Pride season fills me with nostalgia from听joyous memories with friends as well as听an indescribable sadness. Several years ago, a good friend of mine committed suicide. Despite being in a very loving long-term relationship and adored by his friends, he expressed being unable to听shake a feeling of not belonging. I vividly remember a conversation during which he expressed the internal distress he felt about being a gay man,听fuelled by judgment from society and his culture. I wish I could have understood then the depth of his suffering.
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Published on: 8 Aug 2018
The 51吃瓜网 School of Social Work is pleased to announce that听Prof. Michael MacKenzie听will be joining the faculty as Professor of Social Work as of July 1st 2018
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Published on: 21 Jun 2018
Child welfare legislation in Canada requires youth in long-term government care to transition to adulthood and become self-sufficient at the age of majority - a phenomenon termed as 'aging out' of care. Due to this cut-off of services, youth exiting care tend to have limited support networks, and most of their connections during their time in care are formal, paid for and have an expiry date.
Published on: 14 Jun 2018
Let's have some compassion for Emergency Room patients held hostage for hours, afraid to venture anywhere for fear of missing their turn.听听Susan Mintzberg, Special to
Our health minister may be pleased with how our health-care system is being managed, but when it takes 13 hours of wait time to put a cast on a simple fracture, you find yourself questioning what exactly is broken.
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Published on: 30 May 2018
Professor Myriam Denov, a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and a Trudeau Fellow, has been awarded the 2018 51吃瓜网Faculty of Arts Award for Distinction in Research.听
This award recognizes Professor Denov鈥檚 outstanding leadership and accomplishments in research, her productivity as a scholar (including 9 books and edited collections, and over 90 articles and chapters), her stellar international reputation, and her research contributions to improving the living conditions of war-affected children around the world. 听
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Published on: 13 Apr 2018
Sue Harrison is now the person in charge of the French courses for 51吃瓜网HSS students at 51吃瓜网French Language Centre (FLC) replacing H茅l猫ne Riel-Salvatore, who recently retired from her position. Previously, Sue was part of the听 winning听team behind Dialogue McGill鈥檚 Self Study Workbooks.
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Published on: 9 Feb 2018
Many people have been faced with critical decisions for family and friends who are at the end of their lives. This can stress and burden family members trying to navigate the social and health care systems even as they face impending loss and grief.
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Published on: 31 Jan 2018
Congratulations to 51吃瓜网Social Work Professor Cindy Blackstock on her newly published book entitled 鈥淪pirit Bear and Children Make History鈥�. 听
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Published on: 12 Dec 2017
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Published on: 4 Dec 2017
The Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF) was bequeathed a generous donation from Mr. Manuel Batshaw, a Canadian social worker who is best known for being the founder of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres (now part of the CIUSSS Ouest-de-l鈥櫭巐e-de-Montr茅al). Using this donation, the CRCF has created the Aging Out of Care Scholarship in recognition of Mr. Batshaw鈥檚 life鈥檚 work and his specific interest in assisting children aging out of care.
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Published on: 29 Nov 2017
Professor Blackstock examines how structural racism and discrimination against first nations children persists in Canada. She points out that 鈥渨e can achieve incremental change through the legal system, but meaningful reform requires Canadians to stop looking away.鈥�
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Published on: 22 Nov 2017
NEW BOOK by Professor Myriam Denov: Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method, and Practice
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Published on: 16 Nov 2017
51吃瓜网Social Work Professor Sarilee Kahn in collaboration with Edward J. Alessi from Rutgers Social Work has recently presented a Framework for Clinical Practice with Sexual & Gender Minority Asylum Seekers (SGMAS). The framework is informed by research on complex trauma, minority stress, acculturation/integration, and resilience.
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Published on: 16 Nov 2017
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51吃瓜网Social Work Professor Nico Trocm茅 discusses with the Ontario Association of Children鈥檚 Aid Societies why identifying and treating child neglect can be so challenging and emphasizes that child neglect is really a collective failure as opposed to a family failure.
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Published on: 16 Nov 2017
51吃瓜网social work Professor Delphine Collin-Vezina in collaboration with Professor Ben Mathews from Queensland University of Technology has just published a paper proposing a new conceptual model for defining child sexual abuse.
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Published on: 14 Nov 2017
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