New University of Toronto course is building bridges across generations
Categories: Faculty, Raza M. MirzaThe University of Toronto has partnered with Christie Gardens, a retirement community and long-term care home in […]
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Social work transforms
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.
FIFSW’s new EDI workshop takes equity, diversity and inclusion to the next level in the Master of Social Work curriculum
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, Programs + Teaching, StudentsNew funding to support equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives across U of T is benefiting new […]
International Water Justice exhibit makes its Canadian debut
Categories: Carmen Logie, Faculty, ResearchThis fall, researchers from the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work are bringing an international […]
Talk It Out, Work It Out marries mental and physical health in a joint program created and run by U of T social work and kinesiology professors and students
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, Lin Fang, Partners, Programs + Teaching, StudentsIt’s Friday morning and the Jane/Finch Centre is rocking to the soca groove of Kevin Rougier and […]
Shelley Craig’s research on social media use among 2SLGBTQ+ youth featured in Maclean’s, Time magazine, and The New York Times
Categories: Faculty, Research, Shelley CraigThe risks associated with social media use among teens and youth has been well documented and discussed […]
OASW’s Student Advisory Group is new recruiting new members
Categories: Leadership, StudentsFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work PhD Candidate Carolyn O’Connor will be serving as the Ontario Association of […]
FIFSW listed among the best colleges and universities in the world for clinical/medical social work
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Programs + TeachingThe Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work is among the top 10 “best colleges and universities in the […]
PhD graduate Ran Hu explores structural and epistemic inequities contributing to trafficking violence and gender-based violence against sex workers
Categories: StudentsWhen Ran Hu first worked at an HIV/AIDS and human rights organization in China nearly 15 years […]
Meet FIFSW’s Simulation Coordinator and alumna Megan Davies
Categories: Alumni + Friends, StaffMegan Davies can still recall the anxiety she sometimes experienced in her first practicum placement back when […]
From cell biology to social work: Introducing MSW graduate Ayse Kumsal Tekirdag-Kosar
Categories: StudentsAfter graduating with a PhD in cell biology in 2015, Ayse Kumsal Tekirdag-Kosar was on the road […]