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SUMMARY:Practicum Advisory Committee Meeting #3
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URL:https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/event/practicum-advisory-committee-meeting-3-2/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220203T183000
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SUMMARY:Fireside Chat: Celebrating Black Excellence and Authors
DESCRIPTION:February 3\, 6:30 – 8:00 EST\nPresented by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health\n> Register here\n\n\n\n\nDLSPH opens up Black History Month by welcoming the audience into a conversation about themes impacting Black cultures\, communities and experiences. \nLaunched by a performance from poet\, 2018 Canadian National Champion and 2021 Toronto Grand Slam Champion\, Amoya Reè\, the webinar centres on a discussion between esteemed Black academics that hopes to extract and explain a variety of topics in this 75 minute virtual event. \nJoin a conversation between moderator Dr. Beverley Essue\, Associate Professor of Global Health in the Institute of Health Policy\, Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH)\, and Dexter Voisin\, Dean of Jack\, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and status Faculty at DLSPH\, as they reflect their personal journeys\, narratives around Black communities and experiences\, and discuss the systems and mechanisms required to recognize and systematize Black excellence in academia and beyond. \nVoisin is also an accomplished author whose latest book published in 2019 “America The Beautiful And Violent: Black Youth And Neighborhood Trauma In Chicago“\, provides a compelling and social-justice-oriented analysis of current trends in neighbourhood violence in light of the historical and structural factors that have reproduced entrenched patterns of racial and economic inequality. \n\n\nBios\nAmoya Reé (she/her) is a Jamaican-Canadian performance poet and 2018 Canadian National Champion. Her writing is rooted in her lived experiences as an immigrant\, mother\, & community worker. Reé was recently crowned the 2021 Toronto Grand Slam Champion and is currently working on her debut collection as a 2021 project grant recipient from both the Ontario Arts Council and the coveted Canada Council for the Arts. \n\n\n\nBeverley Essue is an Associate Professor of Global Health in the Institute of Health Policy\, Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health\, University of Toronto. She also holds a Visiting Scientist appointment at the Institute for the Advanced Study of the Americas\, University of Miami and is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health\, India. She is a global health systems researcher and health economist who leads interdisciplinary research focused on strengthening financial risk protection\, supporting effective and equitable priority setting and advancing equity\, including gender equity\, across global health systems. Her research tackles some of the most pressing issues facing global health and is conducted across low-\, middle- and high-income countries. She has led work for key global health initiatives including the Disease Control Priorities series and the Lancet Taskforce on Non-Communicable Diseases. She is currently a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on Cancer and Health Systems and co-chair of the scientific advisory committee for the Lancet Commission on Gender Based Violence and Maltreatment of Young People. She is also scientific advisor to the World Bank’s Health Longevity Initiative. In 2020 she was recognized as a Canadian Women in Global Health. \n\n\n\nDexter R. Voisin is the Jack\, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean in Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. He began his tenure at the Mandel School in January 2022 after serving for two and a half years as dean of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and the Sandra Rotman Endowed Chair in Social Work at the University of Toronto. Before this appointment\, he was a full professor at the University of Chicago for two decades. He was also the director of theSTI/HIV Intervention Network (SHINE) and co-director of the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE) at the University of Chicago. \nHis research examines how structural\, racial violence and interpersonal forms of violence impacts health behaviors and outcomes among minority populations. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed studies\, and research has generated more than 11 million dollars in extramural funding from the National Institute of Mental Health\, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the W.T. Grant Foundation\, among others. His research has informed public policy in the State of Illinois and was appointed to two Illinois State boards by Governor Pat Quinn. Voisin’s latest project is a book entitled\, America the Beautiful and Violent: Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago\, published by Columbia University Press in 2019. \nIn 2020\, Voisin was elected a board member of the Society for Social Work and Research and in 2021 he was inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare; he was appointed to their board in 2022. \nHis expertise and research findings have been frequently cited by numerous members of the international and national media. Voisin has more than 30 years post-MSW clinical experience with practiced expertise in the areas of substance abuse\, adult psychopathology and adolescent and family therapy. He has delivered many keynote speeches and conducted numerous training sessions for health care providers. \nHe received his BA in psychology cum laude from St. Andrews College\, his MSW (practice) from the University of Michigan\, and his PhD (advanced practice) from Columbia University School of Social Work.
