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Read our news stories, below, and view our 2025-2030 Academic Plan to learn how FIFSW researchers, students, alumni and partners are working to create a more just, equitable and compassionate world.

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Counting Guns Isn’t Enough — What Canada’s Firearm Declarations Really Tell Us

Categories: Faculty, Research, Tanya Sharpe

By Dr. Tanya L. Sharpe March 31st marks the deadline to declare ownership of prohibited assault-style firearms […]

FIFSW field instructors honoured for their sustained and valuable contributions to the U of T community

Categories: Alumni + Friends

The University of Toronto’s Arbor Awards recognize U of T volunteers who, through their exemplary generosity of […]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: “INQYR Beyond Limits: The conference” invites work from community partners, practitioners, and students as well as academics and scholars

INQYR Beyond Limits: The Conference — Mobilizing innovative global social research for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth joy and resilience is […]

Social work students participate in Pain Week 2026

Categories: Amar Ghelani, Programs + Teaching, Students

1 in 5 Canadians suffer from chronic pain and 5% will experience severe pain that leads to […]

Reimagining social work practice with The Queer Barber

Categories: Students

After working in salons for a number of years, Master of Social Work student, E. S. Cuevas […]

Dementia research must include voices of those with lived experience

Categories: Amanda Grenier, Faculty

A new Canadian study has found that people living with dementia (PLWD) are often excluded from research […]

Giving for Change, by the Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, highlights how strategic giving influences policy, transforms communities, and fosters lasting social progress

Categories: Alumni + Friends

Margaret McCain’s new book, Giving for Change: How Philanthropy Shapes Early Education, takes readers on a compelling […]