FoSW Research Taxonomy

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FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORK RESEARCHERS’ LIST BY EXPERTISE

RESEARCH AREAS

FAMILY

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, INCLUDING PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND POLICY • Lana Wells• Robbie Babins-Wagner• David Este• Janki Shankar• Liza Lorenzetti• Beth Archer-Kuhn• Avery Calhoun• Heather Coleman• Gail Zuk• Peter Gabor• Christine Walsh

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY • Gina Dimitropoulos• Robbie Babins-Wagner• Alan McLuckie• Beth Archer-Kuhn• Les Jerome• Dan Wulff• Mishka Lysack

CHILD & ADOLSCENT

DEVELOPMENT

MENTAL HEALTH • Jane Matheson• Alan McLuckie• Gina Dimitropoulos• Beth Archer-Kuhn• Mishka Lysack• Bruce MacLaurin• Les Jerome• Ralph Bodor

CHILD WELFARE • Robbie Babins-Wagner• Beth Archer-Kuhn• Betty Bastien• Rick Enns• Dorothy Badry• Les Jerome• William Pelech• Avery Calhoun

• Heather Coleman

• Bruce MacLaurin

• Margaret Williams

• Gail Zuk

• Jean Lafrance

ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF SERVICES • Jane Matheson• Hieu Ngo• Gina Dimitropolous• Ralph Bodor• Bruce MacLaurin• Jean Lafrance• Janice Popp• Ester Suter

POLICY • Bruce MacLaurin• Margaret Williams• Jean Lafrance

WOMEN

ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF SERVICES • Lana Wells• Racha l Crowder

POLICY • Lana Wells

• Grace Elliott• Jacqueline Ismael• Avery Calhoun

FEMINIST RESEARCH ISSUES • Gail Zuk• Jacqueline Ismael

GERONTOLOGY

DIRECT PRACTICE • Andrea Newberry-Koroluk

ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF SERVICES • Jackie Sieppert• Andrea Newberry-Koroluk• Jennifer Hewson• Christine Walsh• Yeonjung Lee

POLICY • Andrea Newberry-Koroluk• Jennifer Hewson• Yeonjung Lee

IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES

HEALTH & MENTAL HEALTH • David Este• Linda Kreitzer• Janki Shankar

VIOLENCE PREVENTION • Hieu Van Ngo• Janki Shankar

DISABILITY • Yahya El-Lahib


RESEARCH AREAS

IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES CON’D

POLICY • David Este• Hieu Van Ngo• Julie Drolet• Jacqueline Ismael• Yahya El-Lahib• Rick Enns

ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF SERVICE • Rick Enns

ABORIGINALS

INDIGENOUS EDUCATION • Ralph Bodor• Linda Kreitzer• Betty Bastien• Rick Enns• Les Jerome• Heather Coleman• Jean Lafrance

INDIGENOUS EPISTEMOLOGY • Betty Bastien• Les Jerome

CHILD WELFARE • Betty Bastien• Rick Enns• Les Jerome• Jean Lafrance• Ralph Bodor

HEALTH & WELLBEING • Betty Bastien

RECONCILIATION & DE-COLONIALIZATION • Betty Bastien• Rick Enns• Les Jerome• Ralph Bodor

VIOLENCE PREVENTION • William Pelech• Avery Calhoun• Ralph Bodor

POLICY • Betty Bastien• Rick Enns

RACIALIZED MINORITIES

• David Este• Hieu Van Ngo

HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS

ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF SERVICE • Jeannette Waegemakers-

Schiff• Liza Lorenzetti

POLICY • Jeannette Waegemakers-

Schiff• Jennifer Hewson

MENTAL HEALTH / HEALTH & WELLNESS

MINDFULNESS • Rach el Crowder

ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF SERVICE • David Este• Jane Matheson• Linda Kreitzer• Robbie-Babins Wagner• Alan McLuckie• David Nicholas• Ester Suter• Yeonjung Lee• Gina Dimitropoulos

CLINCIAL PRACTICE • Alan McLuckie• Sally St. George• Robbie Babins-Wagner• Beth Archer-Kuhn• Les Jerome• Janki Shankar• Heather Coleman• Mishka Lysack• Gail Zuk• Dan Wulff

STIGMA • David Este• Alan McLuckie

HIV/AIDS • David Este• Alan McLuckie

ADDICTIONS • Jeannette

Waegemakers-Schiff

TRANSITION THROUGH CARE • David Nicholas• Gina Dimitropoulos

EATING DISORDERS • Gina Dimitropoulos


RESEARCH AREAS MENTAL HEALTH / HEALTH & WELLNESS CON’D

MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE • Janki Shankar

HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INTEGRATION • Ester Suter• Janice Popp

POLICY • Janice Popp

DISABILITY

DISABILITY - • Andrea Newberry-Koroluk• Jeannette Waegemakers-

Schiff• Alan McLuckie• Dorothy Badry• David Nicholas• Yahya El-Lahib• William Pelech• Yeonjung Lee• Janki Shankar

ACCESSIBILTY & INCLUSION

SOCIAL SUPPORT • David Nicholas• Christine Walsh• Julie Drolet

AGE FRIENDLY CITIES • Jennifer Hewson

DISCRIMINATION & PERCEPTION • Yeonjung Lee

EMANCIPATORY PEDAGOGY • Gail Zuk

HUMAN SEXUALITY & GENDER

• Jessica Ayala• Heather Coleman

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK

CLIMATE CHANGE / NATURAL DISASTERS • Julie Drolet• Mishka Lysack• Gail Zuk

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT • Julie Drolet• Jacqueline Ismael• Mishka Lysack• Linda Kreitzer• Lorne Jaques• Lorraine Letkmann• Rachel Crowder

HUMAN RIGHTS • Jacqueline Ismael

POLICY • Jacqueline Ismael• Julie Drolet• Lorne Jaques• Mishka Lysack• Lorraine Letkmann

INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS ISSUES • Linda Kreitzer• Yahya El-Lahib

Multilateralism • Lorne Jaques

HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT • Lana Wells• David Este• Jane Matheson• Robbie Babins-Wagner• Andrea Newberry-Koroluk• Ellen Perrault• Jeannette Waegemakers-

Schiff• Myra Baynton• Peter Gabor

TECHNOLOGY IN HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS • Jackie Sieppert• Jessica Ayala

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CHANGE • Lana Wells• Myra Baynton• Jane Matheson

HUMAN RESOURCES • Myra Baynton

DYANAMICS OF COLLABORATION • Jackie Sieppert• Jennifer Hewson• Ellen Perrault• Ester Suter• Janice Popp• Jennifer Hewson• Hieu Ngo

SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION

SUPERVISION • Jane Matheson• Robbie Babins-Wagner


RESEARCH AREAS

SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION CON’D

CURRICULUM DESIGN & DELIVERY • Jackie Sieppert• Linda Kreitzer• Betty Bastien• Dan Wulff• Sally St. George• Ellen Perrault• Jacqueline Ismael• Jeannette Waegemakers-

Schiff• Lorne Jaques• William Pelech• Janki Shankar• Rick Enns• Mishka Lysack• Margaret Williams• Lorraine Lektmann

RESEARCH METHODS • David Este• Jackie Sieppert• Robbie Babins-Wagner• Sally St. George• Gina Dimitropoulos• Avery Calhoun• Margeret Williams• Peter Gabor

DISTANCE / ONLINE LEARNING • Dorothy Badry• Jessica Ayala• Rach el Crowder• Myra Baynton• William Pelech

FIELD EDUCATION / EXPERTIENTIAL LEARNING • Julie Drolet• Betty Bastien• Jessica Ayala• Jennifer Hewson• Dorothy Badry• William Pelech• Andrea Newberry-Koroluk

ADULT EDUCATION • Sally St. George• Ellen Perrault• Beth Archer-Kuhn• Rick Enns• William Pelech• Myra Baynton

OUTCOMES BASED SERVICE DELIVERY • Robbie Babins-Wagner

APPLICATIONS OF IT TO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE • Jackie Sieppert• Jessica Ayala• Peter Gabor

PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATIONS / ETHICS • Andrea Newberry-Koroluk• Anne-Marie McLaughlin• Linda Kreitzer

MICRO-SKILLS TRAINING • Donald Collins

Dr. Andrea Newberry-Koroluk has strong interest and experience in leadership and development of social workers, particularly in early career practice. Andrea brings a deep understanding of client-centered care that honours dignity and self-determination, and extensive experience leading teams.

Prior to academia, Dr. Newberry-Koroluk held numerous leadership roles in both the health care and non-profit sectors:

� Supporting the formation of a new clinic providing specialized mental health assessment for adults with decision-making concerns

� The first team leader for the Alex’s Housing First project � Experience in addiction treatment for women as a Program

Manager for Aventa, where she managed an inter-disciplinary treatment team and supported programming for pregnant and parenting clients

� Creation of a structured approach to capacity assessment that emphasizes patient decision making happens within a social and cultural context

Her work has included direct practice, research, influencing social policy impacting adults with compromised decision-making capacity.

Through this work and in her PhD research, Dr. Newberry-Koroluk developed an interest in leadership in social work, recognizing an opportunity to develop better leaders and create organizations that are conducive to client-centered practice.

Looking forward, Dr. Newberry-Koroluk seeks to conduct further research in the area of mental health and addictions, specifically exploring the abuse of study drugs among healthcare and professional faculty university students.

Leadership in human services

Professional foundations, e.g.: values and ethics, including clarifying professional values and promoting patient self-determination

Mental health and addictions

Direct practice with persons experiencing significant challenges across multiple life domains, e.g.: homelessness, trauma, child welfare involvement, incarceration, etc.

Elder care, including homecare and community work

Blended and distance delivery

The delivery of online and distance learning is becoming increasingly important to the social work profession. Institutions training future social workers must be well equipped to not only to work with clients from rural and remote regions but also to train practitioners from these regions. Dr. Andrea Newberry-Koroluk’s research explores effective use of technology in social work education, and other methods of reducing barriers for rural/remote practitioners and clients.

Early career practice

Early experiences in social work practice shapes the career expectations of social workers, yet little research has been done to understand this experience. Dr. Newberry Koroluk’s research contributes to understanding and improving the experience of social workers in the early parts of their careers to develop their confidence and capacity to be better practitioners.

