News Category: Alumni + Friends
Practicum partner spotlight: Q&A with Sydney Gilchrist, Adult Programs & Clinical Support Manager, Canvas Programs
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Practicum, Q & ACanvas Programs is a charity with a mission of providing empathy-based education on 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion and consent. […]
A letter to our Fall 2023 graduates from Andria Allen, president of the FIFSW Alumni Association
Categories: Alumni + FriendsDear Graduates, On behalf of the FIFSW Alumni Association, I wish to congratulate you on reaching this important […]
A day in the life of a social worker: FIFSW Field Instructors share insights and advice with students
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, Partners, Practicum, Programs + TeachingOn October 4th and 5th, Field Instructors from seven community organizations came to the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of […]
‘This scholarship made me feel like I’m here for a reason’: New social work graduate award invests in Black and Indigenous students
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Awards & Recognition, StudentsFavour Aina wants to better understand the factors causing second generation immigrants, and Black men in particular, […]
Q&A: Amina Hussain and Mishal Javed provide an update on their research and work with the Muslim Human Service Alliance
Categories: A. Ka Tat Tsang, Alumni + Friends, Faculty, Q & A, Research, StudentsLast year, we featured PhD Candidate Amina Hussain and MSW graduate Mishal Javed in a story […]
Islamic Heritage Month 2023
Categories: Alumni + Friends, FacultyThe Parliament of Canada proclaimed October Canadian Islamic History Month in 2007 in recognition of significant contributions […]
FIFSW’s new EDI workshop takes equity, diversity and inclusion to the next level in the Master of Social Work curriculum
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, Programs + Teaching, StudentsNew funding to support equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives across U of T is benefiting new […]
Talk It Out, Work It Out marries mental and physical health in a joint program created and run by U of T social work and kinesiology professors and students
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, Lin Fang, Partners, Programs + Teaching, StudentsIt’s Friday morning and the Jane/Finch Centre is rocking to the soca groove of Kevin Rougier and […]
Meet FIFSW’s Simulation Coordinator and alumna Megan Davies
Categories: Alumni + Friends, StaffMegan Davies can still recall the anxiety she sometimes experienced in her first practicum placement back when […]
100 years later, Mount Sinai Hospital continues connecting the community with care
Categories: Alumni + FriendsOn a typical day, Mount Sinai Hospital social worker Rebecca Detje (MSW 2010) might be coordinating out-of-region […]