News Category: Students
New community-based research by PhD student Travonne Edwards tackles the overrepresentation of Black families in the child welfare system
Categories: StudentsWhen Travonne Edwards was a child and youth care practitioner in the GTA, he saw firsthand […]
MSW student Amy O’Leary provides insight on the Canadian Government’s LGBTQ2 survey and priority policy issues for LGBTQ2 communities
Categories: StudentsOn November 267, Canada’s federal government launched an LGBTQ2 survey to help inform a federal LGBTQ2 Action […]
How Factor-Inwentash Faculty students harnessed their counselling and leadership skills to help develop a new Peer Support Service at U of T
Categories: StudentsA new mental health service, launched this fall by Health & Wellness, provides University of Toronto students […]
Manaal Syed receives the GADE Student Award for Leadership and Service
Categories: StudentsThe Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work would like to congratulate PhD Candidate Manaal Syed, who is this […]
Fall 2020 graduate Virginia Isaac is “proud to be among those making a difference in people’s lives during the pandemic”
Categories: StudentsVirginia Isaac (MSW 2020) is a community social worker with the Government of Nunavut, but these days she […]
Q & A: Kalli Marsel talks about what it’s like to study social work at FIFSW
Categories: Q & A, StudentsWhat’s it like to study social work at U of T? We sat down (virtually) with Kalli […]
Health & Wellness at U of T launches a new peer support service — with help from social work students
Categories: StudentsCross-posted from University of Toronto Student Life Health & Wellness peer support is a new drop-in mental […]
Alona Amurao’s award-winning article on Medical Assistance in Dying is published in Canadian Social Work Review
Categories: Alumni + Friends, StudentsRecent FIFSW graduate Alona Amurao (MSW 2018) received first place in the Student Article Competition hosted […]
PhD student Gerardo Betancourt explores how an HIV program for Spanish-speaking communities is applying lessons learned to help communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Categories: StudentsA new article, by FIFSW PhD Candidate, Gerardo Betancourt, explores how the organization Community Without Borders has […]
Intergenerational support provided by Toronto’s HomeShare program reduces social isolation among older adults and students during the COVID-19 pandemic
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, StudentsWhen first-year University of Toronto student Lee Chang opted to stay with her roommate in the city […]