On April 27th the Social Work Student Association (SWSA) was awarded a Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies 2015-16 'Outstanding Overall Contribution to Student Experience Award'. This award is awarded to a Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies student association in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the enrichment of the undergraduate student […]
The School of Social Work, Social Action Social Change Presents: Decolonization is STILL not a metaphor Eve Tuck in conversation with Eric Ritskes Date: Tuesday March 22 Time: 4-6 pm Location: Ross S802 Eve Tuck, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, revisits her highly […]
Organized by the School of Social Work at York University, the Critical Social Work and Social Justice Research Symposium aims to foster critical education, research and practice in relation to critical social work and social transformation in order to promote contemporary, historical, social, political and economical context, both locally and globally. Symposium Date: April 29, […]
Congratulations 3rd year BSW students Kari Martin, Michelle Short and Alyson Joseph for winning second place for Best Upper Year Research Project at the Undergraduate Research Fair on Wednesday February 24, 2016. The poster was based on the analysis of 145 surveys collected at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto in October and and November […]
Social Work student Soroush Fakhri is the latest recipient of a grant of up to $25,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to support his Afghan Mentorship Program, which provides programming support for Afghan youth in the Durham Region. Soroush came from Afghanistan when he was six years old and understands first-hand the struggles immigrant youth […]
Power differences within activist communities can lead to uneven participation and an uneven distribution of benefits from the movements' activism. This is true for the LGBTQ community in Canada, where the benefits of social activism have disproportionately benefited those LGBTQ people who are cis-gender, male, white, middle-class and in long-term domestic partnerships. Using a Community-Based […]
School of Social Work - TRC Response - June 2015 (PDF)
Susan McGrath Our very own Dr. Susan McGrath has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for her contributions to research and policy on refugee rights and for fostering collaboration among scholars in her field. Congratulations Dr. McGrath! Read full story