News release: Legal performance-enhancing substances associated with future problematic alcohol use
Categories: Kyle GansonA new study led by Assistant Professor Kyle T. Ganson found that young adults aged 18-26 who […]
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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.
Professor Ramona Alaggia appointed to the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Chair in Child and Family
Categories: Ramona AlaggiaThe Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work is delighted to announce that Professor Ramona Alaggia has been appointed […]
New research finds parents who struggled with substance dependence, intimate partner violence & mental illness were more likely to have been victims of childhood sexual abuse
Categories: Esme Fuller-ThomsonNew research led by Professor Esme Fuller-Thomson has found that adults whose parents struggled with substance dependence, intimate […]
“If social work is to play an important role in change, the public must understand the profession and the challenges it faces,” writes Michael Multan in ‘Healthy Debate’
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, Keith Adamson, Rachelle AshcroftAs demand for access to mental health resources and mental health professionals grows, we need to better […]
Newly funded research by Samantha Anthony aims to promote equitable access to living donor kidney transplantation for Chinese Canadians
Categories: Faculty, Samantha AnthonyAssistant Professor (status only) Dr. Samantha Anthony (SickKids) & Dr. Istvan Mucsi (UHN) received funding through the […]
Instagram Live series 30@8:30 returns this fall for season two
Categories: Faculty, Tanya SharpeThis past spring, The Centre for Research & Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Victims (The CRIB) […]
Hiroshima survivor and anti-nuclear activist Setsuko Thurlow (MSW 1960) is profiled in the New York Times
Categories: Alumni + FriendsThis year marks the 75th anniversary since the atomic bomb devastated the cities of Hiroshima and […]
From Canada to Uganda and beyond: U of T researchers receive funding for COVID-19 projects
Categories: Carmen Logie, FacultySince early June, more than 7,000 refugees and displaced persons have arrived in the African nation […]
Alona Amurao’s award-winning article on Medical Assistance in Dying is published in Canadian Social Work Review
Categories: Alumni + Friends, StudentsRecent FIFSW graduate Alona Amurao (MSW 2018) received first place in the Student Article Competition hosted […]
Alumna Andrea Himel is appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, Family Court Branch
Categories: Alumni + FriendsFIFSW alumna Andrea Himel has been appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, […]