2023-2024 Year in Review: 7 PhD dissertations examining critical issues

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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 the 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