News Category: Leadership
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Donald E. Meeks
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, LeadershipDonald Meeks — a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work — […]
New COVID-19 restrictions on flights from China could fuel anti-Asian hate, Lin Fang tells CityNews
Categories: Faculty, Leadership, Lin FangAssociate Professor Lin Fang spoke to CityNews about the new COVID-19 restrictions on flights from China. “My […]
How Alumna Kaitlin Schwan became a leading researcher on homelessness and a national advocate for the right to housing
Categories: Alumni + Friends, Faculty, Kaitlin Schwan, LeadershipWhen Kaitlin Schwan was about six years old, she secretly gave her mother’s credit cards to people […]
Canada is falling behind in dementia care, according to new CanAge report
Categories: Faculty, LeadershipCanAge has released a new report on Canada’s progress in meeting the goals set out in its […]
From clinical social work to organizational and systems-level change: How alumna Sajedeh Zahraei is leading efforts to improve mental health support for immigrant, refugee and racialized women
Categories: Alumni + Friends, LeadershipWhen Sajedeh Zahraei arrived in Canada as a refugee claimant from Iran via Kuwait at 19 years […]
Charmaine Williams invited to speak to the House of Commons standing committee on the mental health of young women and girls
Categories: Charmaine Williams, Faculty, LeadershipOn Monday, October 3, Professor Charmaine Williams, Interim Dean at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, was […]
Keith Adamson appointed Deputy Director at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI)
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Faculty, Keith Adamson, LeadershipKeith Adamson, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, has been appointed a […]
The child welfare system fails to understand the context of First Nations communities, report Barbara Fallon and Cindy Blackstock at inquest
Categories: Barbara Fallon, LeadershipFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Professor Barbara Fallon and alumna Cindy Blackstock provided expert testimony at an […]
Recognizing Ellen Katz’s contributions to experiential learning and mindfulness practice in social work research and education
Categories: Ellen Katz, Faculty, LeadershipEllen Katz will never forget her first practicum as a social work student. “I walked into the […]
Action needed following Toronto police report on race-based use of force says Tanya Sharpe
Categories: Faculty, Leadership, Research, Tanya SharpeBoth CTV News and CP24 spoke to Associate Professor Tanya Sharpe about the Toronto police report released […]