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Today the federal government will reveal how it plans to bring 25000 Syrian refugees to Canada. Among the questions to be answered, where will they live? Matt Galloway spoke with David Hulchanski.
The article entitled, ‘Constructing a teacher identity: Influence and impact of doctoral studies on the development of a teaching practice’ is published in Canadian Social Work Journal’s latest issue
Gerardo Betancourt is the 2015 recipient of the ALLSWE scholarship The Association of Latina and Latino […]
How do social and structural contexts affect HIV? Dr. Carmen Logie’s work explores the impact of these factors on HIV risk and resilience and how we can influence these contexts to prevent HIV infection. In 1994, volunteering at the Wellesley Hospital led her to her current CIHR and SSHRC funded studies: using theatre for change to reduce stigma towards sexual and gender minority communities in Swaziland and Lesotho, examining connections between social environments and HIV vulnerability among sexual and gender minority youth in Jamaica, and exploring arts-based HIV prevention strategies in the Northwest Territories grounded in Indigenous knowledge.
Professor Faye Mishna, FIFSW Dean, has completed a three-year study on cyberbullying based on interviews with students, parents and teachers in schools in the Toronto District School Board. Research indicates that girls are blamed for cyberbullying more than boys, even when girls are the target, and that those bullied are unlikely to talk about the experience with adults.
Daniyal Zuberi’s innovative social policy research has made important contributions to the study of urban poverty, inequality, […]
Prof. Esme Fuller-Thomson is lead author of a study that find generalized anxiety disorder is much more common among individuals with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.
The province of Ontario should consider publicly funding immunization against the human papillomavirus (HPV) for all boys […]
Gerardo Betancourt, a fourth year PhD student at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto […]
Thursday May 14, 2015
It’s hard enough for victims to report abuse. But what if the result of coming forward is isolation from family, friends and community? Open lines with Rupaleem Bhuyan, Associate Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto.
The podcast (mp3 file) begins at 6 min. 40 sec. after news and weather. Prof. Bhuyan is introduced at 17 min. 40 sec. The entire file runs 1 hr. 30 sec.
The callers illustrate many layers that victims of incest and family violence go through, in different communities.