News Category: Faculty
With psychosis rates rising, Amar Ghelani partners with people with lived experience to build better learning materials for social work students
Categories: Amar Ghelani, Eunjung Lee, Faculty, PhD students, Programs + Teaching, Research, StudentsDuring her first psychotic episode, Caroline Walker remembers being physically restrained by health care workers at a […]
What roles do social workers play in primary health care? A new Ontario study takes a closer look
Categories: Faculty, Rachelle Ashcroft, ResearchA new study highlights the roles social workers play in supporting patients as key members of primary […]
Documentary sponsored by MFARR-Asia highlights the complex journey towards family acceptance of same-sex marriage in Taiwan
Categories: Peter Newman, ResearchThis year, MFARR-Asia, a SSHRC Partnership led by Professor Peter A. Newman, has been working with Master […]
The GLO app for 2SLGBTQI+ youth is up for a Webby Award and you can vote for it to win
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research, Shelley CraigGLO — an interactive app designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of queer youth […]
Counting Guns Isn’t Enough — What Canada’s Firearm Declarations Really Tell Us
Categories: Faculty, Research, Tanya SharpeBy Dr. Tanya L. Sharpe March 31st marks the deadline to declare ownership of prohibited assault-style firearms […]
Dementia research must include voices of those with lived experience
Categories: Amanda Grenier, FacultyA new Canadian study has found that people living with dementia (PLWD) are often excluded from research […]
Announcing the new Lee Wu Kee Ming Chair in Indigenous Social Work, Dr. Michael Yellow Bird
Categories: Faculty, Michael Yellow BirdThe Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work is thrilled to announce that Indigenous scholar Professor Michael Yellow Bird […]
New year, new role: Professor Rupaleem Bhuyan begins her term as Director of the Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research
Categories: Faculty, Research, Rupaleem BhuyanThe Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research (CQ) welcomed Professor Rupaleem Bhuyan as its new Director, starting […]
Barbara Fallon’s expert testimony contributes to a new report on the Crisis of Youth Aging Out of Care
Categories: Barbara Fallon, Faculty, Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development Policy BenchIn the fall of 2024, Co-Directors of the Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development Policy Bench, Barbara […]
Now on YouTube: Rescue and Recovery with Professor Ramona Alaggia
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, Ramona AlaggiaOn Monday, December 15, the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work presented the 2025 Janis Rotman Distinguish Lecture […]