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Research on the vulnerability of LGBTQI youth by Professor Peter Newman and PhD graduate Sophia Fantus is featured in Maclean’s

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Professor Charles Fensham, a professor of systematic theology at the University of Toronto’s Knox College, recently spoke […]

MSW student, Egag Egag on mental health services at UofT

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Egag Egag, MSW student, is part of the Presidential and Provostial Task Force on Student Mental Health. His experiences are featured in UofT News.

Ran Hu, PhD student, receives the Feminist Manuscript Award by CSWE

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Ran Hu, a third-year FIFSW PhD student, is the recipient of the 2019 Feminist Manuscript Award presented at the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE). The Feminist Manuscript Award is awarded to an accepted Annual Program Meeting (APM) proposal “that advances feminist knowledge and is written by a scholar who shows dedication to feminism as it pertains to social work theory, research, practice, policy, and education”.

Andrew Eaton, PhD(c), receives awards from OHTN and GADE

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  Andrew Eaton has received an Endgame Student Leader Award from the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN). […]

PhD(c) Gio Iacono publishes article on an Affirmative Mindfulness Approach for LGBTQ+ Youth

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Gio is a PhD candidate, research coordinator and course instructor in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto. Gio also teaches at Ryerson University. His research and scholarly interests include: LGBTQ+ youth mental health, resilience, social work education and mindfulness-based treatment approaches.

Cindy Blackstock reading of Spirit Bear and Children Make History

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  Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society hosted a Spirit […]

PhD Candidate Bill O’Leary publishes an article on harm reduction services for people living with HIV

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This article aims to foster dialogue on the benefits and challenges of providing healthcare in a harm reduction setting.

MSW-ITR students recipients of the Indigenous Graduate Travel Award

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Four UofT students will be able to attend an Indigenous educational or experiential learning activity in 2017-18 largely thanks to the School of Graduate Studies’ Indigenous Graduate Travel Award (up to $1,000 in funding).

Two of the recipients are MSW-ITR students: Brianna Olson and Dustin Moreau.

Brianna Olson will attend the Think Indigenous conference in Saskatoon.

Dustin Moreau attended a First Nations and Inuit suicide prevention conference in Montreal.

PhD alumna, Kristina Nikolova awarded for scholarly achievement for research in the area of gender-based violence

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The awards, which were established on Dec. 6, 2016 on the 27th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, are reserved for one undergraduate and one graduate student “who have made distinctive contributions in the area of gender-based violence research and prevention.”

Gio Iacono, PhD candidate, publishes research on self-compassion in social work education

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