Course Lecturers 2016-2017

Mark Demaine

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Ben Geboe

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myra.giberovitch [at] outlook.com (Giberovitch, Myra)

Myra Giberovitch has more than twenty-five years of experience in gerontological social work practice where she specializes in developing services and programs for survivors of mass atrocity crimes. She initiated the first community-based social service program for Holocaust survivors in Canada and subsequently founded Services for Holocaust Survivors at the Cummings Centre in Montreal. She has published articles and is an invited speaker at national and international conferences. Myra is affiliated with the McGill School of Social Work as an adjunct professor, sessional and guest lecturer and field supervisor. Her topics include: social work practice with older adults and trauma and aging. Her innovative book, Recovering from Genocidal Trauma: An Information and Practice Guide for Working with Holocaust Survivors (University of Toronto Press, 2014), describes a strengths-based practice philosophy that guides the reader in how to understand the survivor experience, develop service models and programs, and employ individual and group interventions to empower survivors. It is essential for anyone who studies, interacts, lives or works with survivors of mass atrocity.

Myra is passionate about her work and consults in: program development and implementation; clinical supervision; and staff training for healthcare and social service providers. She is a licensed social worker with the Quebec order of social workers (OTSTCFQ) and a graduate of McGill University, where she earned B.S.W. (Great Distinction) and M.S.W. (Dean’s Honour List) degrees.

hasgold [at] sympatico.ca (Goldman, Rick)

Rick Goldman is Coordinator of the Committee to Aid Refugees (CAR), a church-based non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of refugee claimants. He is also supervising lawyer at the Just Solutions Clinic of the Montreal City Mission, and Refugee Protection Coordinator of the Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes (TCRI), the 130-member coalition of groups serving refugees and immigrants in Québec. Mr. Goldman is a three-time graduate of McGill University, having received a B.A. in Economics as well as degrees in Civil Law and Common Law. He began his legal career at Québec Legal Aid, and then worked briefly in private practice before embarking upon a career in the community sector. Mr. Goldman was staff lawyer at Project Genesis for 12 years, concentrating mainly on welfare and housing issues, before moving to CAR in 2003. At CAR, Mr. Goldman has been active in many public campaigns for reform and improvement of laws and policies affecting refugees and immigrants in Canada, often working in close collaboration with the Canadian Council for Refugees. Mr. Goldman has also provided presentations and trainings to community groups, health and social service agencies, associations of lawyers and judges, parliamentary committees and United Nations agencies, as well as doing considerable work with the media.

Rick recently received an Honourary Doctorate form the United Theological College in Montreal.

For more details, please see link.

For the Article on Quebec Austerity

katrina.heyde [at] mcgill.ca (Heyde, Katrina)

Originally from British Columbia, Katrina Heyde has been in Montreal for 7 years.  During this time she finished a Bachelors of Sociology at Concordia and a Masters of Social Work at McGill University.  She has been actively involved in community work for more than a decade.  In Montreal, she has worked coordinating a variety of projects for at-risk youth, and as a community organizer for the NDG Community Council.  She now works full time for the Santropol Roulant, a food security organization, as the client manager.  Katrina is especially interested by the partnerships between community and clinical practice.

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Mohammad N. Khan is a doctoral student at the School of Social Work, McGill University, and the research coordinator for Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF). His teaching interests include research methods, social policy, and community practice. His research interests are poverty and social development broadly, and financial capability, family economic stress, and asset-based interventions specifically. Mohammad holds an MSW from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA, an MBA in banking and an MSS in social welfare from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He worked for eight years in the field of small and medium enterprise (SME) finances in Bangladesh. Currently, he is studying financial capability of Canadian low-income families.    

Nona Moscovitz, a graduate from McGill University with a Masters in Social Work (1997), has over 24 years of experience working with a diverse clientele and over the past 15 years in the realm of mental health. She has an extensive background and expertise in program development and management, years of clinical staff and student supervision and an ongoing commitment to the field of education. She is presently Program Manager for Mental Health and Addictions at the CSSS Cavendish (Centre de santé et services sociaux de René-Cassin et Notre-Dame-de-Grace/ Montréal Ouest) and is also responsible for the Mental Health and Aging cutting-edge services, which includes direct services, research, training and the transfer of knowledge. Nona is presently a Member of the Seniors` Advisory Committee the Canadian Mental Health Commission of Canada. She has had several publications, been involved in numerous national research projects and presented at many conferences and workshops across Canada.

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william.ryan [at] mcgill.ca (Ryan, Bill)

With a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Theology, a Master's degree in Adult Education and a Master's degree in Social Work, Bill Ryan is a social worker and adult educator who has been involved in sexual education and prevention related work since 1985 when he founded the first support group for Persons with HIV in the Atlantic Provinces. From there he moved to Montreal to direct support services at Comité sida aide Montreal. Since then he has worked locally, provincially, nationally and internationally on issues related to sex education, prevention, care and policy development. He has worked with or been a consultant to the Québec Ministry of Health and Social Services, Health Canada, the International Federation of Social Workers, UN AIDS, Christian Children's Fund (in Geneva, Kiev (Ukraine), Minsk (Belarus)), UNICEF and to the Canadian AIDS Society. In 2004, he became a consultant to the Ministry of Education, Research and Youth of the Government of Romania, aiding in the implementation of sexual education in the school curriculum there.

Catherine Roy holds a Ph.D. in social work since 2003. She joined the Centre for Research on Children and Families in June 2014 as Associate Director. Previously, Catherine had already collaborated with CRCF working on the evidence-based management project (EBM). Be it as consultant or scientific professional, Catherine has gained valuable experience in the field of youth protection. She has led many program evaluation projects and has also contributed to developing and supporting systematic reviews and evidence-based assessments in the field of social sciences while working at Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux and at Centre jeunesse de Montréal-Institut universitaire. During her master and doctoral studies, Catherine’s research interests focused on teenage pregnancy, more specifically on the links between young mothers’ parenting behviors and children cognitive and motor development. She now aims to pursue the study of these themes while also developing knowledge and understanding around the notion of resiliency.

corrie.sirota13 [at] gmail.com (Sirota-Frankel, Corrie)

Corrie Sirota holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from McGill University as well as a Graduate Certificate in Loss and Bereavement where she continues to teach as a sessional lecturer in the School of Social Work for over 20 years.  As a licensed psychotherapist, Corrie maintains a private practice specializing in Loss and Bereavement, Parenting, Stress management, and Relationship issues. She is a seasoned support group facilitator – currently animating groups for Post-partum support, Miscarriage and Perinatal Loss, Widow support as well as Caregiver’s support groups.

Corrie is also a well-known guest speaker, having presented at numerous conferences and workshops, both locally and internationally and continues to develop and facilitate psycho-social prevention and intervention workshops for school professionals, students, camping staff, various community agencies, organizations and businesses.

She has authored her first book entitled, “Someone Died…Now What – A personal and professional perspective on coping with grief and loss” available on Amazon. She has also written the article ‘Helping Children through the Grieving Process’ appearing in the Jewish Funeral Directors magazine as well as Living Legacies Volume III, and has written numerous other articles and blogs posts for ME Magazine, Cappino Physio and Wellness Centre, and Risk within Reason.