Dr. Newberry Koroluk welcomes opportunities to collaborate with and consult for individuals and organizations who are working on:

� Improving methods and practices surrounding blended and distance learning

� Social work practice during early career – both understanding and improving the experience of early career social workers to better prepare the next generation of social workers

� Mental health and addiction in post-secondary education

In addition to research, Andrea has broad experience with therapeutic modalities, including:

� Motivational interviewing � Integrated dual diagnosis treatment for concurrent disorders � Trauma-informed psychosocial and psycho-educational

addiction treatment � Case management � Clinical and group supervision � Comprehensive psychosocial assessment � Advanced interviewing (mental status, risk assessment)

� Alberta College of Social Workers � The Advocate, Alberta College of Social Workers’ (ACSW)

quarterly magazine, Editorial Board � SSHRC Joseph Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship

(2011-2014)

Innovate Calgary Email: [email protected] Visit us at: www.innovatecalgary.com

Dr. Newberry-Koroluk completed her MSW and PhD at the University of Calgary and BSW at the University of British Columbia. She also holds an Associate of Arts Degree from Langara College in Vancouver, B.C., and continues to take courses related to curriculum design and online delivery. She joined the Faculty of Social Work in 2016 as Senior Instructor and Distance Education Coordinator, bringing a passion for social work leadership and education to the role as well as deep experience in direct practice and leadership.

� Newberry-Koroluk, A. M. (2014). Hitting the

ground running: Neo-conservatism and first-year Canadian social workers. Critical Social Work, 15(1), 42–54.

� Newberry, A. M. (2012). Social work and

hermeneutic phenomenology. Journal of Applied Hermeneutics.

� Newberry, A. M. (2011). Field experiences of

newly qualified Canadian social workers. Canadian Social Work, 13(1), 74–92.

� Newberry, A. M., & Pachet, A. (2008). An

innovative framework for psycho-social assessment in complex mental capacity evaluations. Psychology, Health, and Medicine (Impact Factor of 1.532), 13(4), 438–449. doi: 10.1080/13548500701694219

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http://www.innovatecalgary.com/

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ANNE-MARIE McLAUGHLIN SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work Associate Director Academic Central Northern Alberta Division

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Anne-Marie McLaughlin’s research supports policy decisions to create a more equitable society, and leads to critical thinking around how we can better support marginalized individuals through improved direct practice models and other social supports.

PROFILE

Dr. Anne-Marie McLaughlin has over 15 years of experience in mental health and clinical practice, working primarily in rural and northern context, including:

� Front line worker and supervisor � Therapist � Clinical consultant with complex multi-problem cases � Clinic manager

Dr. McLaughlin’s work maintains a strong focus on questions related to social justice—both in her knowledge building work with social workers in practice, and in her research surrounding marginalized populations, e.g.: individuals in the child welfare system and those experiencing homelessness in the rural context.

Recently, she has explored various narratives related rural youth and how to create more appropriate services and policies to ensure these children enjoy a bright future. Little research is being conducted for youth in the rural context. Yet, we know that these children are more likely to be on public assistance and more likely to be involved in the criminal justice system than the general public. Moreover, the number of children in care in Canada is at an all-time high making the issue especially poignant today.

Other recent work is includes the implementation of a Housing First initiate in Slave Lake, aiming to tackle challenges associated with rural homelessness, e.g.: distance and costs associated with travel to access housing supports, addiction, mental health, and domestic violence services.

KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Clinical practice

Rural and remote practice

Child welfare

Homelessness

Translation of social work values & principles into practice

Dr. Anne-Marie McLaughlin seeks to strengthen the connection between professional values and practice through research with clinical social workers. Her research explores the translation of social work values and principles into practice, namely social justice.

Social justice is an important foundational ethic in social work practice; however there is much debate about what social justice is and the role of social justice in practice has not been well examined. Dr. McLaughlin critically explores how social workers think about social justice and how social justice appears in and influences social work practice, i.e.: what are the links between social work training with an emphasis on social justice and good child welfare practices?

Understanding how social workers embrace ethical foundations in their work with vulnerable/at-risk populations is an important part of creating and maintaining social support systems that are equitable and just.

To view Dr. McLaughlin discuss her research on the role of social justice in child welfare work, visit: https://vimeo.com/97892672.

https://vimeo.com/97892672

ANNE-MARIE McLAUGHLIN SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work Associate Director Academic Central Northern Alberta Division

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS/CONSULTING

Anne-Marie welcomes collaborating with other scholars interested in the translation of social work values into practice. She can also consult with groups and members of government who seek to design better policies and programs for rural youth.

OTHER KEY PROJECTS

� Who are the Homeless of Slave Lake? � Aging Out of Care: Rural Youth in Transition � Child Welfare Workers and Social Justice

PARTNERSHIPS/AWARDS/GRANTS

� International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, member � Alberta College of Social Workers, Regulatory Committee

member � Society for Social Work and Research, member � Canadian Association of Social Workers, member � The Advocate, Alberta College of Social Workers, Editorial

Board member � Currents: New Scholarship in the Human Services, Faculty of

Social Work, University of Calgary, Managing Editor � Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research

(2015-16; 2013-15; 2012-13) � Homeward Trust (2013-14) � University of Alberta, Killiam Research Fund (2012-14) � URGC Social Sciences & Humanities Subcommittee (2012) � Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2011-12)

CONTACT Innovate Calgary Email: [email protected] Visit us at: www.innovatecalgary.com

BIOGRAPHY

Anne-Marie McLaughlin is the Associate Academic Director and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary, based in Edmonton. She completed her PhD at the University of Calgary in Clinical Social work and Social Justice in 2006, her MSW at Wilfred Laurier University and BA in Psychology from Queens. She has been teaching in academia since 1999, prior to which she had spent over 15 years in the field.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Iwasaki, Y., Dashora, P., McLaughlin, A. M., McHugh, T. L., Springett, J., & Youth 4 YEG Team (2015). Reflections on the Opportunities and Challenges of Youth Engagement: Youth and Professional Perspectives. Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning.

� McLaughlin, A.M., Gray, E. & Wilson, M. (2015). Mending the disconnect: Child welfare workers embracing social justice. Children and Youth Services Review.59, 117-183.

� Nicholas, D., Newton, A. Calhoun, A., Dong, C. dejong-Berg, M., Hamilton, F. Kilmer, C., McLaughlin, A.M., Shankar, J., (2015).The experiences and perceptions of street-involved youth regarding emergency department services. Qualitative Health Research,3.

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BETH ARCHER-KUHN FAMILY WELLNESS Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Beth’s research emphasizes social justice and the participant voice. This means ensuring that research participants are not merely passive subjects in research, but that they have their experience and voices heard through the research methodologies being employed.

This approach is crucial to designing effective and inclusive interventions with marginalized or other groups, and to deeply understand social policy impacts.

PROFILE

Beth Archer-Kuhn has over 25 years of experience in the field of children’s mental health, including direct service and organizational management. She has worked in the field of high-conflict families for 15 years, completing custody and access investigations.

Beth’s teaching interests include direct and in-direct practice, with particular interest in inquiry-based teaching and learning in social work education. She serves on the BSW, MSW and Teaching and Learning Committees for the University of Calgary.

Student engagement in teaching and research is another main focus of Beth’s research. Her current research explores how to bring research into the classroom and how to better engage students in course material.


Child’s Mental Health

Child Custody and Access

Family Practice

Clinical Counselling

Social Work Education

Separation/Divorce

There is little research being done on the experience and perception of parents during child custody decision making. Beth and her colleagues have identified a gap in providing support and education for parents experiencing the challenges of shared decision-making during divorce or separation. Their research has implications for the creation of effective support services, and emphasizes the importance of accounting for the experience and voice of parents when it comes to making changes in legislature.

High Conflict Families

Studies on policy and interventions for families are most often limited to making a differentiation between families of low and high conflict. Beth has identified a need to further acknowledge the unique situations families are faced with when considering appropriate policy and interventions, particularly those experiencing domestic violence.

BETH ARCHER-KUHN FAMILY WELLNESS Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Beth can provide support to communities and organizations seeking change, particularly those that have higher rates of domestic violence cases and custody disputes.

She is currently undertaking a mapping project that identifies community partnerships, and explores the current versus ideal mechanisms of change within the community to improve decision making capabilities and more effectively create change.

OTHER KEY PROJECTS

� Exploring student engagement through inquiry-based learning in social work education. This project is situated within a study tour experience and an international context


� Society for Social Work Research, member � Canadian Association for Social Work Education, member � Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers,

member � Alberta College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers,

application in progress � Calgary Domestic Violence Collaborative, member � School of Social Work, Director’s Fund Grant,

University of Windsor (2014)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Beth has over 25 years of experience as a practitioner, primarily focused on activities related to children, including roles as Executive Director and Clinical Director for Glengarda Child and Family Service. Beth has served on numerous community-based boards and provincial-level committees, such as Children’s Mental Health Ontario and the Canadian Association of Social Work Education. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Windsor, where she also completed her BSW and MSW. Beth also holds a certificate in Family Mediation from the University of Toronto and University Teaching Certificate (L1, L2) from University of Windsor.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Archer-Kuhn, B., & Grant, J. (2014). Challenging contextual factors in university community partnerships. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 7 (2), 40-49.

� Archer-Kuhn, B., Bouchard, T., & Greco, A.

(2014). Creating an EBP Framework on a journey to becoming an EBP agency: Pioneers in the field of Children’s Mental Health. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, (11)1, 2-17.

� Archer-Kuhn, B., (2013). Structured Controversy:

Inquiry-based learning in place of traditional group presentations. Teaching Innovations Projects, 3(1), Article 14.



BETTY BASTIEN INDIGENOUS ISSUES Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Through the experience of reclaiming her cultural identity and as a researcher and scholar, Dr. Betty Bastien brings unique insight into Blackfoot culture and of Indigenous peoples more broadly. Her approach centers around empowerment of First Nations peoples, and offers a way out of the historic dependency created by past models.

Dr. Bastien’s extensive experience with Indigenous issues and community integration supports the design and implementation of education, social services, and programs that are meaningful and responsive for Indigenous peoples.

PROFILE

Dr. Betty Bastien’s research and practice is rooted in her nuanced understanding of the importance of culture and language when formulating new approaches to working with Indigenous peoples. Through her work, she aims to ensure the next generation of First Nations people enjoy a future that reflects their indigeneity in their choice of pursuits.

