Children with disabilities disproportionately affected during COVID-19 - By Lucyna Lach and Donna Thomson
New study offers families parent training for children affected by neurodevelopmental disorders
The global pandemic has been hard on Canadians, but it has hit families affected by disability disproportionately, particularly young families. School-aged children with disabilities were suddenly without supports of any kind.
The McGill School of Social Work stands in solidarity with the Wetʼsuwetʼen Mi'kmaw fishery
The protests over the Mi'kmaw fishery have escalated to indefensible racist acts of intimidation and violence by non-Indigenous community members against the Mi’kmaw fishers. The McGill School of Social Work denounces the racism, vandalism, and violence being used against the Mi’kmaw fishers of the Sipekne'katik First Nation and stands in support of their right to fish without intimidation.
The School of Social Work Responds to the Tragic Death of Joyce Echaquan
The tragic news of Joyce Echaquan’s death and the events leading up to this event have profoundly touched the hearts of those within the School of Social Work.
We want to express our outrage at our Quebec Health and Social Service system that when called upon to protect and care for Joyce Echaquan failed her.
Intern at McGill Couple & Family Therapy Clinic
Announcement from Dr. Heather MacIntosh Director: MScA Couple and Family Therapy/McGill Couple and Family Therapy Clinic
McGill Releases Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism
On September 30th Principal Suzanne Fortier announced the release of McGill's Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism.
Alicia Boatswain-Kyte receives SSHRC funds for work with the Cote-des-Neiges Black Community Association on the differential impact of COVID-19 for Black Montrealers
McGill-led project, COVID-19: Advocating for resiliency through understanding the differential impacts of COVID-19 for Black Montrealers, headed by Alicia Boatswain-Kyte, Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work, received funding. In partnership with the Cote-des-Neiges Black Community Association Inc.
PhD Grad and Course Lecturer Melanie Doucet publishes study on supportive relationships for youth leaving care
In a photo voice study released this month in the International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, Dr. Melanie Doucet worked with eight former youth in care to describe what types relationships they had found most helpful as they left group or foster care. Relationships to culture, spirituality and the land were identified as particularly important for racialized and Indigenous youth.
Provost gives update on McGill’s Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism
Provost Manfredi discusses the consultations that have gone into formulating the Action Plan (due to be completed by Sept. 30), the Plan's goals and its eventual implementation.
See McGill Reporter for full details.
Professor Boatswain-Kyte: Black children five times more likely than White children to be placed in out-of-home care
In a study published this month in a leading international journal, Professor Alicia Boatswain-Kyte and colleagues tracked child protection services over a ten-year span for a group of close to 16,000 children involved in an urban agency in Quebec.
Susan Mintzberg, Social Work PhD Candidate Published Article: "Back to School: between the tree and the bark
Susan's article regarding the back to school plan in Quebec was recently published in LA PRESSE newspaper.
To read Susan's piece click here.
Sherel Griffith - Recent Graduate of M.Sc (A) Couple and Family Therapy Program Featured in Community Newspaper
Sherel is applying her expertise and knowledge of family psychotherapy to strengthen the lives of Black families and build a community network.
Read the article here.
Professors Tamara Sussman and Shari Brotman on Combatting Ageism
In an article in the July 22nd edition of the Montreal Gazette, Professors Tamara Sussman & Shari Brotman argue that reducing older people to "passive" and "vulnerable" victims reinforces ageist attitudes that contribute to their marginalization.
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 to increase healthy stress management skills via an iOS phone application (the JoyPop app).
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.