News Category: Alumni + Friends
Black History Month 2020: Alumni spotlight
Categories: Alumni + FriendsFIFSW alumni are making a huge difference to the communities that they serve. Here are just a […]
Black History Month 2020: Community partners making an impact
Categories: Alumni + FriendsFIFSW’s community partners not only provide valuable practicums for our students, they also make a huge difference […]
Kennes Lin (MSW 2019) speaks to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health about racism and the Coronavirus
Categories: Alumni + FriendsKennes Lin (MSW 2019), a recent Master of Social Work graduate from the Social Justice & […]
Alumna Raluca Bejan traces the space of the refugee crisis in a new exhibition at the UNB Art Centre
Categories: Alumni + FriendsTRACE: Tracing the Space of the Refugee Crisis — an exhibition by FIFSW MSW and PhD alumna […]
Kate Scowen (MSW, 2015) social enterprise, Hard Feelings, featured in UofT Magazine
Categories: Alumni + Friends
The wait-lists for publicly funded therapy are long. FIFSW alumna, Kate Scowen, devised a way for people to receive low-cost counselling sooner.
Prof. Peter A. Newman; PhD alumna, Dr. Ashley Lacombe-Duncan; and MSW alumna, Prof. Adrian Guta publish landmark study on PreP
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, Peter NewmanProf. Peter A. Newman, along with recently graduated Dr. Ashley Lacombe-Duncan and former MSW student, now […]
Cindy Blackstock reading of Spirit Bear and Children Make History
Categories: Alumni + Friends, StudentsCindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society hosted a Spirit […]
MSW alumni, Georgi Georgievski, story of resilience reported in Toronto Star
Categories: Alumni + Friends, FacultyForum Research poll shows that LGBTQ+ students experience greater debt
LGBTQ+ respondents to a recent Forum Research survey on student debt finds that they are more adversely impacted by student debt compared with non-LGBTQ+.
Professor David Brennan, FIFSW Associate Professor, believes lack of family support and mental health costs contribute to the higher debt.
FIFSW alumna, Kyla Fox, on helping those affected by eating disorders
Categories: Alumni + Friends
Kyla Fox obtained her MSW from the FIFSW in 2006. In 2012, she opened The Kyla Fox Centre in Toronto – which treats the entire spectrum of people affected by eating disorders and disordered eating.
Distinguished Speaker: Setsuko Thurlow
Categories: Alumni + Friends
Setsuko Thurlow, one of FIFSW’s prominent alumni who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), delivered an inspiring talk at the Alumni Association’s annual Distinguished Speakers Series.