Betty’s passion and experience with Indigenous education is extensive, including: � Co-development of the Learning Circle curriculum and delivery,

curriculum for BSW students in Rural Northern and Aboriginal communities � Developing online courses for the Virtual Learning Circle � Design and delivery of an Indigenous focus MSW Clinical

stream at Red Crow Community College � Leading the delivery of the BSW Learning Circle to communities

at Red Crow Community College, Medicine Hat College, and Hobbema Cultural College

In developing curriculum and in her research, Dr. Bastien maintains attention toward Indigenous holistic orientation to health and well-being, and its pervading role in First Nation’s culture. She emphasizes the importance of continued integration of these approaches in future research and scholarship.


Indigenous Education

Child Welfare

Social Justice

Curriculum Design

Anti-Oppressive Social Work

Indigenous Epistemology

Epistemology concerns itself with theories of knowing, and provides culture with a philosophical and theoretical framework for seeking knowledge. Dr. Bastien’s research explores the difference in approach between traditional learning, premised on “knowing” through participatory and experiential processes, and Indigenous paradigms of learning and understanding.

The ability for academic institutions to understand and respond to educational needs of First Nation’s is a pivotal issue in formulating a process of reconciliation between Canadians and First Nation’s relationships.

Dr. Bastien’s research points to important considerations for building an inclusive society, including specific recommendations for governments and other groups to improve the quality of life and education among First Nation’s peoples.

BETTY BASTIEN INDIGENOUS ISSUES Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Bastien’s knowledge and expertise is valuable to First Nations groups, government, and any organization interested in developing:

� Curriculum to enhance First Nations educational outcomes � Policy to improve Indigenous quality of life, including child

welfare, addictions, health practices, and Indigenous social work practices

She can provide guidance in support of the resurgence of people concerned with the revitalization of Indigenous language and culture. Additionally, Dr. Bastien can support groups looking to further explore the holistic orientation toward health and well-being offered by First Nation’s people, and currently runs workshops in this area.


� First Nations Higher Education Consortium, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, Nechi Institute: Center for Indigenous Learning, Red Crow Community College � John Hutton Memorial Award for SOCIAL ACTION/POLICY.

Alberta college of Social Workers (2012) � Edmonton Institute for Advancement of Aboriginal Women

Esquaro Award (2007) � YWCA Women of Distinction Award (2004) � SSHRC Insight Grant (2015-2017) � Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2015) � NEAHR Community Grants (2011-2012) � ACADRE Network for Aboriginal Health Research, CIHR-IAPH

NEAHR Program (2011-2012)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Betty Bastien is a member of the Piikani First Nation, one of the four tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Dr. Bastien completed her PhD at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and also holds a MSW and BSW from the University of Calgary and BA from the University of Lethbridge. She had previous experience in the areas of social development and services for both the provincial and federal government. Since transitioning to academia, Dr. Bastien has received over $2.9 million in research funding. SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Bastien, B. (2004) The Blackfoot Ways of Knowing, University of Calgary Press. University of Calgary, Calgary Alberta

� Bastien, B. (2015) Sacred Science of Circles. Pelech, W. et.al. Unity in Diversity: Embracing the Spirit of Group Work. Forest Hill, London. Whiting & Birch Ltd. 20-40.

� Bastien, B. (2014) Indigenous Pedagogy: A Way Out of Dependence, Aboriginal Reader. Burnett, Kristin and Read, Geoff. Oxford University Press. 2nd edition (Copyright 2012)



DANIEL WULFF CLINICAL PRACTICE RESEARCH AS DAILY PRACTICE Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Clinical wisdom and experience is deeply important to teaching future practitioners to be effective on the frontline. Armed with over 25 years of clinical experience and on-going practice, Dr. Dan Wulff brings relevant experiences and knowledge to the classroom. In his teaching Dan emphasizes:

� Understanding evolving models of therapeutic practice � Developing the skillset to work effectively and

empathically with people � Developing the perspective to understand inter-related /

concurrent issues clients may experience � The implications of societal discourses for practice � Strategies to integrate research and practice so that

research does not require translation

PROFILE

Dr. Dan Wulff is a clinical practitioner turned academic mid-career, seeking to explore questions related to improving:

� Service delivery and client outcomes � Learning outcomes for future practitioners

Dan’s approach is truly integrative. Since coming to the University of Calgary, he has sought to draw on and connect the unique benefits afforded to clients from the fields of social work, family therapy, applied psychology, public health, nursing, psychiatry, and others—in his research, practice, and in educating future “helping professionals”. He also engages in finding new ways to meld practice with research, theory, and policy.

Dan is passionate about teaching and about equitable access to knowledge. In addition to his academic work and practice, he contributes to multiple initiatives in support of the free and instant spread of information.


Clinical Practice

Family Therapy

Curriculum/Program Design and Delivery

Participatory Action Research

Research As Daily Practice

Dan’s research extends our understanding of the relationship between research and practice beyond simply incorporating research findings into therapeutic practices. His work connects research practices to clinical practices by describing how both initiatives use similar sets of strategies, steps, and procedures. The aim of this work is to move beyond the need for research translation toward integrated knowledge generation and circulation.

Understanding Societal Discourses in Practice

Understanding societal discourses (e.g., the messages society promotes as to how parents and children should behave together) has important implications for therapeutic practice. Dan’s research explores how practitioners can understand dominant societal discourses, and use those frameworks to help clients live better lives within the social context in which they live. It is about creating the skillset among practitioners to create positive change within the community as well as with their clients.

DANIEL WULFF CLINICAL PRACTICE RESEARCH AS DAILY PRACTICE Professor, Faculty of Social Work

PARTNERSHIPS/AWARDS

Faculty of Social Work Graduate Teaching Excellence Award (2015)

Anselm Strauss Committee of the National Council on Family Relations awarded honourable mention for co-authored article, “Clients’ Relational Conceptions of Conjoint Couple and Family Therapy Quality: A Grounded Formal Therapy” published in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy in 2012

Taos Institute � Board member � A community of scholars and practitioners dedicated to

exploring and developing practices that promote appreciative and collaborative processes in families, communities, and organizations

Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work � Board Member � An international organization focused on education, research,

and practices that support social justice locally and globally Worldshare Program � Editor � A repository of works, including books, articles, documents

available for free dissemination globally, usually in the language of creation

The Qualitative Report � Co-editor � An open-access online journal dedicated to publishing creative

and impactful qualitative research in all disciplines worldwide

American Family Therapy Academy (2009-present)

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dan’s academic career began at the University of Oklahoma in 1994. He has academic experience in the US, Canada, and Hong Kong, and has been in frontline clinical practice continuously since 1976. From 2000-07, Dan co-directed the family therapy program within the Kent School of Social Work at the University of Louisville, which was the only accredited program in the US to formally integrate social work and family therapy. Dan is also a grandfather of five and an avid ballroom dancer.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� St. George, S., Wulff, D., & Tomm, K. (2015). Research as daily practice: Introduction to the special section. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 34(2), 1-2.

� St. George, S., Wulff, D., & Tomm, K. (2015). Talking societal discourse into family therapy: A situational analysis of the relationships between societal expectations and parent-child conflict. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 34(2), 15-30.

� Tomm, K., St. George, S., Wulff, D., & Strong, T.

(Eds.). (2014). Patterns in interpersonal interactions: Inviting relational understandings for therapeutic change. New York, NY: Routledge. Translated into Danish in 2015.



DAVID ESTE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY DIVERSITY Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. David Este’s expertise informs the development of inclusive social services and organizations, and effective organizational management. He is an expert on:

� The immigrant/refugee experience in Canada � The mental health service delivery system � Non-profit management � The health and well-being of African descendants in

Canada

PROFILE

Dr. David Este’s extensive career has spanned across medical social work and research, and includes developing and evaluating programs in his areas of expertise. In the most recent 10 years of his career, Dr. David Este’s research has focused largely on:

� different aspects of the immigration and refugee experience in Canada,

� the experience and mental health of visible minorities, � HIV/STI risks and protective factors, particularly with

minority groups

Throughout his career Dr. Este has led and collaborated on numerous national multi-site research projects, and has been involved in research studies totalling over $14 million. Key projects include:

� The New Canadian Children and Youth Study � The Racism, Violence, and Health Study � The Father Involvement Research Alliance � Towards understanding of structural drivers of HIV/STI

and protective factors among sexual and gender minorities

� Reducing stigma of mental illness among boys and men in Asian communities in Canada

� Reconceptualising the role of diversity in group development


Mental Health

Multicultural Social Work Practice

Qualitative Research Methods

Management in Human Service Organizations


Mental Health & Stigma

Dr. Este’s most recent research examines reducing the stigma of mental illness in Asian communities, specifically among men and boys. He is exploring the effectiveness of two anti-stigma interventions:

� acceptance commitment training to reduce internalized stigma, and

� contact-based empowerment education to facilitate knowledge building and skill development.

Interest in the project has gained momentum all around the country with the growing immigrant population in Canada, especially from Asia.

Mental Health Service Delivery

Mental health service delivery is complex; mental health illness affects people of all ages, socio-economic status and cultural backgrounds, and in many cases requires a range of services to address. Dr. David Este studies the ways in which we can improve service delivery to improve mental health care, with emphasis on culturally sensitive delivery.

DAVID ESTE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY DIVERSITY Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. David Este offers consultation to develop and evaluate programs that support immigrant and visible minorities, as well as domestic violence programs and HIV/AIDs prevention. He also offers consultation for non-profit management.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT/PARTNERSHIPS

� Clinical Trials Network for HIV/AIDS for Afro-Caribbean & Black Communities in Canada � United Way, PDC Advisory Committee � Wood’s Homes, Research Advisory Committee � Calgary Domestic Violence Collective � Coalition for Equal Access to Education, Board Member

NOTABLE AWARDS/GRANTS

� Great Supervisor Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies (2014) � Graduate Student Supervision and Mentoring Award, Faculty

of Social Work, University of Calgary (2014) � Profile in Who’s Who in Black Canada (2006) � Community Service Award, University of Calgary Faculty

Association (2003) Recent Grants

� Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2013-2016); (2015) � Movember Foundation of Canada (2013-2016) � Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2013-2016) � National Centres of Excellence, Government of Canada

(2011-2015) � Department of Justice Canada (2010)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. David Este has been with the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary since 1992. Previously he spent many years as a medical social worker and researcher, as well as an evaluation consultant for the Calgary Health Region, Immigrant Services Calgary, and the Canadian Mental Health Association. Dr. Este obtained his PhD in Social Work at Wilfred Laurier University, and holds a MSW from University of Toronto and MA in History from the University of Waterloo.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� James, C., Este, D., Thomas Bernard, W., Benjamin, A., Llyod, B., & Turner, T. (2010). Race & well-being: The lives, hopes, and activism of African Canadians. Fernwood Pub. (Book)

� Este, D. (2013). Culturally sensitive family-centred care. In B. Trute & D. Hiebert-Murphy (Eds.), Family-centred practice in children’s health services (pp.237-260). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

� Worthington, C., Este, D., Strain, K., & Huffey, N. (2013). African immigrant views of HIV service needs: Gendered perspectives. AIDS Care, 25(1), 103-108.