URL:https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/event/fireside-chat-celebrating-black-excellence-and-authors/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220207T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220207T131500
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SUMMARY:Health & Mental Health Equity Rounds: Health Equity and Vaccination Strategies During a Time of Racial Reckoning
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Notisha Massaquoi is an Assistant Professor in Health Education and Promotion with the Department of Health and Society at the University of Toronto\, Scarborough (UTSC)\, with a graduate appointment with the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. She holds a BA in Psychology from Western University\, an MSW from FIFSW\, and a PhD from U of T in Social Justice Education. In 2020\, Dr. Massaquoi was a Provost Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at FIFSW\, where her research focused on violence as a determinant of health in Black communities\, emphasizing health services for survivors of homicide victims in Canada. Dr. Massaquoi has consulted globally for the United Nations Social Development Council on racism and its impact on workforces and is considered one of Canada’s leading experts in developing equity responsive organizations. In her early social work career\, Dr. Massaquoi developed several organizations serving Black communities in Canada — including Africans in Partnership Against AIDS\, and TAIBU Community Health Centre. She also helped establish and served for two decades as the Executive Director of Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre — the only Community Health Centre in North America to provide specialized primary healthcare for Black and racialized women. \n  \n> Click here to register\n*All are welcome to attend! \nFIFSW students who attend a minimum of 4 of 5 Health & Mental Health Equity Rounds will be provided a certificate of attendance in April 2022 \n*Please contact Peter Sheffield (peter.sheffield@mail.utoronto.ca) with any questions and inquiries.
URL:https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/event/health-mental-health-equity-rounds-health-equity-and-vaccination-strategies-during-a-time-of-racial-reckoning/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Public,Students
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SUMMARY:Panel discussion: Social Work Practice in Black Communities
DESCRIPTION:> Click here to register\nOrganized in collaboration with the FIFSW’s BSWSA and Student Engagement\, this student-led event seeks to bring together researchers\, systems leaders\, and clinicians to discuss the realities of social work practice in Black communities\, including the challenges and benefits of engaging in this work as Black clinicians. \nSpeakers: \n• Travonne Edwards\, PhD of Social Work Candidate\, M.A. Child and Youth Care\n• Roxanne Francis\, Registered Social Worker & Psychotherapist\, Consultant and Speaker\n• Dr. Charmaine Williams\, Dean\, FIFSW
URL:https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/event/panel-discussion-social-work-practice-in-black-communities/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Public,Students
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SUMMARY:Because She Cares film launch
DESCRIPTION:“Because She Cares” is a spoken word film series that documents the experiences of African women living with HIV employed in Ontario AASOs. \nFebruary 12\, 2:00 – 4:00pm EST\nPresented via zoom\n> Register here\nTo commemorate Love Positive Women and Black History Month\, the Because She Cares Collaborative will be hosting a virtual launch of the Because She Cares films. \nUsing spoken word performance and film\, “Because She Cares” poetically re-tells the working stories of African immigrant women living with HIV who work in AIDS service and allied organizations (AASOs). \nThe 60-minute film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the performers\, film artists\, and African\, Caribbean and Black women who work in Ontario AIDS service and allied organizations. \nThe Because She Cares is part of a multi-method study funded by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) and supported by Africans in Partnership Against AIDS (APAA). The study has been reviewed and cleared by the University of Toronto Research Ethics Board. \nFAQs\nHow will I access the event? \nParticipants will be sent a zoom link via email a few days before the film launch. \nDo I need to register to attend the event? \nYes\, you must register on Eventbrite (or have someone register for you) to receive a zoom link to the virtual event. \nWhat inspired these films? \nThe Because She Cares project evolved from a Ph.D. study where ten (10) African immigrant women living with HIV shared their stories of HIV service work. The project uses oral narrative\, poetry\, and spoken word performance to poetically “re-tell” African immigrant women’s local and transnational experiences of HIV service work as (un)caring and care-full work. \nThe Because She Cares film resulted from the community-academic collaboration between academics at the Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto\, the Africans in Partnership Against AIDS (APAA)\, Urban Market Campaign Inc. and African\, Caribbean and Black (ACB) community members and allies who work in AASOs.
