Kristen is serving as the Executive Director of Practice and Research Together, a national non-profit knowledge translation organization for child welfare. Kristen has led the development of a curriculum focused on promoting research evidence use in child welfare. Kristen has over twenty years of clinical experience with victims of crime and in the child welfare […]
The School of Social Work unequivocally supports the statement issued by the Race Equity Caucus of YUFA condemning a recent incident of racist Islamophobic incitement at York University, and urge all members of the York community to do the same Race Equity Caucus statement: On this, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, […]
Social Action 4 Social Change Committee Presents: Anti Fascism, White Supremacy and the 'New' Right Teach In Week long in class discussions on connecting liberalism, settler colonialism, fascism, white supremacy and the 'new' right Tuesday March 19, 2019 Artivism Annual Art Festival & Sorry to Bother You - Film Screening 5 pm - 8 pm South […]
January 2019 School of Social Work, York University - Statement of Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en We the School of Social Work at York University recognize that we exist on the area known as Tkaronto, which has been care taken by the Huron-Wendat, Anishinabek Nation, and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. We acknowledge the Mississaugas of the Credit […]
Last week, 99.47% of the children in Canada had the protection of a provincial or territorial Child Advocacy Office. According to Doug Ford’s plan to cut Ontario’s Child Advocacy Office, that number will drop to 61.17% of Canadian children. With the exception of Prince Edward Island and the Northwest Territories, every other province and […]
Ruth Koleszar-Green’s conversation crackles with energy, reflecting her passion for Indigenous education and Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Ruth Koleszar-Green “It’s imperative that we disrupt the dominant discourses around Western ways of knowing and being,” said Koleszar-Green, an assistant professor in York University’s School of Social Work and special adviser to the Office of […]
Brenton Diaz received both his BSW and MSW at York University, as well as receiving a BA in Social Development Studies at the University of Waterloo. While studying for his MSW, his Practice-Based Research Paper analyzed the services provided to Mexican Migrant Farm Workers in Canada and was awarded the Gerry Erickson Prize for Best […]
Sonya Bourgeois completed her Master's of Social Work at York University, and is currently a policy professional with the Ontario Public Service. She has led projects in the areas of violence against women, health policy, community and social service delivery, and gender-based policy and program development. She has published in the areas of women and […]
The School of Social Work at York University condemns the university’s decision to charge a group of eight graduate and undergraduate students with violations of York's Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities (CSRR) in relation to their protest during the recent labour dispute with CUPE 3903. We are concerned with many of features of the […]
William Woolrich has several years of experience working in direct practice as a social worker on a forensic mental health team and then managing a supportive housing program. He also has over a decade of experience teaching social work, much of it online, and has several conference presentations exploring innovative teaching methods in post-secondary education. […]