DOROTHY BADRY FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Dorothy Badry is a leading researcher in FASD and related disability. Recently, her approach has centered on women’s health as a form of prevention and emphasizes the translation of research into practice via community partnerships and participatory action research methodology.

Dr. Badry’s works also aims to improve the delivery of distance education and online curriculum to make education more accessible as well as to improve social service delivery to marginalized groups through education, training, and research reports for the community.

PROFILE

Dr. Dorothy Badry is passionate about education and a champion of issues related to disability, specifically Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Badry strives not only to improve the quality of life of those affected by disability but also to ensure FASD is an area of study within the social work education in Western Canada.

In partnership with Calgary Homeless Foundation, Dorothy co-developed a certificate program for professionals working within the homeless sector. The certificate draws on various strengths of Dr. Badry and her colleagues at the Calgary Homeless Foundation, helping workers to understand:

� Case management � Mental health � Systemic oppression � Addiction � FASD � Domestic violence issues � Inter-cultural issues � Legal issues within the homeless sector � Importance of professional self-care within the

profession


Disability

Child Welfare

Homelessness

Women’s Addiction and FASD Prevention

Education: field education, online learning

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

FASD describes a range of disabilities that result from exposure to alcohol during pregnancy. Health Canada estimates that 1% of the Canadian population are affected by FASD, yet it is the leading known cause of preventable developmental disability. Dr. Badry works to reduce the incidence of FASD and ensure people affected by FASD get the support they need. Her work includes: � Support for caregivers, identifying

challenges associated with caring for a child with FASD

� Parent-Child Assistance Programs, which leverage a relational, women-centered, strengths-based approach to FASD prevention

Above: Alberta’s PCAP Women’s Quilt 2015: women from across the province came together to express their experiences of mentorship within the PCAP program. The quilt captures their notions of: hope, resilience, acceptance and connection through participation in the program.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/pd/WHPCertificate

http://alberta-pcap.ca/

DOROTHY BADRY FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Badry works closely with community partners, such as Alberta Human Services in their work on education and training on FASD, and the Calgary Homeless Foundation. She welcomes collaboration with other groups seeking to improve service delivery and education related to FASD as well as with other marginalized groups.

OTHER KEY PROJECTS

The Women’s Health Project on FASD Prevention in First Nations Communities � Project supported by the CanFASD Research Network

Prevention Team in New Brunswick, Manitoba and Alberta First Nations Women’s Healing: Moving from Hardship to Resilience Photo-Essay Caregiver Curriculum on FASD � Hosted by the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto

Tri-Province Initiative to Expand Understanding of Costs, Services & Prevention of a Public Health Issues: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder & Children/Youth in Care


� Canada FASD Research Network Action Team on Women’s Health � Alberta College of Registered Social Workers, member � Prairie Child Welfare Consortium, steering committee � Education and Training Council affiliated with the Alberta

FASD Cross Ministry Committee, co-chair � Public Health Agency of Canada (2011-2014; 2008; 2005)) � Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research

(2014-15; 2009-11, 2007-09) � First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (2013-15; 2012-13)


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Dorothy Badry has been with the Faculty of Social Work since 2002. Prior to her academia, Dr. Badry worked for 16 years in child welfare for Alberta Human Services. In addition, she has extensive experience developing curriculum for distance delivery in rural, remote, and Aboriginal communities, and leading distance-delivery teams. She was the first field coordinator in the Learning Circles program at the Faculty of Social Work. Dr. Badry completed her PhD, MSW, and BSW at the University of Calgary.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Badry, D., Fuchs, D., Montgomery, HM & McKay, S. (Eds.) (2014). Reinvesting in Families: Strengthening Child Welfare Practice for a Brighter Future: Voices from the Prairies. University of Regina Press.

� Badry, D., Goodman, D. & Hickey, J. (2016). The Caregiver Curriculum on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Transforming Practice through Knowledge and Education. Child Welfare Transformations: Interdiscliplinary Practices, Field Education and Research: Voices from the Prairies Series. University of Regina Press (in press).

� Badry, D., Walsh, C. A., Bell, M., Ramage, R., &

Gibbon, J. (2015). The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Homelessness Project: Making connections for promising practice. Journal of Substance Abuse and Alcoholism. 3(1): 1027.

https://fasdprevention.wordpress.com/2014/10/27/first-nations-womens-healing-moving-from-hardship-to-resilience-photo-essay/

https://fasdprevention.wordpress.com/2014/10/27/first-nations-womens-healing-moving-from-hardship-to-resilience-photo-essay/

https://fasdprevention.wordpress.com/tag/photovoice/

http://www.fasdchildwelfare.ca/

http://fasdchildwelfare.ca/sites/default/files/research/Ap0%20PHAC%20Tri%20Province%20FASD%20FINAL%20REPORT%20May%2015%202014.pdf



ELLEN PERRAULT TEACHING & LEARNING COLLABORATION & LEADERSHIP Teaching Professor Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning), Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Perrault has particular expertise in organizational level practice, including how people work together successfully during intra- and inter-organizational collaboration, and improving organizational leadership.

She is also an expert on the scholarship of teaching and learning, offering expertise to improve the learning experience of higher education students both inside and outside the classroom.

PROFILE

Dr. Ellen Perrault has over 25 years of experience in social work practice, specifically in the areas of: research and evaluation; post-secondary educational development, including online delivery; coordination and organizational leadership; community development; child welfare and early intervention; and clinical social work.

The Faculty of Social Work is committed to becoming the school of choice for those who want to become Canada’s most insightful and skilled social workers. As the Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, Dr. Perrault supports the Faculty of Social Work’s commitment to create a dynamic learning environment that challenges students to become critical thinkers and skilled professionals. This includes exceptional curriculum delivery, experiential learning opportunities, and innovative teaching initiatives.

Dr. Perrault’s teaching interests include:

� Leadership � Community development � Integrating theory and practice � Models of social work practice � Social welfare � Clinical practice � Ethics


Collaboration & Collaborative Practice

As a leader, fostering effective collaborations can be a challenge. Collaboration between teams and organizations requires cultivating a desired culture and model of practice. To be effective, social workers and other professional leaders require knowledge of how to collaborate successfully.

Dr. Perrault conducts research to develop a deeper understanding of what successful collaboration looks like and how to foster it, including suggestions for the community collaboration process.

Distance Learning

In the age of online learning, a deeper understanding of the efficacy of online delivery across various areas of study and course types is critical. Ellen has contributed to research to inform policy and planning related to online and distance social work education. This research explores optimal class sizes for distance delivery courses, effective development and delivery, and what types of courses are suitable for online learning.

Dr. Perrault has also contributed to a deeper understanding of best practices around distance learning, including how best to design and implement online learning in supporting and training both instructors and students.

ELLEN PERRAULT TEACHING & LEARNING COLLABORATION & LEADERSHIP Teaching Professor Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning), Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Ellen Perrault offers consultation for community development initiatives, including the facilitation of processes to allow people to engage more effectively in an organization or neighborhood. For example, Dr. Perrault has experience supporting the engagement of older adults in community development activities.

Dr. Perrault also offers consultation to support effective organizational collaboration. She has facilitated previous workshops on collaboration, addressing issues that lead to improved team dynamics, such as role clarity and respect on teams.


� Teaching and Learning Committee member, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary � University of Calgary representative, Alberta College of Social

Work Professional Social Work Education Committee � Canadian Association of Social Workers affiliate membership � Canadian Association for Social Work Education member � Council on Social Work Education member � Teaching and Learning Research Grant, University of Calgary,

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for Collaborative Teams (2015-2017) � Faculty of Social Work Teaching Excellence Award (2015)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Ellen Perrault is the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) and Teaching Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. She has been teaching at the University since 2002, prior to which she worked for over two decades in the human services sector, conducted research, and consulted with various community organizations. Dr. Perrault holds a PhD, MSW, and BSW and a BA (general) and a BA with specialization in psychology. She is also a registered social worker (Alberta).

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Perrault, E., et al. (2011). Working together in collaborations: Successful process factors for community collaboration. Administration in Social Work, 35(3), 282-298.

� Perrault, E., et al. (2014). Current challenges in social work distance education: Responses from the Elluminati. Distance Learning and Online Education in Social Work. Routledge.

� Perrault, E., et al. (2014). Positive ageing through

community development: Canadian experience. Book Chapter in T. Paltasingh & R. Tyagi (Eds.), Emerging issues in gerontology: Relevance and possibilities. Delhi, India: Bookwell.



ESTHER SUTER INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Social Work Director, Workforce Research and Evaluation, Alberta Health Services

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Esther Suter is a health systems researcher with internationally recognized expertise in health systems integration. Through systematic inquiry her work:

� Contributes to health systems improvement � Promotes excellence in professional practice � Informs innovative service delivery models

PROFILE

Esther Suter has extensive professional experience in basic and applied research and evaluation, research capacity building and staff supervision. As Director of Workforce Research and Evaluation, Alberta Health Services, Esther provides strategic direction to the research unit and liaises with partners to advance innovative solutions to health workforce issues and systems redesign.

Her team of 12 qualified researchers offer the opportunity to conduct research that is directly embedded within the healthcare system. Their expertise can support groups through collaborative research and by building research capacity, particularly in:

� Research methods � Evaluation � Knowledge synthesis

The team also works to understand how we create service delivery models that use the knowledge and expertise of a wide range of health care providers to create access and high quality patient care.

