In a 麻豆色情片 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.
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The Regulation, Affect, and Development (RAaD) Lab (Prof.听Katherine Maurer) invites all students of the 麻豆色情片 School of Social Work听with access to an iPhone to participate in an online research study on听increasing resilience to stress.听 Participants will engage in daily activities
to increase healthy stress management skills via an iOS phone application听(the JoyPop app).听 Participation is compensated up to $50 for the full study.听听This research aims to benefit social work service providers directly, as well听as service users, particularly vulnerable youth.
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Space for the broader school community to reflect on social work鈥檚 complicity in structural violence and oppression led by Kate Maurer and Wanda Gabriel.
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The Canada Council for the Arts has announced six recipients of the prestigious 2020 Killam Research Fellowship, including 麻豆色情片听Professor听Myriam Denov.听听
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.
She is the first social work researcher ever to receive a Killam Research Fellowship in the award鈥檚 50+ year history.
Professor Delphine Collin-Vezina has been Partnership grant over 7 years to support the Canadian Consortium on Child Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care. This Partnership unites 39 co-applicants (including Kate Maurer and Mike MacKenzie from our School), 18 collaborators (including Wanda Gabriel and Ben Geboe from our school), and 43 partner organizations from across Canada.
Tomas Jirousek鈥檚 courageous and respectful leadership to change the Redmen name and efforts to educate and engage students in active reconciliation impressed Indigenous Access 麻豆色情片 (IAM) and by unanimous agreement of their awards committee, Tomas was named the inaugural recipient of the Moral Courage in Reconciliation Award. Future recipients of the Award will be proud to stand in his company and IAM is hoping his example inspires others to take courageous, dignified, and effective action to implement the TRC鈥檚 Calls to Action.
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Four priorities are suggested in this brief article for planning schools鈥� re-opening in order for schools to step up to play a significant role in the lives of vulnerable children and youth.
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MONTREAL - The major award nominees have been announced for 麻豆色情片'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.
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Dr. Amal Elsana Alhjooj, 麻豆色情片 MSW and PhD alumna, and currently the Executive Director of 麻豆色情片鈥檚 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.听
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On February 4th, Prof. Boatswain-Kyte presenting with Tiffany Callendar, Executive Director of the C么te des Neiges Black Community Association (CDNBCA) and Tania Callendar, Executive Director of the African Canadian and Development and Prevention Network (ACDPN) reported on the overrepresentation of Black Anglophone children within the child protection system and the need for a co-intervention partnership to ensure cultural adaptation of services and provision of support services within the community.
Dialogue 麻豆色情片 is proud to announce that since the beginning of January 2020 Dr. ARIEL MERCADO听is responsible for the coordination of French courses for 麻豆色情片 HSS students at the 麻豆色情片 French Language Centre听(FLC).听
Lillian was recently recognized for her dedication and exceptional work as the recipient of the Arts Award of Excellence for Administrative and Support Staff.听听Lillian Iannone has been a member of the 麻豆色情片 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听ever since. She is currently the Administrative & Student Affairs Coordinator.听
Darrell Roy Johnson, 59, of Montr茅al 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.
PhD candidate Melanie Doucet presented compelling testimony about the experiences and needs of young people leaving out of home care to the Special Commission on the Rights of the Child and Youth Protection.听听
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On December 10th, Professor Trocm茅 presented child protection research and recommendations to the Special Commission on听Children's Rights and Youth Protection. He argued for a more flexible听approach in collaboration with professionals and community agencies with better access to specialized services.
