2023-2024 Year in Review: 7 PhD dissertations examining critical issues
FIFSW’s PhD program is designed to cultivate high-caliber scholars and outstanding leaders in social work research, education and policy. Below is a list of successful dissertations presented by the PhD candidates who graduated in the 2023-2024 academic year.
Ami-Lynn Goulden
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Sexual Well-Being Among Young Disabled People Engaged with Social Workers: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Advisor: Charmaine Williams
Mabel Ho
Successful Aging in Canada: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Advisor: Esme Fuller-Thomson
Emmaline Houston
The Emerging Need for Population Level Analyses in Social Work: Examples from the Canadian Child Protection System
Advisor: Barbara Fallon
Rachael Lefebvre
Poverty among the Ontario Child Welfare Population: A Need for Poverty-Informed Child Protection Practice
Advisor: Barbara Fallon
Kowa Qiyomiddin
Understanding the Impacts of Technology on Newcomers’ Adaptation in Canada
Advisor: Faye Mishna
Weijia Tan
Exploring Benefits Design in Chaina’s Long-Term Care Insurance Policy: A Conceptualization Based on a Study of Suzhou’s Pilot Policy
Advisor: Daniyal Zuberi
Ying Wang
Understanding the health-related quality of life among immigrant women with HIV in Canada.
Advisor: Lin Fang