News Category: Faculty
FIFSW welcomes three new professors and three Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows
Categories: FacultyWe are pleased to announce the appointment of three new dynamic and highly sought-after faculty members. Dr. […]
Assistant Professor Jia Xue is mining social media data to better understand the public’s changing reactions to the global pandemic
Categories: Faculty, Jia XueFrom the moment news broke of an unknown, potentially deadly virus, the topic lit up social media […]
Newly funded COVID-19-related research will build knowledge on prevention and care
Categories: Carmen Logie, Jia Xue, Peter Newman, Rachelle AshcroftTo address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and around the globe, the Government […]
Professor Peter Newman explains why a “one size fits all” approach to the pandemic further marginalizes those who are LGBTQ2SIA+
Categories: Peter NewmanThe public health response to the global pandemic has called on people to change their lives considerably, […]
CTV talks to Assistant Professor Keith Adamson about options for people in a mental health crisis who don’t want to call the police
Categories: Keith AdamsonSince April, 5 people, all BIPOC, have died after calling the police for a wellness check. Assistant Professor […]
Professor David Brennan’s research on blood donor screening policies offers alternatives
Categories: David Brennan, Faculty“Bad blood: Breaking down Canadian Blood Services’ blood donation restrictions for sexually active gay men” is an […]
Structural violence: U of T’s Dexter Voisin on systemic racism, trauma and the Black community
Categories: Dexter VoisinDexter Voisin, dean of the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, has dedicated much of […]
We need to take a look at who sits on police oversight boards, Dean Dexter Voisin tells Global News
Categories: Dexter VoisinDean Dexter Voisin spoke to Global News for an article on the differences and similarities between American […]
Q & A: Professor David J. Brennan explores the impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQ2+ community in Canada
Categories: David Brennan, Faculty, Q & AProfessor David J. Brennan has been working to better understand COVID-19’s impact on the LGBTQ2+ community. […]
ENOUGH: A powerful new video from The CRIB “speaks into existence what Black homicide victims can no longer say”
Categories: Faculty, Tanya SharpeThe Centre for Research & Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Violence (The CRIB) & its Global […]