News Category: Students
Lessons from the front lines: Master of Social Work student Mariah Douglas applies foundational skills developed at FIFSW to her work at CAMH
Categories: StudentsOn any given day during the pandemic, the news is full of stories about how the crisis […]
Black History Month at FIFSW
Categories: Faculty, StudentsIn honour of Black History Month, the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work’s Black History Month Committee — […]
Strengthening community, communication and research through art
Categories: Faculty, Izumi Sakamoto, Ramona Alaggia, StudentsIn 2010, after 12 years of teaching the course Violence Against Women and Children: Multi-Disciplinary Responses […]
CTV covers FIFSW research on Canadian Refugees and depression
Categories: Esme Fuller-Thomson, Faculty, StudentsA new study of Canadians aged 45-85 has found that refugees were 70% more likely to suffer […]
Research on the vulnerability of LGBTQI youth by Professor Peter Newman and PhD graduate Sophia Fantus is featured in Maclean’s
Categories: Faculty, Peter Newman, StudentsProfessor 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
Categories: Students
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
Categories: Students
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
Categories: StudentsAndrew 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
Categories: Students
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
Categories: Alumni + Friends, StudentsCindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society hosted a Spirit […]