New research showing that older adults can regain optimal health receives extensive media coverage
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Esme Fuller-Thomson, Faculty, Mabel HoOlder age is not all about decline, it can also be a time when people can get […]
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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 visits First Nations House
Categories: Faculty, Partners, Staff, StudentsOn September 22, students, faculty and staff at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work visited University of […]
Keith Adamson is helping bring new voices to the development and delivery of social work education
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Faculty, Keith AdamsonKeith Adamson, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work was invited to help […]
Rupaleem Bhuyan a guest editor for special issue of Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work
Professor Rupaleem Bhuyan served as the guest editor of the Special Issue, Thinking and Practicing Abolition through […]
Simulated health policy forum gives students insight into stakeholder tensions related to Toronto’s mental health crisis
Categories: Faculty, Programs + Teaching, Rachelle AshcroftThis year, students in the course SWK4412, The Context of Mental Health and Health Practice, will get […]
“We exist. We persist. And we can achieve extraordinary things.” Social work graduate Lev Goldberg shares insights on his 51km swim across Lake Ontario for trans visibility
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Q & ALev Goldberg adjusts his goggles in Lake Ontario during a training session at Woodbine Beach. Photo by […]
Meet two FIFSW professors who are creating supportive and innovative learning environments for social work students
Categories: Faculty, Micheal L. Shier, Programs + Teaching, Shelley CraigTwo faculty members from the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work have received 2024-2025 Teaching Awards in […]
Professor Barbara Fallon elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Professor Carmen Logie appointed a member of the RSC College
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Barbara Fallon, Carmen LogieOn September 4, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced its Class of 2025 New Fellows and […]
Back-to-school 2025: 5 things every FIFSW student should know
Categories: StudentsSeptember will bring new and returning students back to the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work’s building at […]
Professor Peter A. Newman named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Faculty, Peter Newman, ResearchFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Professor Peter A. Newman has been announced a 2025 Fellow of the […]