The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies has launched the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (DARE) this year. DARE provides opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in research projects supervised by professors. They will each receive $5,000, and will work on their research projects during the summer term.
Leyla Didari is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) with two Master of Social Work (MSW) degrees from Iran and Canada. She currently works as a social worker at Compass ACT Team at Michael Garron Hospital with adults with chronic mental health issues. She is using an eclectic approach tailored to the unique needs of […]
Ontario votes on June 07! What issues matter to York students and what do they think about the candidates? On May 7, 2018, four YouthREX Youth Research Assistants who are all undergraduate students at York (three LAPS students – two of who are BSW students) attended a youth-focused town hall hosted by Laidlaw Foundation, TVO, For Youth […]
2018 President’s University-Wide Teaching Award Professor Ruth Koleszar-Green in the School of Social Work in LA&PS is the University’s inaugural Special Adviser on Indigenous Initiatives to the Office of the President.
The Gary Brewer Emerging Leader Award This award is presented annually to a non-academic employee of York University who has shown tremendous promise for assuming a leadership role at the University, is known for their innovative and meaningful contributions to the effectiveness of their unit and has significantly contributed to the University’s commitment to excellence. […]
This month our Feature Profile is of Elene Lam Elene Lam is the founder and Executive Director of Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network) and the Migrant Sex Workers Project. She has been involved in both the gender and sex work movements, as well as migrant and labour activism for almost 20 […]
The BSW Social Work Students Association are honoured to have been able to host the third annual Toronto Social Work Networking Gala in partnership between York University, Ryerson University, and The University of Toronto. This Gala was a student run event connecting the three social work programs in Toronto, bringing us together to celebrate our […]
The School of Social Work is greatly saddened over the recent court decision to acquit Gerald Stanley in the murder of Colten Boushie. The court decision is a grave injustice to Colten, his family, his friends, the Red Pheasant Cree Nation, and all Indigenous communities on Turtle Island. We recognize that the court decision is […]
January 29, 2018, marks the one year anniversary of the mass shooting at the Quebec Mosque that took the lives of Azzeddine Soufiane, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Aboubaker Thabti, Ibrahima Barry and Abdelkrim Hassane. A young white man emboldened by the rise of Islamophobia in this country and the decades of wars against Muslim majority countries […]
This month our Feature Profile is of Michelle Del Carmen, the President of The Centre for Dreams. The Centre for Dreams is a Markham day program that provides services for adults living with a developmental disability from across York and Durham Region. The Centre for Dreams provides special individuals with educational programs and […]