli women and peace.
See here for full details.
Professor Alicia Boatswain-Kyte presented at the Special Commission on Children's Rights and Youth Protection
On February 4th, Prof.
Lillian Iannone: Honourary Social Worker
Lillian was recently recognized for her dedication and exceptional work as the recipient of the Arts Award of Excellence for Administrative and Support Staff. Lillian Iannone has been a member of the McGill community and School of Social Work for 45 years. At the age of 17, straight out of high school, Lillian interviewed for a position at the School and has been there ever since. She is currently the Administrative & Student Affairs Coordinator.
It is with deep sadness that The McGill School of Social Work announces the passing of Darrell Johnson
Darrell Roy Johnson, 59, of Montréal died on February 9, 2020 at the Cornwall Hospice in Cornwall, Ontario. He spent his final days surrounded by family members and friends as well as many caring doctors, nurses, and personal support workers. He struggled valiantly following his brain tumour diagnosis in November 2018, always retaining his characteristic sense of humour and hope, but eventually succumbed to complications from the condition.