Dr. Suter is also the Interim Director of Engagement, Education and Capacity, Alberta Health Services, which comprises the Assistant Scientific Directors of 11 Strategic Clinical Networks (SCN). SCNs are networks of researchers, health care providers, and patients creating improvements within focused areas of health care. The Assistant Scientific Directors engage the scientific community to identify and support high quality research in priority areas.


Health Policy

Workforce Utilization

Collaborative Practice

Change Management and Leadership in Complex Adaptive Systems

Knowledge Translation

Implementation and Evaluation of Care Delivery Models

Health System Integration

Dr. Esther Suter’s research in health systems integration supports the delivery of people-centered, integrated health care services. Integrated health care services are designed to provide comprehensive and seamless support for patients within the entire health care system. Her team conducts research to reduce barriers to service integration, such as: interprofessional collaboration, finding the right governance model, understanding success, and determining indicators and tools to measure progress.

Interprofessional Education and Practice

Collaborating across professions is a major challenge as training, approaches, and/or language differs between health care professions. Dr. Suter’s team has done extensive work to understand what competencies are required to become an effective collaborator in an integrated system, to understand the concept of interprofessional mentoring, and to find effective ways to develop the core competencies for interprofessional collaboration, as developed by the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative.

ESTHER SUTER INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Social Work Director, Workforce Research and Evaluation, Alberta Health Services


Esther Suter’s team maintains strong partnerships with academia and practitioners across Canada, particularly in the west. The team welcomes collaboration opportunities with groups who share strategic alignment, and can provide guidance and consulting to those interested in improving their research methods or evaluation strategies.

Dr. Suter has contributed to the following strategic planning initiatives:

� Best Brains Exchange – invited in 2014 by Canadian Institutes of Health Research as key speaker on integrated health services � WHO – invited in 2013 and 2014 to participate in WHO global

technical consultation for their strategy on People-Centered and Integrated Health Services � Institutes of Medicine – presented to the expert committees

of the Institute of Medicine’s Board on Global Health in 2014 � WHO European Office – developed the system enabler

Accountability for the WHO strategy on Coordinated Integrated Health Services delivery in 2014 – 15 � International Foundation for Integrated Care – invited to

present keynote lecture at the World Congress of Integrated Care in 2015


� Alberta Government – Occupational Health (2016-17) � Alberta Health (2014-15; 2013-15) � Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2013-15; 2013-14;

2015-16) � Canadian Frailty Network (2016-17)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Esther Suter has over 25 years of research and consulting experience, more than 80 publications in peer reviewed journals, and held over $8.23 million in research funding. She completed her BSc equivalency and PhD equivalency at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and a MSW at the University of Calgary. Following her post-doctoral work, a renewed interest in prevention led her to work as a research manager for a non-profit that focused on complementary and alternative health. She has since maintained a focus on integrative health care models.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS � Suter E, Mallinson S. Accountability for

coordinated/integrated health services delivery. Working Paper. World Health Organization, Regional Office Europe. August 26, 2015.

� Suter E, Deutschlander S, Mickelson G. et al. Can interprofessional collaboration provide health human resources solutions? A Knowledge Synthesis. JIC, 2012, Jul;26(4):261-8.

� Suter E, Mallinson S, Misfeldt R, Boakye O, Nasmith L, Wong S. Advancing team-based primary health care: A comparative analysis of policies in Western Canada. BMC Health Services Research. (Submitted March 2, 2016).



http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Health-systems/health-service-delivery/publications/2015/accountability-for-coordinatedintegrated-health-services-delivery



HIEU VAN NGO COLLABORATION RESEARCH and PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE – CULTURAL COMPETENCY COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Hieu Van Ngo has extensive experience in knowledge development and research, raising capital, and facilitating strategic planning for organizations and communities. His expertise can be leveraged to develop evidence-based, efficacious, and cost-effective programs, with specialization in:

� Crime and gang violence prevention � Youth leadership / social entrepreneurship � Diversity competency and organizational change

PROFILE

Dr. Hieu Van Ngo is an expert capacity builder, working closely with community members and community organizations alike. Stakeholder engagement is pivotal to his approach. Since 2001, Dr. Hieu Van Ngo has developed and led more than 13 collaborative projects with a total value of $6.2 million.

Dr. Ngo currently leads the Identity-Based Wraparound Intervention Project, a city wide initiative that aims to develop a Canadian approach to youth gang prevention through integrative services and support (recently awarded $5.3 million):

� Collaborative, multi-stakeholder response to changing demographics in Canada

� Provides direct support to high risk and gang involved youth from immigrant families by fostering a renewed sense of connection to family, schools, and the community

� Targets multiple levels: individual, family, schools, community, and policy

� On-going research, evaluation, and public education

Dr. Ngo aims to catalyze a positive change in socioeconomically disadvantaged youth, using tools such as social enterprise and leadership to transform youth into community builders.


Immigration and Refugee Policy/Youth

Non-Profit Management

Social Entrepreneurship

Diversity and Social Justice

Partnership Development

Youth Gang and Violence Prevention

At least 1 in 5 Canadian youth (<18 yrs old) come from immigrant or ethno-cultural backgrounds. Dr. Ngo engages community stakeholders to study the factors that lead some immigrant youth to participate in criminal gang activity, and to find Canadian based solutions to youth gang prevention. Notably, his research study, The Unravelling of Identities and Belonging: Criminal Gang Involvement of Youth From Immigrant Families, has made significant contributions to criminological theory and youth gang prevention practice.

Cultural Competency

Growing cultural diversity in Canada has transformed communities and organizations, leading to new opportunities but also greater complexity in managing the diverse customs, values, talents, etc. Dr. Ngo’s work focuses on how to understand and leverage cultural assets within an organization or community to improve the existing environment. He has spearheaded numerous frameworks to develop cultural competency and to manage organizational change, recognizing that a one size fits all model is no longer compatible with diversity in Canada.

HIEU VAN NGO COLLABORATION RESEARCH and PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE – CULTURAL COMPETENCY COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Ngo has developed a youth gang prevention model that works, and welcomes collaboration with groups in other provinces and regions to develop and disseminate a model that works for them. His work also informs a new identity-based pedagogy of teaching and identity-based counselling methods. He looks forward to working with anyone interested in using these approaches.

Dr. Ngo offers consulting to support organizations in strategic planning and to develop cultural competency, as well as group interested in social enterprise. Dr. Ngo is facilitating the growth of social enterprise in South East Asia by providing research in best practices and training to social enterprise practitioners.


� The Terry Fox Humanitarian Award � Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Doctoral Scholarship � Izaak Walton Killam Scholarship Award � Coalition for Equal Access to Education, Chair of the Board � Calgary Young Offenders Centre, Advisor � Calgary Vietnamese Youth Group, Advisor � Ethnocultural youth and community members, Mentor

Grants

� National Crime Prevention Centre, Public Safety and Security Canada (2013-2019) � URGC travel grant to the Joint World Conference on Social

Work Education and Social Development (2014) � University Research Grants Committee (2012) � Citizenship and Immigrant Canada (2011)


BIOGRAPHY

Known as a community builder, Dr. Ngo has dedicated his life work to promote ethical leadership, inclusion and civic engagement of all community members. He is passionate about transformative learning and teaching, mentors local and international students, and is a member of numerous academic and professional committees. Dr. Ngo’s keen ability to empathize with the immigrant refugee experience comes, in part, from having spent 3 years in a refugee camp in Thailand and his experience as a first generation Canadian. Dr. Ngo completed a BSW, MSW & PhD at the University of Calgary.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Ngo, V. H., Calhoun, A., Worthington, C., Pyrch, T., & Este, D. (forthcoming). The unravelling of identities and belonging: Criminal gang involvement of youth from immigrant families. International Journal of Immigration and Integration. DOI: 10.1007/s12134-015-0466-5

� Ngo, V. H. & Kawaguchi, J. (forthcoming). The contributions of microloans to economic and social integrations of skilled immigrants. International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

� Ngo, V. H. (2012). Cultural competence in

Alberta schools. TESL Canada Journal, 29(6), 204-233.



JACQUELINE ISMAEL INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Jacqueline Ismael is a political sociologist offering knowledge and expertise to create:

� Policy decisions for a more equitable and just society, with specific focus in the Middle East

� Curriculum to support the growth of students to become better community and international development practitioners

PROFILE

In addition to her notable work around social policy, Dr. Jacqueline Ismael leverages her experience and knowledge to support students interested in work in international or community development in order to obtain a skillset that is relevant to today’s global context.

Dr. Ismael was a leader in the development of the international social work concentration in the Faculty of Social Work curriculum. She also chaired a committee that led to the development of the International Social Welfare/Social Work concentration in the Faculty’s curriculum – the first of its kind in North America. Through this concentration in social work, students at the University of Calgary have the opportunity to receive:

� Strong community development skills, transferable between the local and international context

� Strong orientation and depth of knowledge around social justice issues

� A cross functional skillset � Field placements abroad � A deep cultural competency in engaging in a multi-

cultural environment

A degree in social work provides students with the skills required to hear and understand the client voice. It also prepares students to learn to look for the resilience in people and devise solutions around these innate strengths.


Social Policy: Canada & International

Immigrant and Refugee Issues

International Social Welfare

Human Rights

Secular Feminism

Dr. Jacqueline Ismael has done extensive work on women’s issues in the context of war and occupation, and societies facing social sectarianism. Her research has included the discourse that has emerged in Iraq surrounding women’s active participation in Iraq’s intelligentsia and in critical debates on issues facing Iraqi society. She is currently working on research on women in Cairo and Beirut to better understand the issues faced by women in these areas, their perceptions around issues of violence again women, and their aspirations within their own social context.

Post-conflict Reconstruction

Dr. Ismael’s research has examined the outcomes for the post-conflict reconstruction of viable households, neighborhoods, and communities, and important implications for specific population groups, including women and children. While literature has looked in depth at formal sector post-conflict institutional development and macro-level institutional change, there has been an absence of discourse on informal sector post-conflict reconstruction, which disproportionately effects women and children and intensified social polarization.

JACQUELINE ISMAEL INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK Professor, Faculty of Social Work

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP & CONSULTING

Dr. Ismael’s deep experience can be leveraged by those seeking to enhance culture competency of human service professionals engaged with people from the Arab world.

