News Category: Alumni + Friends
A letter to new 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 […]
Congratulations to FIFSW’s 2021 Arbor Award Recipients
Categories: Alumni + FriendsThe Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work would like to congratulate those who were recognized this year with […]
Early childhood advocate and philanthropist Margaret McCain recognized with the Rose Wolfe Distinguished Alumni Award
Categories: Alumni + FriendsThe Honourable Margaret L.A. Norrie McCain (BSc 1955, Hon LLD 1996, Hon DLitt 2004), a champion of […]
Alumna Kennes Lin writes about the racist history of Chinese labour in Canada for the Toronto Star
Categories: Alumni + FriendsAs Labour Day approaches, FIFSW alumna, community social worker, and co-chair of the Chinese Canadian National Council […]
Carmen Logie is creating the first known virtual reality intervention aimed at improving the mental health of urban refugees and displaced youth
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Carmen Logie, FacultyIn 2018, social work professor Carmen Logie put on a virtual reality headset for the first time and […]
APTN airs a special presentation of Every Child Matters featuring ITR graduate Lisa Robinson
Categories: Alumni + FriendsOn June 3, APTV aired a special presentation of Every Child Matters, a documentary by the National […]
Kennes Lin receives the 2021 OASW Beverley Antle Leadership Award from the Ontario Association of Social Workers
Categories: Alumni + FriendsFIFSW alumna Kennes Lin was awarded the 2021 OASW Beverley Antle Leadership Award from the Ontario Association […]
Now on YouTube: How the Social Work Profession has Promoted Racism without Racists — Real Talk about Anti-Black Racism
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Dexter Voisin, Keith Adamson, Tanya SharpeThank you to everyone who was able to join us for the event “How the Social Work […]
Alumna Rosemary Sadlier advocated for Black History Month to be recognized across Canada, but her efforts to uplift Black history didn’t end there
Categories: Alumni + FriendsMaster of Social Work graduate Rosemary Sadlier has dedicated her life’s work to elevating and celebrating Black History […]
Q & A: Rebecca Schuss (MSW 2020) shares how her experience studying Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty led to law school
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency field of study, Q & AWhen Rebecca Schuss began the Factor-Inwentash Faculty’s Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency (ITR) program, she wasn’t sure […]