Delphine Collin-V茅zina - Responding to Child Protection-Involved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Delphine Collin-V茅zina,听Associate Professor in the 9I制作厂免费 School of Social Work and the Director of the 9I制作厂免费 Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF),听received COVID-19 research funding.
Coming soon! McLennan-Redpath Terrace Pick-Up Service
Beginning the week of July 20, 9I制作厂免费 students, faculty and staff will be able to take advantage of a Terrace Pickup Service for print books not available electronically or through the听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 9I制作厂免费 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.听Katherine Maurer) invites all students of the 9I制作厂免费 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
School of Social Work Equity Committee Virtual Collective Reflection on Police Brutality and Racialized Structural Violence
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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.
Location:听听Zoom link:听https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/92809355405
Time: 12 pm to 1pm
Congratulations to Myriam Denov recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts鈥� 2020 Killam Research Fellowship
The Canada Council for the Arts has announced six recipients of the prestigious 2020 Killam Research Fellowship, including 9I制作厂免费听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.
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鈥檚 courageous and respectful leadership to change the Redmen name and efforts to educate and engage students in active reconciliation impressed Indigenous Access 9I制作厂免费 (IAM) and by unanimous agreement of their awards committee, Tomas was named the inaugural recipient of the Moral Courage in Reconciliation Award.
Prof Collin-V茅zina's publication in The Conversation
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.
Read more here.
BSW student,听Andrew Seinet-Spaulding, nominated for 9I制作厂免费 athlete of the year
MONTREAL - The major award nominees have been announced for 9I制作厂免费'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 9I制作厂免费 alumna and Executive Director of ICAN-9I制作厂免费, Amal Elsana Alhjooj
Dr. Amal Elsana Alhjooj, 9I制作厂免费 MSW and PhD alumna, and currently the Executive Director of 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 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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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.听听Lillian Iannone has been a member of the 9I制作厂免费 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
It is with deep sadness that The 9I制作厂免费 School of Social Work announces the passing of Darrell Johnson
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 presents at the Special Commission
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
See Montreal Gazette for full report.