KEY PROJECTS

� Imagining Iraq: How Iraqi Women Think about Iraq (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; 2004-2007; PI) � Social Reconstruction for Women and Children: An

Assessment Protocol (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; 2004-2006; PI) � Integrative Kurdish Development of Station and Nation in

Northern Iraq (Standard Research Grant; 2004-2006; Co-I) � The Displaced Persons Project: A Euro-Canada Social Work

Exchange (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada; 2005-2008; Co-Applicant)


� Brussels tribunal on Iraq o Seeking justice through the legal system

� Board member, the International Centre for Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies (ICCMES) � Board of Executive member of the International Association of

Middle Eastern Studies (IAMES) o Served on the organizing committee of five IAMES

international congresses � Founding member of the International Association of

Contemporary Iraqi Studies (IACIS) � Co-Editor of the International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi

Studies (IJCIS), published by Intellect Publishing in the UK


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Jacqueline Ismael completed her PhD at the University of Alberta, and an MA and BA (Hons) at the University of Calgary. She has been with the Faculty of Social Work (formerly the Faculty of Social Welfare) since 1980, and has been a visiting professor at the UAE University in the UAE and at Eastern Mediterranean University in Cyprus. She has presented at numerous international conferences, and has published over 120 articles, books, and book chapters.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Ismael, T. & Ismael, J. (2014). Iraq in the 21st Century: Regime Change and the Making of a Failed State. London: Routledge (2015).

� Ismael, J.S. & Ismael, S. (2011), The Story of the Canadian Welfare State. Vanguardia Dossier, 88:March 20, 48-56. Invited for special issue on Canada. Submitted in English and translated by the journal.

� Ismael, T. & Ismael, J. (2016). Governments and

Politics of the Middle East. London: Routledge.

� Ismael, J.S. and Ismael, T.Y. (2004) The Iraqi Predicament: People in the Quagmire of Power Politics. London: Pluto Press



JANE MATHESON – WOOD’S HOMES CHILD and ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Social Work CEO, WOOD’s Homes

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Jane Matheson is a social innovator with a vision to support the integration of research and practice to enhance child and family mental health treatment services.

Her expertise can be leveraged to develop and evaluate creative, evidence-based social programs and interventions that respond to community needs.

PROFILE

Dr. Matheson is CEO of Wood’s Homes, a nationally recognized children’s mental health centre that works with 20,000 vulnerable children and their families every year from across Canada. Wood’s Homes is proud of its mantra: We Never Say No. We Never Give Up. We Never Turn Anyone Away. As CEO, Dr. Matheson:

� Oversees ~ 35 programs and more than 400 staff who serve over 20,000 people each year

� Initiated an in-house Research Department in 2001: - Develops innovative methods for monitoring treatment effectiveness, agency functioning & best practices - Goal: build the knowledge capacity to improve mental health treatment outcomes in children & families

� Initiated the Evidence to Practice Journal: - Facilitates knowledge translation to improve mental health treatment service for all

In partnership with the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary, Dr. Matheson established a $3 million community-based Research Chair to reside at Wood’s Homes—the first of its kind at the University of Calgary. The Chair aims to improve lives through:

� The investigation of evidence-based interventions that can be tested, refined & replicated in other areas

� Research rooted in practice: bridging academic research & education with service delivery

� Enhancing knowledge around mental health � Ensuring frontline practitioners have state-of-the-art tools,

knowledge, and strategies for improving treatment


Social Work Supervision

Child & Adolescent Development

Organizational Culture

Leadership of Human Service Organizations

Program and Service Delivery

Mental Illness in Children

According to the Mental Health Commission of Canada:

� 1.2 million Canadian children struggle with mental illness

� Fewer than 20% will seek out and receive appropriate treatment

� More than 2/3 of adults living with mental health problems report that symptoms first appeared during their youth

The earlier a problem is identified and the more targeted the intervention, the more likely a child will develop or resume healthy living behaviors. Thus, early, effective intervention and treatment strategies for children and youth are paramount.

Finding out what works for troubled children is a challenge Dr. Matheson has been tackling with the Wood’s Homes team for over 30 years. Service providers often know what works, but are unclear about why. Dr. Matheson’s work has evolved to understand these mechanisms, and bridges the gap between mental health research and practice.

WEBSITE

http://www.woodshomes.ca/

http://www.woodshomes.ca/

JANE MATHESON – WOOD’S HOMES CHILD and ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Social Work CEO, WOOD’s Homes


Wood’s Homes encourages collaboration with like-minded organizations to share information, training opportunities and funding partnerships; and also in sharing outcomes, benchmarking and engaging in joint research opportunities with other similar agencies. They also welcome collaboration with companies who are inspired by Wood’s vision to see all children receive the support they need, regardless of how difficult the challenge, and who would like to engage as champions of the mission in various capacities.

PROGRAM EXAMPLES AT WOOD’S

Whole Family Treatment Program � New and one-of-a-kind program working with whole families � Short-term service seeking to improve the safety, functioning,

and knowledge of families with mental health concerns Intensive Residential Treatment � 8 residential programs housed in separate cottages across 2

campuses, serving up to 8 children each LEAD Program � Provides vulnerable youth with the opportunity to gain

valuable life and work skills to attain meaningful employment Eastside Family Centre � First no-charge, walk-in counselling service in Canada


� Westbury Legacy Award from the Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research (2012) � Pulse of Social Work Award – Leadership Category (2007) � Community Member, Mental Health Task Force – CWLC � Member, AARSW Committee of InquiryDean’s Advisory

Committee, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary � ASWB Examination Committee member and Form Reviewer


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Jane Matheson has over 40 years of experience in human service organizations, across government, non-profit and for profit organizations. She obtained a BA from the University of Western Ontario, MSW from University of Toronto, and PhD at the University of Calgary. Dr. Matheson is also a registered clinical social worker in Alberta and is designated as a clinical social work supervisor.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Matheson, J (2014). Introduction and The Research Department at Wood’s Homes: The Little Engine that Could. Evidence to Practice Journal, Vol 1, #1, pp – 1-4.

� Matheson, J (2012). The Power and Potential of Supervision. Learning Our Way Journal - Special Edition, Vol1, Alberta Association for Children and Families; Edmonton, AB.

� Matheson, J (2009). Making sense of partnerships in the nonprofit sector: Do we really know what we are doing? Lessons Learned. Journal for Services to Children and Families Vol 1, pp 9-17.



JANICE POPP, MSW, RSW INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS CLINICAL PRACTICE Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Janice Popp is interested in helping organizations and individuals develop the necessary skillset to build and lead collaborative initiatives to improve public policy and services. She has over 15 years of experience building, managing, and evaluating inter-organizational networks. Her focus has been to link the latest evidence from research with the practical experience from the field thereby co-creating and mobilizing new knowledge in both worlds.

Janice believes social workers are uniquely situated to champion collaborative change efforts in the public sector, and feels her social work underpinnings—along with her clinical experience, particularly in group work and mental health—contribute to a repertoire of knowledge and skills necessary to lead system change.

PROFILE

Janice is a researcher and practitioner with experience in family-centred care, service delivery management, children’s mental health, collaboration, and policy. In her role as researcher and Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary, Janice seeks to bridge the gap between research and practice. Notable experience includes:

� Clinical, management, policy and research experience in the mental health field, primarily in child and adolescent mental health

� A lead organizer of a series of Network Leadership Summits and Symposia held over the past 10 years in Canada

� Currently managing an inter-sectoral partnership that aims to optimize child and youth learning and wellbeing through a regional collaborative approach. (www.calgaryandarearcsd.ca)

� Past Director of the Southern Alberta Child & Youth Health Network—a highly successful inter-regional, cross-sector network established to optimize the health and wellbeing of children, youth, and families


Children’s Mental Health

Clinical Practice

Systems Change

Social Policy

Inter-organizational networks

In recent years, the use of inter-organizational networks as a strategy for public sector management has grown. Inter-organizational networks have proven to be useful tools to tackle social challenges that must be addressed but cannot be tackled by a single organization alone, such as poverty, economic development, natural disasters, education, healthcare reform, and so on. Some benefits associated with networks include:

� Shared risk � Advocacy � Positive deviance � Innovation � Flexibility � Responsiveness

Janice’s research has included a review of what is understood about inter-organizational networks, and continues to explore how to capture the value of networks, effective models of collaboration and implications for practitioners / policy makers.

http://www.calgaryandarearcsd.ca/

JANICE POPP, MSW, RSW INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS CLINICAL PRACTICE Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Janice Popp welcomes knowledges sharing and collaboration with groups interested in creating more effective partnerships, particularly those that are cross-sector in nature or those with an interest in collaborative, egalitarian partnership structures.

She also mentors and supervises students, and encourages those who are interested in collaborative leadership roles and/or inter-organizational networks in the public sector to contact her.

OTHER KEY PROJECTS

Series of Network Leadership Symposia � International events that bring together practitioners and

researchers to explore the value of networks, networkleadership, and network evaluation

Report on inter-organizational networks for IBM Center for The Business Government (2014) � A practical guide that is user-friendly to practitioners and

policy makers� Comprehensive and distilled review of key concepts and

trends relating to inter-organizational networks� http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/inter-

organizational-networks-review-literature-inform-practiceNetworks Leadership Training Academy � Core trainer for the Networks Leadership Training Academy

held annually by the Center for Network Science at theUniversity of Colorado, Denver

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Janice has over 30 years of experience across clinical practice, service delivery management, policy and research, and leadership of inter-organizational networks. She holds a MSW and BSW from the University of Calgary and is an approved clinical supervisor under the Alberta College of Social Workers. Janice is an avid recreational runner and can be found enjoying the Calgary river valley in any number of seasons.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Popp, J., & Casebeer, A. (2015, November). Becareful what you ask for Things policy-makersshould know before mandating networks. InHealthcare Management Forum (Vol. 28, No. 6,pp. 230-235). SAGE Publications.

� Willis, C., Kernoghan, A., Riley, B., Popp, J., Best,A., & Milward, H. B. (2015). Peer Reviewed:Outcomes of Interorganizational Networks inCanada for Chronic Disease Prevention: InsightsFrom a Concept Mapping Study, 2015.Preventing chronic disease, 12.

