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Published on: 12 Dec 2017
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Published on: 4 Dec 2017
The Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF) was bequeathed a generous donation from Mr. Manuel Batshaw, a Canadian social worker who is best known for being the founder of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres (now part of the CIUSSS Ouest-de-l鈥櫭巐e-de-Montr茅al). Using this donation, the CRCF has created the Aging Out of Care Scholarship in recognition of Mr. Batshaw鈥檚 life鈥檚 work and his specific interest in assisting children aging out of care.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2017
Professor Blackstock examines how structural racism and discrimination against first nations children persists in Canada. She points out that 鈥渨e can achieve incremental change through the legal system, but meaningful reform requires Canadians to stop looking away.鈥�
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Published on: 22 Nov 2017
NEW BOOK by Professor Myriam Denov: Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method, and Practice
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Published on: 16 Nov 2017
McGill Social Work Professor Sarilee Kahn in collaboration with Edward J. Alessi from Rutgers Social Work has recently presented a Framework for Clinical Practice with Sexual & Gender Minority Asylum Seekers (SGMAS). The framework is informed by research on complex trauma, minority stress, acculturation/integration, and resilience.
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Published on: 16 Nov 2017
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McGill Social Work Professor Nico Trocm茅 discusses with the Ontario Association of Children鈥檚 Aid Societies why identifying and treating child neglect can be so challenging and emphasizes that child neglect is really a collective failure as opposed to a family failure.
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Published on: 16 Nov 2017
McGill social work Professor Delphine Collin-Vezina in collaboration with Professor Ben Mathews from Queensland University of Technology has just published a paper proposing a new conceptual model for defining child sexual abuse.
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Published on: 14 Nov 2017
McGill Social Work students and faculty took part in the November 12th demonstration against hate and racism in response to Bill 62, Quebec government鈥檚 religious neutrality law, which forces veiled women to show their faces to receive public services. (see )
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Published on: 14 Nov 2017
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced the induction of 89听new Fellows, nine of whom are McGill researchers and scholars. The new group of Fellows will be formally inducted into the RSC on November 24, in Winnipeg.
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Published on: 8 Sep 2017
In partnership with the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission , a team of researchers at the Centre of Research on Children and Families, including doctoral student Mireille De La Sablonni猫re-Griffin and Professor Vandna Sinha, have released a groundbreaking report on the trajectory of services offered to First Nations youth and compare it to the rest of the Quebec population.
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Published on: 11 Jul 2017
Former fellow Amal Elsana Alhjooj, renowned in Israel for her activism on behalf of Bedouin Arab women, is now the Executive Director at the International Community Action Network McGill in Montreal. She has recently been chosen to be part of the Einstein Legacy Project, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Einstein鈥檚 Theory of Relativity. This project will feature the world鈥檚 first 3D-printed book entitled听鈥淕enius: 100 Visions of the Future鈥�. 听Amal joins an illustrious group of some of the most prominent people in the world to present her vision.
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Published on: 11 Jul 2017
Spirit Bear is not a household name, but he has become the symbol of Jordan's Principle, a child's-first principle meant to ensure that First Nation children receive the health care they need without delays.
He is a small teddy bear who can often be seen posing alongside children's advocate Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
Spirit Bear will be no doubt posing for a few more photographs on Wednesday as part of Bear Witness Day, a social media campaign created by the society.
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Published on: 11 Jul 2017
With an estimated 1.4 million Syrian refugees, Jordan lies at the forefront of the refugee crisis. Many of those fleeing civil war in their homeland have made their way to Jordan鈥檚 capital, Amman; once there, many have been assisted by Al Waqa, an International Community Action Network (ICAN) centre established in east Amman in 2011 by Talal Qdah, MSW鈥�02, a graduate of McGill鈥檚 internationally renowned ICAN program.
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Published on: 5 Jul 2017
The death rates were 25 per cent per year rising to close to 50 per cent over three years. Dr. Bryce said the deaths could be prevented if Ottawa provided equitable health care to 鈥淚ndians鈥� and implemented other reforms, such as improving ventilation and decreasing over-crowding at schools.
The Government of Canada refused to spend the money and public outrage was not sufficient to force Ottawa into action.
Bryce called Canada鈥檚 conduct 鈥渁 national crime.
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Published on: 14 Jun 2017
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