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Congratulations to Dr. Tamara Sussman for receiving the 2014 Strategic Impact Grant for the project titled "Improving Palliative Care in Long Term Care Homes Using Participatory Action Research"
Professor Tamara Sussman of McGill鈥檚 School of Social work was awarded funding from TVN Strategic Impact Grant Program.听 This project involves the collaboration from researchers who submitted expressions of interest outlining potential projects and were then invited to participate in a protocol meeting with those interested in achieving greater impact by collaborating with other like-minded researchers with projects in similar areas. Strategic Impact Grants are up to 24 months in length and focus on topics of interest to TVN.
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JOB TALK: MARJORIE A. RABIAU, PhD, O.P.Q. - NOV. 24, 2014.
Following her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at 香蕉视频, Dr. Rabiau completed a two-year post doctoral fellowship at the CRIPCAS at l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al in Couple and Family Therapy. Dr. Rabiau has taught courses at 香蕉视频 including Child Development and Child Psychopathology in addition to Adolescence at l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al. She has published and presented her research in inter-national journals and at international conferences.
Dr. Rabiau is a fully bilingual licenced Clinical Psychologist with over 10 years of clinical experience. She works with a culturally diverse popula-tion in individual, couple, and family therapy with a systemic and co-gnitive behavioral therapy orientation.
The lecture is entitled 鈥淥BSTACLES TO GOAL ATTAINMENT IN FAMILY THERAPY: SELF-REGULATION CHALLENGES IN THE MODERN FAMILY鈥�.听 Click 
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JOB TALK: OLGA SUSTHERLAND, PhD, C. Psych., RMFT - NOV. 17, 2014.
Dr. Sutherland is an Associate Professor and Director of Couple and Family Therapy Program at the University of Guelph. She is also a coun-selling psychologist and clinical fellow and approved supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Sutherland鈥檚 re-search program falls under the umbrella of critical and discursive psychology in that it focuses on discursive, critical, and participant-centered accounts of human action and experience. Her research program addresses three areas: psychotherapy practice and pedagogy, social construction of mental illness, and gender and sexualities.
听JOB TALK: SARAH FRASER, PhD, O.P.Q - OCT 27, 2014.
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Dr. Sarah Fraser is a clinical psychologist and professor at the Depart-ment of Psycho-education at Montreal University. She works in the field of Aboriginal health, youth protection services and community development. Over the past years she has been working been working with an Inuit community in an action-research project around commu-nity mobilization for family wellbeing and prevention.
The lecture is entitled 鈥淪YSTEM THINKING IN SOCIAL PRACTICE鈥�.听 Click here for more information. 听
UPCOMING JOB TALKS FOR TWO TENURE TRACK POSITIONS AS ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR.
These two appointments form part of the academic renewal of the School of Social Work, which includes the development of Canada鈥檚 first Masters in Couple and Family Therapy within a School of Social Work, an expanded doctoral program, a newly revised generalist BSW curriculum, an MSW offering three Specialist
streams (children and families, health and social care, and international and community development), as well as nine recent tenure鈥恡rack faculty appointments, including two Canada Research Chairs. The School is the home of the Center to Research on Children and Families, the McGill Middle East Program, and a new
Centre for Participatory Research on War and Violence.
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Professors Trocm茅 and Collin-V茅zina discuss potential impact of Bill 10 on Youth Protection services in Quebec.
Professors Trocm茅 and Collin-V茅zina discuss potential impact of Bill 10 on Youth Protection services in Quebec on October 28th, Parliamentary Commission on Health and Social Services, National Assembly in Qu茅bec:.
For more information see open letters that were published in The Gazette and Le Devoir below with regards to the bill 10 project as well as the link to the hearing where Nico Trocm茅 and Delphine Collin-V茅zina presented the M茅moire.