� MacKean, G., Spragins, W., L’Heureux, L., Popp,J., Lipton, H., Wilkes, C. (2012) Advancing FamilyCentred Care in Child and Adolescent MentalHealth: A Critical Review of the Literature.Healthcare Quarterly, Vol 15, Special Issue, pp.64 - 75

http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/inter-organizational-networks-review-literature-inform-practice

http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/inter-organizational-networks-review-literature-inform-practice



JANKI SHANKAR MENTAL HEALTH IMMIGRANT HEALTH & WELLNESS Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Janki Shankar has extensive research and frontline experience in the international context, developing intimate knowledge of clinical practice, mental health, disability, and caregiving in a multitude of contexts. Dr. Shankar’s expertise is critical in:

� Supporting needs of people with disability and mentalillness, particularly when facing barriers to employment

� Supporting and integrating immigrant populations� Reducing violence in the context of immigrant

communities� Bringing a multicultural perspective to working with

diverse cultures� Understanding the client perspective

PROFILE

Dr. Shankar spent over 17 years as a clinician prior to her transition to academia—invaluable experience informing her research and teaching. She has published extensively across her key areas of expertise, has been invited to present over 40 workshops and presentations, and has received over $1 million in research funding.

Dr. Shankar’s teaching interests include:

� Mental health and addiction� Diversity� Oppression and social justice� Family violence in diverse cultural contexts� Qualitative research� Social policy� Field practice

In addition to teaching, Dr. Shankar also led the development of a post graduate clinical stream in Mental Health Social Work at Charles Strurt University in Australia, and was also a member of the working group for the development of a National Curriculum in Mental Health for Schools of Social Work in Australia.


Clinical practice

Immigrant health & well-being

Workplace health & safety

Disability

Family caregiving

Curriculum design & development

Family violence prevention in immigrant communities

Dr. Shankar’s research explores the nuances, challenges, and opportunities to reduce family violence in immigrant communities. Her work challenges the dominant discourse and beliefs that commonly surround survivors of domestic violence abuse, and has resulted in important implications for health and well-being of all community members.

Mental illness & recovery, specifically in the areas of education and employment

Individuals suffering from mental illness generally want to return to work and/or remain in employment. Dr. Shankar’s research seeks to reduce barriers for people with mental illness and related disability by understanding:

� employer perspectives� support needed to facilitate

reintegration� challenges associated with providing the

necessary support� social determinants of mental health,

especially levels of educationalattainment

Her research offers important insights into approaches to integration and retention of those with mental illness.

JANKI SHANKAR MENTAL HEALTH IMMIGRANT HEALTH & WELLNESS Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Janki Shankar maintains a strong network of research and community partners. She is always seeking new groups and individuals to collaborate with, share knowledge, and improve teaching and research outcomes. Key research partners include:

� Alberta Health� The Government of Alberta� Alberta Caregivers Association� Other immigrant service organizations, networks, and

community leaders � Other academics in the field of immigration, mental health,

and disability


� International Association of the Schools of Social Work� Alberta Caregivers Association� Alberta College of Social Workers� Center for Race Relations and Indo Canadian Women’s

Association, Edmonton� Alberta Health Services� International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, editor

Recent Grants

� Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2016-2020)� Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2012-2016)� Status of Women, Canada (2011-2013; 2012-2013)� Alberta Centre for Child and Family Community Research

(2010-2013; 2012-2015)� Alberta Mental Health and Addictions Services (2011-2014)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Janki Shankar has extensive international experience, both in her professional and academic career. She obtained a MSW at Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India; a M.Phil at the National Institute of Mental Healthand Neurosciences in Bangalore, India; and PhD at the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Australia. Dr. Shankar also holds an Adjunct Associate Professor position in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Alberta.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Shankar, J., Lili, L., Nicholas, D. Warren, S., Lai, D., Zulla R.,Tan, S., & Couture J ( 2014). Employers Perspectives on Hiring and Accommodating Workers with Mental Illness", SAGE Open Journal. DOI: 10.1177/2158244014547880

� Shankar, J. & Martin, J. (2014). Australian social work and human rights: A critical multicultural perspective to working with diverse cultures in Social Work in International perspectives: history, views, human rights and diversity. Academic Press, Ghent, Belgium

� Shankar, J., Ip, E., Khalema, E., Couture, J., Tan, S., Zulla, R. T., & Lam, G. (2013). Education as a Social Determinant of Health: Issues Facing Indigenous and Visible Minority Students in Postsecondary Education in Western Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 10:9. 3908-3929.



JEAN LAFRANCE CHILD WELFARE ABORIGINAL ISSUES Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Jean Lafrance’s work focuses on translating the perspectives of children and their families into forums that inform program and policy development in human service delivery. His approach emphasizes:

� Empowerment� Striving to truly understand and appreciate the client

perspective

Dr. Lafrance also brings a strong interest in the processes that can assist Aboriginal people to develop children’s services and programs that are more congruent with their aspirations and worldviews.

PROFILE

Dr. Jean Lafrance has over 30 years of experience in the development and delivery of social service programs, with an emphasis on services provided to vulnerable youth and children. Some of his experience includes:

� Beginning his career as a frontline worker in NorthernAlberta

� Fulfilling various roles from the frontline to most seniorlevels of the ministry

� Role as Alberta provincial children’s advocate� Two decades of experience in the Faculty of Social Work,

University of Calgary� Author

Jean has a particular interest in aboriginal people and has written extensively on issues ranging from the residential schools to the 60s scoop to the ongoing difficulties at present challenges for these families and those who serve them.


Aboriginal Issues

Indigenous Education

Community Development and Practice

Child Welfare, particularly Aboriginal children and youth

Dr. Lafrance’s research aims to understand how to better structure our policies and programs to create the best possible future for our children. The Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare project is a notable example, exploring the challenges faced and lessons learnt by practitioners, researchers, and academics in the field of child welfare. It is a collaborative effort on the part of the Prairie Child Welfare Consortium, focusing on issues relevant to the Prairie Provinces, and in particular on child welfare in relation to Aboriginal communities.

Today, we still see a growing number of Aboriginal children coming into care. Dr. Jean Lafrance’s research is also largely motivated by the tragic loss of Aboriginal children to their communities and by the injustices taking place to this day within our society and justice system. His research supports more creative and culturally appropriate responses to the challenges Aboriginal families face.

Recognizing his commitment and expertise, Jean has been certified by the Aboriginal Court of Queen’s Bench as an expert on Metis Child Welfare.

WEBSITE http://www.jeanlafrance.com/

http://cwrp.ca/researchers/59

http://www.jeanlafrance.com/

JEAN LAFRANCE CHILD WELFARE ABORIGINAL ISSUES Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Jean Lafrance values partnership in his research. Since 1997, his research has involved collaboration with other academic institutions and social service providers across Canada, Mexico, and Belize as well as Aboriginal groups and leaders in Canada.

OTHER KEY PROJECTS

Circles of Understanding: Reclaiming and restoring the Aboriginal Family � An interactive online course for those seeking to better

understand our Aboriginal brothers and sisters� Offered in collaboration with the Creating Hope Society

Aboriginal Mothers Advocacy Program Aboriginal Men are Fathers Too


� President’s Circle of Excellence for teaching and research,University of Calgary� International Association of Social Workers, member� Canadian Association of Social Workers, member� Alberta Association of Social Workers, member� Creating Hope Society of Alberta, advisor and founding

member� Advisory group to Region 6 consisting of Aboriginal agencies

and key operational staff, leadership team memberRecent Grants � Creating Hope Society (2011-13; 2014)� Homeward Trust (2014; 2014-15)� Alberta Human Services (2014)� Alberta Human Rights (2014)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Jean Lafrance received his BA from University Ottawa, MSW from Carleton, and PhD at University of South California. Prior to academia, Jean worked in various capacities with the Alberta government for 33 years. He is an avid writer, publishing numerous works related to his practice and experience, including: “The Sturgeon Lake Journey Toward Empowerment” and “Red Brother, White Brother: a time for atonement”. Jean is currently working on a historical fiction novel based on his work—to be released in 2017. In lieu of his love of literature, Jean has also been recently exploring various indigenous prophecies and legends that caution us about the direction in which society is moving, drawing comparisons to literature and stories from around the world.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Lafrance J. (2013) Red Brother, White Brother: Atime for atonement. iUniverse Press.

� Lafrance, J. (2010) Weaving a New Tapestry:Merging Aboriginal Wisdom and Western Sciencein Child Welfare. Unpublished Monograph. 156pages.

� Lafrance, J. & Courtereille, C. (2010) KnowingYour Rights: A Child Welfare Information Booklet.Creating Hope Society

� View other publications at:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean_Lafrance/publications

http://www.circlesofunderstanding.com/

http://www.circlesofunderstanding.com/



http://www.amazon.ca/Sturgeon-Lake-Journey-toward-Empowerment-ebook/dp/B01AB0JJ5A/186-5135040-6282801?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

http://www.amazon.ca/Sturgeon-Lake-Journey-toward-Empowerment-ebook/dp/B01AB0JJ5A/186-5135040-6282801?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

https://www.amazon.ca/Red-Brother-White-Time-Atonement/dp/1475968345

https://www.amazon.ca/Red-Brother-White-Time-Atonement/dp/1475968345

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean_Lafrance/publications

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean_Lafrance/publications

JEANNETTE WAEGEMAKERS SCHIFF HOMELESSNESS MENTAL HEALTH Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Jeannette Waegemakers Schiff’s research aims to provide better support to- and understanding of the experience of- vulnerable people, particularly those facing homelessness. Her research supports:

� Improved service delivery� Appropriate training for social service providers� New ways to integrate care services , particularly services

targeted toward marginalized groups� Improved evaluation methods, including integrating

delivery and evaluation

PROFILE

Jeannette Waegemakers Schiff is leader on issues related to marginalized groups, and works closely with community members to ensure research is integrated into practice and to learn from the current experiences of practitioners. Notable contributions to the field include:

� Development of a certificate program, “Working withHomeless People” in collaboration with the CalgaryHomeless Foundation

� A Comparison of Four Housing First Programs reportprepared for Human Resources and Development Canada

� Homelessness Asset and Risk Screening Tool (HART)� Psychosocial needs assessments of frontline workers in

Edmonton and Calgary� Numerous feasibility studies for programs related to

mental health, addictions, homelessness

She has received over $3.75 million in research grants, primarily for her research related to housing and homelessness and to distance education, and has published extensively across various areas.