URL:https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/event/because-she-cares-film-launch/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220216T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220216T133000
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SUMMARY:Research in action: Knowledge mobilization in the immigrant and refugee-serving sector
DESCRIPTION:About the Event:\nMaking research accessible for people without a research background is crucial for front-line workers. How can we maximize the impacts of research in the GTA’s immigrant and refugee-serving sector? \nThis virtual event will focus on community-based approaches to mobilizing research and applying it to practice. Panellists will discuss perspectives on building research relationships and present findings of recent studies. \nInterested in learning more about migrant resilience\, community organizing\, peer champions\, and why data entry is key to front-line work? \nPanellists include: \n\n\nFatima Filippi\, Executive Director of Rexdale Women’s Centre\nNira Elgueta\, Project Coordinator for the Gender-Based Violence Building Leadership Capacity Project at the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants.\nRupaleem Bhuyan\, Associate Professor\, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work\, University of Toronto\nབསྟན་འཛིན་འཆི་མེད་ Tenzin Chime\, Undergraduate Student Researcher\, University of Toronto\n\n>Click Here For Registration & Information\nFor more information go to Community Knowledge Program | Wellesley Institute
URL:https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/event/research-in-action-knowledge-mobilization-in-the-immigrant-and-refugee-serving-sector/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:External public event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220228T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220228T131500
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SUMMARY:Health Equity and Mental Health\, with Lauren Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:Lauren Kennedy (BA\, Hons. BSW) will address recommendations for improving mental health care.\n> Click here to register\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Lauren Kennedy\nLauren Kennedy is a social worker and mental health advocate. She started Living Well With Schizophrenia because she lives with the diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder\, bipolar type\, as a means to increase knowledge and compassion around schizophrenia and mental illness. \nLauren has been a mental health advocate since a young age and offers the unique perspective of having experience as a mental health professional and researcher\, combined with her own lived experience of mental illness. Lauren is dedicated to improving the quality of mental health care. She has delivered talks with the Schizophrenia Society of Alberta and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. \nYou can find Lauren’s Living Well with Schizophrenia YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCENqBB_xNax3mLX_WGLf2Lg \n\n\n*All are welcome to attend! \nThis is the second last event in the 2021-2022 Health & Mental Health Equity Rounds series. FIFSW students who attend a minimum of 4 of 5 Health & Mental Health Equity Rounds will be provided a certificate of attendance in April 2022 \nThe Grand Rounds focus on equity issues related to health and mental health practice and will involve talks by experts focused on key themes in the field. The final event will be held on March 21. All sessions are held over Zoom. \n*Please contact Peter Sheffield (peter.sheffield@mail.utoronto.ca) with any questions and inquiries.
URL:https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/event/health-equity-and-mental-health-with-lauren-kennedy/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Public,Students
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SUMMARY:Beyond a Seat at “The Table”: Approaches to Supporting Black Survivors of Homicide Victims\, with Tanya Sharpe
DESCRIPTION:Alumni\, students\, faculty and members of the public are invited to the next lecture in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Alumni Association’s 2021-2022 Alumni Series.  \nHoused within the FIFSW\, The Centre for Research & Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Victims (The CRIB) is the first Centre of its kind in the world—and is quickly becoming a catalyst and focal point of a coordinated effort to address structural inequities that contribute to homicide disproportionately  experienced by Black people throughout our global communities. Join us for a discussion on the development of culturally responsive\, interdisciplinary approaches to research\, policy and practice designed to meet the unmet needs of African\, Caribbean\, Black (ACB) survivors of homicide victims. \nDate: Monday\, February 28\, 2022 **NEW DATE** \nTime: 6:30pm—8:00pm EST \nLocation: Zoom \nRegister here \nTo support The CRIB: Click here \nAbout Dr. Tanya Sharpe \nTanya Sharpe joined the Factor-Inwentash Faculty in July 2018 after serving as an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore School of Social Work for 11 years. She received her Ph.D. in Social Work from Boston College located in Boston\, Massachusetts. \nDr. Sharpe is a community-engaged researcher who examines sociocultural factors that influence the coping strategies of Black family members and friends of homicide victims for the purpose of developing culturally responsive approaches and sustainable opportunities allowing Black communities to survive the aftermath of homicide. Dr. Sharpe is the founder and director of the Centre for Research & Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Victims (The CRIB)\, a multidisciplinary initiative designed to advance research\, policy and practice for and with Black survivors of homicide victims throughout our global community.  In addition\, to several research projects\, The CRIB also hosts a popular Instagram Live series entitled 30@8:30\, where Dr. Sharpe alongside community and academic guest experts explore how structural violence and homicide in its many forms has traumatically impacted some of our most vulnerable populations. \n  \n 
URL:https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/event/fifsw-alumni-the-crib/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Public,Students
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