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Link to the at which Nico Trocm茅 and Delphine Collin-Vezina were invited.Congratulations to Dr. Nico Trocm茅 for receiving SSHRC Impact/Connections Award
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We are delighted to announce that Dr. Nico Trocm茅 received the The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connection Award which was presented by Dr. Ted Hewitt, SSHRC Executive Vice-President, at the award ceremony听 held in Ottawa on Monday, November 3, 2014.
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The School of Social Work signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Social Affairs for the Republic of Indonesia.
On September 18, 2014, the School of Social Work signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Social Affairs for the Republic of Indonesia.
The MOU outlined several areas for future collaboration with the School on social work research and education.
Present for the signing ceremony were (left to right):
Mu'man Nuryana; Head, Board of Education and Research on Social Welfare
Toto Utomo Budi Santosa; Secretary General
Salim Segaf Al Jufri; Minister
Christopher Manfredi; Dean of Arts
Sarah Stroud; Associate Vice-Principal for Research & International听 Relations
Nico Trocme; Director of School of Social Work
The Kagedan Lecture on Social Work and Human Rights - Annual Alumni Homecoming and Networking Supper
Presented on October 16th, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. in the Wendy Patrick Room, Wilson Hall, 3506 University.
Reflections on the Quebec Charter of Values:听
Where do we go from here?
An inter-disciplinary panel discussion on the socio-cultural context from which the Charter emerged, the lingering impacts upon affected communities, and implications for social workers and health professionals interested in supporting an inclusive agenda that supports cultural diversity.
A light dinner will be served in the Wendy Patrick Room at 5:00 p.m.听 Kindly send your RSVP to marilena.orsini [at] mcgill.ca or call 514-398-2030 by October 8th, 2014.
For full details and guest speakers, please click here.
Congratulations to Dr. Delphine Collin-V茅zina appointed as new Director of the Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF).
We are delighted to announce the appointment of听Dr. Delphine Collin-V茅zina as new Director of the Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF) effective September 1st, 2014.听
For more information on CRCF, please visit the听website.
听Congratulations to Dr. Myriam Denov who was awarded prestigious Trudeau Fellowship
Professor Myriam Denov, of McGill鈥檚 School of Social work, has been awarded one of Canada鈥檚 most prestigious research awards to help fill this knowledge gap. One of three recipients of听听awarded in Canada in 2014,听she hopes to shed some light on an 鈥渋nvisible, but resilient鈥� population of children and youth.
The project will be conducted in partnership with two NGOs: Canadian-based (CAP) and , a local African organization that works specifically with women who have survived armed captivity. The Trudeau Fellowship program provides its Fellows with access to a vast network of scholars and mentors focused on research on human rights and advocacy, in addition to $225,000 in funding over three years.
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Dr.听 Nico Trocm茅 appointed as new Director of the McGill School of Social Work
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Nico Trocm茅 as the Director of the McGill School of Social Work, effective 1st July 2014 replacing the previous Director, Dr. Wendy Thomson.
Dr. Trocm茅 is the Philip Fisher Chair in Social Work at 香蕉视频 and directs the Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF), positions which he has held since joining McGill in 2005.听 Dr. Trocm茅 is the principal investigator for the 听Canadian Incidence 听Study (CIS) of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (1993, 1998, 2003 & 2008), the lead researcher for a Federal-Provincial-Territorial initiative to develop a common set of National Outcomes Measures in child welfare, directs the Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal (), and is conducting a research 听听capacity development and knowledge mobilization initiative involving child welfare and Aboriginal service provider agencies in Quebec.听 Recognized as one of the most prolific social work researchers in Canada, Dr. Trocm茅 is the author of over 130 scientific publications, has been awarded 25 million dollars in funding through grants, contracts and gifts, and has mentored a new generation of Canadian child welfare scholars.听 Dr. Trocm茅 has acted as a child welfare policy and program consultant to several provincial governments and Aboriginal organizations and has presented expert evidence at various inquests and tribunals. Prior to completing his PhD, Dr. Trocm茅 worked for five years as a child welfare and children's mental health social worker.
