Discussion on Research Projects within Social Work with Prof. Tamara Sussman, and MSW student Diandra Serrano, and MSW graduate Bianca T茅trault
Episode #5聽
Discussion on Research Projects within Social Work with Prof. Tamara Sussman, and MSW student Diandra Serrano, and MSW graduate Bianca T茅trault
Discussion about the聽PhD聽program with Tamara Sussman,聽Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola and聽Marsha Ma
Episode #4聽
Discussion about the聽PhD聽program with Tamara Sussman,聽Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola and聽Marsha Ma
Spotify Podcast:聽https://open.spotify.com/episode/3lLfh5efI3eSfztUxOK4eB?si=659bb264dbc3412f
Discussion with Nico Trocm茅, Director of the School of Social Work
Episode #3聽
Discussion with Nico Trocm茅, Director of the School of Social Work
Spotify Podcast:聽https://open.spotify.com/episode/4JatiAFTG7j9alo84AdUav?si=yF-_Li2IQii51kE5oEhVnQ
Discussion with the MSW Program Team: Nicole Ives, Nicole Mitchell, Carmela Sciandra
Episode #2
Discussion with the MSW Program Team: Nicole Ives, Nicole Mitchell, Carmela Sciandra
Spotify Podcast:聽https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UVBhNn4na5V24W9SYROMp?si=alF9pjgwSOKH1-uysDVrYg
Discussion with the Student Support Team: Nicole Mitchell and Matthew Coutu-Moya
Episode #1 - Discussion with the Student Support Team: Nicole Mitchell and Matthew Coutu-Moya
Spotify Podcast:聽https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wq2VCK1MYJ6tO6E4156bX?si=b2g_iJqEQiiidXKlXFsE1A
Interview with Cindy Blackstock: The 15 year fight to treat Indigenous children as equals
Cindy Blackstock, the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and a professor at 香蕉视频's School of Social Work, has made it her mission to make sure First Nations kids get the care that matches up with care received by other kids in Canada.
She talks about the long fight for this agreement, and why she鈥檚 still waiting to celebrate. (Front Burner, CBC News)
How the Grinch stole Chanukah: secularism is not a vail for systemic racism
Opinion piece in the Toronto Star addressing Bill 21, secularism, and the holidays in Quebec.
#we.are.socialwork
#we.are.socialwork is an initiative of the McGill School of Social Work that will serve to highlight the work and the people within our school community through podcasting and social media engagement.
We will chat about our profession, the social work programs offered at McGill, and showcase faculty, staff, and most especially students in our community.
Stay tuned for these important conversations!!
Professors Nicole Ives & Wanda Gabriel, 2021 Recipients of McGill's Award for Equity & Community Building
Professors Nicole Ives and Wanda Gabriel have been selected as the 2021 recipients of McGill鈥檚 Award for Equity and Community Building. Their pioneering work with Indigenous Access McGill, the Field Studies course, Indigenous initiatives at McGill, and most recently the BSW program to be delivered in Nunavik are some of the outstanding contributions that are being recognized by McGill for this award.
M.Sc.(A) CFT Program and the Importance of Marriage and Family Therapists
A recent CTV News article including input from聽M.Sc.(A) CFT alumni, Mylene Choquette, has been published discussing the need for TCF's to be integrated into the public network to curb domestic violence.
"The cohorts trained at 香蕉视频, which offers the only master's program in marital and family therapy in Quebec, are only making up for the retirements"聽
Congratulations to Susan Mintzberg Winner of the Principal's Prize for Public Engagement
The School of Social Work is delighted to congratulate Susan Mintzberg PhD Candidate, who was selected as the Graduate Student winner of the Principal's' Prize for Public Engagement for 2021. Since the onset of the pandemic Susan has been actively speaking out about myriad of social issues closely tied to her own doctoral work such as our continued failure to recognize families as experts in the health of their relatives, and the problematic results of top down decision making .
PhD Candidate Susan Mintzberg on CBC radio The Current
Susan Mintzberg, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Social Work, was interviewed on CBC radio The Current on April 1st, where she discussed聽the importance of taking mental health into consideration when policy decisions are made about protecting seniors (and others) during the pandemic.
This topic relates to her research which looks at the role of families in mental healthcare.
PhD Candidate Monica Batac Awarded Scarlet Key
Monica Batac is a PhD candidate in the School of Social Work, a dedicated and inspiring leader whose initiative has had a direct and positive impact on undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff at McGill. More specifically, through her lived experience, she has envisioned new ways of building community for and with racialized students at the university.
MSW Graduate Katja Terxeira Receives the Caring Beyond Award
Congratulations to Katja Terxeira, social worker on the surgical unit at the Jewish general Hospital and recent MSW graduate for receiving the Caring Beyond Award. Katja was merited this award through the Jewish General Hospital for the compassionate efforts she made to help a patient nearing end of life plan a wedding at the hospital so he could fulfill his wish of marrying his life long partner before his death.
Supporting youth protection workers to support families
While many are calling for more flexible prevention focused approaches, youth protection workers in Quebec are grappling with dwindling resources and risk aversive systems that places them, and the children, families, and communities they serve in increasingly difficult positions. This pressing need for transformation has recently been tragically underscored by the death by suicide of two youth protection workers.