Professor David Brennan’s research on blood donor screening policies offers alternatives
Categories: David Brennan, Faculty“Bad blood: Breaking down Canadian Blood Services’ blood donation restrictions for sexually active gay men” is an […]
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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.
Structural violence: U of T’s Dexter Voisin on systemic racism, trauma and the Black community
Categories: Dexter VoisinDexter Voisin, dean of the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, has dedicated much of […]
We need to take a look at who sits on police oversight boards, Dean Dexter Voisin tells Global News
Categories: Dexter VoisinDean Dexter Voisin spoke to Global News for an article on the differences and similarities between American […]
Q & A: Professor David J. Brennan explores the impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQ2+ community in Canada
Categories: David Brennan, Faculty, Q & AProfessor David J. Brennan has been working to better understand COVID-19’s impact on the LGBTQ2+ community. […]
PhD student Gerardo Betancourt explores how an HIV program for Spanish-speaking communities is applying lessons learned to help communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Categories: StudentsA new article, by FIFSW PhD Candidate, Gerardo Betancourt, explores how the organization Community Without Borders has […]
ENOUGH: A powerful new video from The CRIB “speaks into existence what Black homicide victims can no longer say”
Categories: Faculty, Tanya SharpeThe Centre for Research & Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Violence (The CRIB) & its Global […]
African Americans have been slowly suffocating under the chokehold of America’s systemic racism, writes Dean Dexter Voisin for the Toronto Star
Categories: Dexter Voisin, FacultyDexter Voisin, Dean and Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, has published an op-ed […]
“There is still a long road ahead:” Dean Dexter Voisin talks to media about the current protests and the excessive use of police force
Categories: Dexter VoisinDean Dexter Voisin spoke to media this week about the protests in the United States and the excessive […]
When pandemics collide: FIFSW professors refocus on HIV in the COVID-19 era
Categories: Carmen Logie, David Brennan, Peter NewmanAmid singular attention to the COVID-19 emergency, three FIFSW professors are calling attention to the other major […]
Dean Dexter Voisin talks to Global News Radio about the protests following the killing of George Floyd
Categories: Dexter VoisinDean Dexter Voisin spoke with Scott Thompson on Global News Radio (900 CHML) about the protests taking […]