听Dr. Trocm茅 听is taking on this role at a great time, as the School looks forward to building on its many recent achievements. 听Having hired 13 staff during Dr. Thomson鈥檚 term, the School now has a majority of new faculty, who together with long-serving faculty form a talented and collegial community. They come with richly diverse orientations and backgrounds, with much to offer to students and the academy. Amongst the faculty we have two Canada Research Chairs, a Trudeau fellow,听and a James McGill professor.听 Social Work is now one of the most听听听 research productive in its Faculty.听听
Our programs have undergone extensive review and updating to meet modern professional standards. In September we are launching the first Masters in Couple and Family Therapy in a Canadian School of Social work. The BSW and MSW programs have been recently accredited and received an excellent independent Academic Unit Review.听 Our PhD program is thriving with over 35 students, many of whom have been听听 awarded SSHRC, CIHR, Trudeau and Vanier scholarships.
We are also pleased to recognize outgoing Director, Dr. Wendy Thomson, who has made inroads into Canadian policy-making, during her two terms leading the School. She advised Ghana鈥檚 President John Kufuor on Evidence-based policy-making for 2 years; then served as Commissioner for 3 years on the Ontario Commission to Promote Sustainable Child Welfare; and over 18 months as Chair of the Expert Group on Patient-based Funding for the Quebec government ().听 She is now taking a leave from her professorship at McGill to return to England to serve as the Managing Director of Norfolk, a multi-function regional tier of government in a very pretty part of England.
YWCA - 2014 Woman of Distinction
The YWCA Montreal announced on Monday, May 5, 2014, its 13 laureates of the 2014 Women of Distinction Awards. Among the proud and well-deserved award recipients are Wendy Thomson (in the category of Education) and Mispa Nkuh Basa (in the category of YWCA Woman), our BSW graduate. The ceremony will be held on September 30, 2014 at the Palais des Congr猫s de Montr茅al. Warmest congratulations to Wendy and Mispa!
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McGill Hosts the Colloque interuniversitaire de travail social 2014
Katrina St-Amand and Virginie Yeba Gbongo.听 The students who attended the symposium came from Universit茅 de Montr茅al (U de M), Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al (UQAM), Universit茅 du Qu茅bec en Abitibi-T茅miscamingue (UQAT), Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Rimouski (UQAR), Universit茅 Laval, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec en Outaouais (UQO) and 香蕉视频.
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Opinion: Canada should be doing more to fight income inequality by Rick Goldman
听"Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer in Canada?"
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Congratulations to Adjunct Professor, Myra Giberovitch on the launch of her book, Recovering from Genocidal Trauma: An Information and Practice Guide for Working with Holocaust Survivors (University of Toronto Press)
On February 19, 2014 the School of Social Work proudly hosted a book launch for Myra Giberovitch. Myra began her career at the School where she formulated her ideas and built 听the foundation for her life鈥檚 work with Holocaust survivors in the Montreal community. She initiated the first community-based social service program for survivors in Canada and is internationally recognized as a pioneer in this area.听
Myra Giberovitch has been lecturing in the School of Social Work for more than 20 years and currently teaches the course on Social Work Practice with Older Adults. To view Myra's profile, please see /socialwork/faculty/lecturers
Results of Fall 2013 competitions for external scholarships for 2014-15.
The following students were awarded external scholarships for 2014-15 by federal/provincial goverment agencies.听 For students' names and pictures, click here.
The 4th Health and Wellbeing in Children Youth and Adults with Developmental Disabilities Conference Life Transitions.
This conference will provide educational and informative updates on psychiatric, behavioural and complex health components specific to individuals with DD, and showcase best practices in the field. The conference will focus on life transitions across the lifespan and health and mental health challenges associated with school transition, entering adult life and aging. This conference will engage health care providers and educators from a wide range of professional disciplines in knowledge transfer and interprofessional collaboration in order to maximize health and wellbeing so as to minimize disability and improve quality of life. The format will include plenaries, breakout sessions and poster sessions.
Treatment of Black Families within a North American Family Therapy Conference
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