Professor Boatswain-Kyte: Black children five times more likely than White children to be placed in out-of-home care
Ina study published this monthin a leading international journal,Professor Alicia Boatswain-Kyteand colleagues tracked child protection services over a ten-year span for a group of close to 16,000 children involved in an urban agency in Quebec.
Susan Mintzberg, Social Work PhD Candidate Published Article: "Back to School: between the tree and the bark
Susan's article regarding the back to school plan in Quebec was recently published in LA PRESSE newspaper.
To read Susan's piece clickhere.
Sherel Griffith - Recent Graduate of M.Sc (A) Couple and Family Therapy Program Featured in Community Newspaper
Sherel is applying her expertise and knowledge of family psychotherapy to strengthen the lives of Black families and build a community network.
Read the article here.
Professors Tamara Sussman and Shari Brotman on Combatting Ageism
In an article in the July 22nd edition of the Montreal Gazette, Professors Tamara Sussman & Shari Brotman argue that reducing older people to "passive" and "vulnerable" victims reinforces ageist attitudes that contribute to their marginalization.
Invitation for Social Work Students to Participate in Resilience App Study
The Regulation, Affect, and Development (RAaD) Lab (Prof. Katherine Maurer) invites all students of the McGill School of Social Work with access to an iPhone to participate in an online research study on increasing resilience to stress. Participants will engage in daily activities to increase healthy stress management skills via an iOS phone application (the JoyPop app).
Oka Crisis Land Dispute - City News Interview Featuring Professor Wanda Gabriel
Professor Wanda Gabriel and other community members speak out about the unresolved land dispute at the centre of the Oka Crisis thirty years on.
To watch the full interview clickhere.
Delphine Collin-Vézina - Responding to Child Protection-Involved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Delphine Collin-Vézina,Associate Professor in the McGill School of Social Work and the Director of the McGill Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF),received COVID-19 research funding.
Coming soon! McLennan-Redpath Terrace Pick-Up Service
Beginning the week of July 20, McGill students, faculty and staff will be able to take advantage of a Terrace Pickup Service for print books not available electronically or through theHathiTrust 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 McGill 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.Katherine Maurer) invites all students of the McGill School of Social Workwith access to an iPhone to participate in an online research study onincreasing resilience to stress. Participants will engage in daily activities
School of Social Work Equity Committee Virtual Collective Reflection on Police Brutality and Racialized Structural Violence
Space for the broader school community to reflect on social work’s complicity in structural violence and oppression led by Kate Maurer and Wanda Gabriel.
Location:Zoom link:https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/92809355405
Time: 12 pm to 1pm
Congratulations to Myriam Denov recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts’ 2020 Killam Research Fellowship
The Canada Council for the Arts has announced six recipients of the prestigious 2020 Killam Research Fellowship, including McGillProfessorMyriam Denov.
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’s courageous and respectful leadership to change the Redmen name and efforts to educate and engage students in active reconciliation impressed Indigenous Access McGill (IAM) and by unanimous agreement of their awards committee, Tomas was named the inaugural recipient of the Moral Courage in Reconciliation Award.
Prof Collin-Vézina's publication in The Conversation
Four priorities are suggested in this brief article for planning schools’ 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.