Alicia Boatswain-Kyte receives SSHRC funds for work with the Cote-des-Neiges Black Community Association on the differential impact of COVID-19 for Black Montrealers
海角社区-led project, COVID-19: Advocating for resiliency through understanding the differential impacts of COVID-19 for Black Montrealers,听headed by听Alicia Boatswain-Kyte, Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work, received funding. In partnership with the听Cote-des-Neiges Black Community Association Inc.
PhD Grad and Course Lecturer Melanie Doucet publishes study on supportive relationships for youth leaving care
In a photo voice study released this month in the International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, Dr. Melanie Doucet worked with eight former youth in care to describe what types relationships they had found most helpful as they left group or foster care. Relationships to culture, spirituality and the land were identified as particularly important for racialized and Indigenous youth.
Provost gives update on 海角社区鈥檚 Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism
Provost Manfredi discusses the consultations that have gone into formulating the Action Plan (due to be completed by Sept. 30), the Plan's goals and its eventual implementation.
See 海角社区 Reporter for full details.
Professor Boatswain-Kyte: Black children five times more likely than White children to be placed in out-of-home care
In听a study published this month听in a leading international journal,听Professor Alicia Boatswain-Kyte听and colleagues tracked child protection services over a ten-year span for a group of close to 16,000 children involved in an urban agency in Quebec.
Susan Mintzberg, Social Work PhD Candidate Published Article: "Back to School: between the tree and the bark
Susan's article regarding the back to school plan in Quebec was recently published in LA PRESSE newspaper.听听
To read Susan's piece click听here.
Sherel Griffith - Recent Graduate of M.Sc (A) Couple and Family Therapy Program Featured in Community Newspaper
Sherel is applying her expertise and knowledge of family psychotherapy to strengthen the lives of Black families and build a community network.
Read the article here.
Professors Tamara Sussman and Shari Brotman on Combatting Ageism
In an article in the July 22nd edition of the Montreal Gazette, Professors Tamara Sussman & Shari Brotman argue that reducing older people to "passive" and "vulnerable" victims reinforces ageist attitudes that contribute to their marginalization.
Invitation for Social Work Students to Participate in Resilience App Study
The Regulation, Affect, and Development (RAaD) Lab (Prof. Katherine Maurer) invites all students of the 海角社区 School of Social Work with access to an iPhone to participate in an online research study on increasing resilience to stress. Participants will engage in daily activities to increase healthy stress management skills via an iOS phone application (the JoyPop app).
Oka Crisis Land Dispute - City News Interview Featuring Professor Wanda Gabriel
Professor Wanda Gabriel and other community members speak out about the unresolved land dispute at the centre of the Oka Crisis thirty years on.
To watch the full interview click听here.
Delphine Collin-V茅zina - Responding to Child Protection-Involved Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Delphine Collin-V茅zina,听Associate Professor in the 海角社区 School of Social Work and the Director of the 海角社区 Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF),听received COVID-19 research funding.
Coming soon! McLennan-Redpath Terrace Pick-Up Service
Beginning the week of July 20, 海角社区 students, faculty and staff will be able to take advantage of a Terrace Pickup Service for print books not available electronically or through the听HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS). The initial rollout of this service will provide access to books housed in the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex and the Nahum Gelber Law Library only. Materials from other branches will not be available during the first phase of this service.
Reflecting on strategy and healthcare in a pandemic with Susan and Henry Mintzberg
In a 海角社区 Alumni webcast, Professor Karl Moore is joined by Professor Henry Mintzberg and Susan Mintzberg, a PhD candidate in the School of Social Work who studies the role of family caregivers in mental healthcare. The three cast light on how we can build better systems and more balanced societies based on lessons learned from COVID-19.
Link to further details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaAzXnqXnAg
Invitation for Social Work Students to Participate in Resilience App Study
The Regulation, Affect, and Development (RAaD) Lab (Prof.听Katherine Maurer) invites all students of the 海角社区 School of Social Work听with access to an iPhone to participate in an online research study on听increasing resilience to stress.听 Participants will engage in daily activities
School of Social Work Equity Committee Virtual Collective Reflection on Police Brutality and Racialized Structural Violence
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Space for the broader school community to reflect on social work鈥檚 complicity in structural violence and oppression led by Kate Maurer and Wanda Gabriel.
Location:听听Zoom link:听https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/92809355405
Time: 12 pm to 1pm
Congratulations to Myriam Denov recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts鈥� 2020 Killam Research Fellowship
The Canada Council for the Arts has announced six recipients of the prestigious 2020 Killam Research Fellowship, including 海角社区听Professor听Myriam Denov.听听
Professor Myriam Denov, Canada Research Chair in Youth, Gender and Armed Conflict, received a 2020 Killam Research Fellowship to support her work examining the needs of children born of war in northern Uganda.