Mental Health and Addictions

Program and Organizational Evaluation

Research Methods

Interprofessional practice

Curriculum Design and Delivery

Service Delivery & Homelessness

Frontline service providers offer services to geographically, socially, economically, and culturally marginalized populations in inner city and rural Canada. Dr. Waegemakers Schiff’s research seeks to understand the psycho-social stresses and needs of frontline workers delivering homeless services. Her research ensures more effective service delivery by understanding real needs of staff and prescriptions for organizational strategy, including: adequate staff training and support; infrastructure; management; technology; and access to financial resources, networks, and partnerships.

Rural Homelessness

Research and interventions dedicated toward those experiencing rural homelessness have historically been limited. Dr. Waegemakers Schiff and colleagues have opened up a conversation to develop a better understanding of the characteristics of- and factors leading to-the prevalence of rural and indigenous homelessness. Among other things, their research has identified a need for a comprehensive provincial research agenda to tackle the significant and exasperated challenges associated to homelessness in the rural context, such as cost and travel to access housing, addiction, or employment services.

JEANNETTE WAEGEMAKERS SCHIFF HOMELESSNESS MENTAL HEALTH Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Waegemakers Schiff can provide consultation to groups who provide services for the homeless, including funders and agencies. She consults with groups around to create and implement strategies to reduce homelessness, train frontline workers, and evaluate programming. Dr. Waegemakers Schiff welcomes collaboration with other academics and community organizations.

PARTNERSHIPS/GRANTS

� Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research(ACCFCR)� Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC/HPS)� Canadian Homeless Research Network (CHRN)� Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH)� Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH)� Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHR)� Mainstay Housing� Houselink� United Way of Halifax� Napi Friendship Association� Clubhouse Society of Calgary

Select Grants

� Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2014)� Human Resources Development Canada (2013; 2013; 2011)� Canadian Institutes Health Research (2010-2011; 2009-10)� The Calgary Homeless Foundation (2009, 2015)� Edmonton Homeward Trust (2015)� Health Canada (2006-2008)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Waegemakers Schiff completed her PhD and MPhil at Columbia University, and BA and MSW at the University of Toronto. Jeannette has held project administrator positions for the Interprofessional Mental Health and Addiction Certificate and Diploma Program, the Homeless Provider Certificate Program and the Children’s Mental Health Initiative. Prior to joining the University of Calgary, Dr. Waegemakers Schiff was Director for Research at Pathways to Housing, the housing first program in New York City. She is a registered social worker in Alberta.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Waegemakers Schiff, J. (2015) Working WithHomeless and Vulnerable People: Basic Skills andPractices. Lyceum, Chicago.

� Waegemakers Schiff, J., & Schiff, R. (2014).Housing First: Paradigm or Program? Journal ofSocial Distress and the Homeless, 23(2), 80-104.

� Schiff, R. & Waegemakers Schiff, J. (2016).Collaborative Approaches to AddressingHomelessness in Canada: Value and challenge inthe Community Advisory Board Model. InSystems-Level Collaborative Approaches toAddressing Homelessness in Toronto, YorkUniversity Homeless HUB Press.

� Waegemakers Schiff, J., Schiff, R., Turner, A., &Bernard, K. (2015). Rural homelessness inCanada: Directions for planning and research.The Journal of Rural and CommunityDevelopment, 10(4), 85-106.



JULIE DROLET INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Grounded in community-based and participatory action research, Dr. Julie Drolet’s work supports inclusive approaches to building resilient and sustainable communities.

Her research informs the development of grassroots and culturally relevant programs and social work practices, as well as social policy decisions at all levels of government.

PROFILE

Dr. Drolet brings over 20 years of diverse community organization and international social work experience, including work abroad in Cameroon, Egypt, Mexico, and France.

Her recent work includes three complementary areas: long-term community-based disaster recovery, climate change and sustainable development, and the settlement and integration experiences of immigrants and refugees. Within these areas, Dr. Drolet conducts critical research on capacity building and resiliency.

Dr. Drolet leads the Alberta Resilient Communities (ARC) Project: Engaging Children and Youth in Community Resilience Post-Flood in Southern Alberta and Rebuilding Lives Post-Disaster Research Partnership (rlpd.ca). She is also co-investigator in the Pathways to Prosperity Partnership (p2pcanada.ca).

Other major research projects include: � Social development and climate change in small cities

and rural communities� Women rebuilding lives post-disaster and related

innovative community practices� Environmentally induced displacement and migration� Issues of employment and labor market integration, and

settlement/housing for Canadian newcomers � Social protection and social development� Micro credit and implications for women


International Social Work

Sustainable Development

Social Policy & Social Protection

Resilient Communities

Gender & Development

Field Education: International & Canada

Disaster Recovery and Climate Change

The increasing frequency and impact of natural disasters necessitates a deeper understanding of key social, economic, gender, health and/or cultural issues related to disaster response and recovery in various contexts.

Dr. Drolet’s research is aimed at developing a comprehensive understanding of various narratives related to disaster recovery and climate change. Her work supports effective responses to environmental degradation, climate change, and disaster and seeks to find pathways to resilience that can enhance disaster preparedness.

Immigration and Refugees

Dr. Drolet has engaged in research on the settlement and integration experiences of newcomers to Canada, particularly in the context of small cities. She collaborates with researchers across Canada to better understand the social and economic integration of immigrants and refugees.

http://www.rlpd.ca/

http://www.rlpd.ca/

http://www.p2pcanada.ca/

http://www.p2pcanada.ca/

JULIE DROLET INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Julie Drolet can provide consulting to external groups includes developing: post-disaster recovery projects, services and programs to support refugees and immigrants, and initiatives to build community resiliency. She is also an expert in research methods and evaluation, and welcomes collaboration with other academics and community partners.


� Centre for International Social Work (India)� Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE)� Canadian Association for the Study of International

Development (CASID)� O’Brien Institute for Public Health (University of Calgary)� Alberta Innovates Health Solutions: Collaborative Research

and Innovation - Population Resiliency Award (2015-18)� SSHRC Partnership Development Grant (2012-16)� Globalink Mitacs Award (2014, 2015)� Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary (2014-

15) � Immigrant Sector Council of Calgary (2014-15)� SSHRC Knowledge and Synthesis Grant (2013-14)� CIHR Meeting and Dissemination Grant (2010-12)� Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Leaders Opportunity

Fund grant (2009) for excellence in the field of climate change,disasters & sustainable development� SSHRC Public Outreach Grant (2011-13)� SSHRC Research Development Initiative (RDI) (2009-11)� SSHRC International Opportunities Fund (IOF) (2008-10)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Drolet has extensive field and work experience in international social work. She obtained her PhD and MSW from McGill University, BSW from the University of Regina, and BA from the University of Toronto. She is also a Registered Social Worker.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Drolet, J. (Eds.) (2016). Social work and socialdevelopment perspectives on social protection.Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

� Drolet, J., Dominelli, L., Alston, M., Ersing, R.,Mathbor, G., & Wu, H. (2015). Womenrebuilding lives post-disaster: Innovativecommunity practices for building resilience andpromoting sustainable development. Gender &Development, 23(3), 433-448

� Drolet, J., Wu, H., Dennehy, A. & Taylor, M.(2015). Social work and sustainable socialdevelopment: Teaching and learning strategiesfor ‘green social work’ curriculum. Social WorkEducation: The International Journal, 34(5), 528-543.

� Drolet, J. (Ed.) (2015). Editorial [Special issue onclimate change]. International Social Work, 58(3),351-354.



LANA WELLS VIOLENCE PREVENTION Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATMENT

Lana Wells has extensive experience in the development and evaluation of social programs and the construction and implementation of social policies. Her expertise includes:

� Preventing domestic, family, sexual, and intimate partnerviolence

� Scaling evidence-informed policies and practices� Promoting and developing expertise in the human service

sector� Multi-stakeholder collaboration around complex social issues

PROFILE

Lana Wells has over 20 years of experience working with non-profit organizations as well as government bodies as a planner, strategist, researcher, project manager, evaluator, facilitator, and trainer.

As the Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Lana leads Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence, where they focus on:

� Transformational change using a primary prevention approachto stop first time victimization and perpetration of domesticviolence

� Enhancing the capacity of policy makers, systems leaders,clinicians, service providers, and the community at large tosignificantly reduce the rates of domestic violence

� Scaling best and promising practices throughout the province,focused on preventing dating violence with youth

In 2013, Lana Wells co-authored the Government of Alberta’s family violence prevention framework, which led to $29 million in new funding to address family violence.


Prevention of family and sexual violence

Women’s issues

Social policy and planning

Leadership and organizational change within the not for profit sector

Government relations

Domestic Violence Prevention

The patterns of behavior associated with domestic violence do not stem from one single point. Prevention examines the barriers and enablers at every level, including individuals, families, organizations, and systems.

Understanding domestic violence from a variety of perspectives including brain development, history, anthropology, sociology, and epigenetics, to name a few, is needed to get underneath the issue.

Many precursors of domestic violence emerge in childhood and adolescence when the skills and behaviors that govern relationships are acquired. As such, supporting the development of healthy relationship skills among children and youth is a key lever for primary prevention of domestic violence.

WEBSITE

www.preventdomesticviolence.ca

http://www.preventdomesticviolence.ca/

LANA WELLS VIOLENCE PREVENTION Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Lana is committed to making her research accessible and working collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders to inform and influence current and future domestic violence prevention efforts through primary prevention. She has already built strong relationships with governments, academics, community leaders and other field experts from across North America.

OTHER KEY PROJECTS

Alberta Healthy Youth Relationship Strategy (AHYR) � A comprehensive approach including government, schools,

school systems, and social service agencies� Comprised of 7 interventions aimed at multiple levels� Created a new Faculty of Education Certificate program to build

safe schools and communities to help teachers, nurses and socialworkers be engaged in prevention

Engaging men and boys in violence prevention � In partnership with the Gov’t of Alberta - the first comprehensive

prevention to engage men and boys in violence prevention andinform future policy & investments� A priority is the creation of A Positive Fatherhood Action Plan that

will guide government policy and investments


� The Alex, President� Promoting Relationship and Eliminating Violence Network

(PREVNet), Board Member� Appointed to the Alberta Family Violence Death Review

Committee� External Expert for the Support for Albertans in Need Panel,

Alberta Treasury Board and Finance, Ministerial Order� United Way & City of Calgary FCSS Award (2014)� The Max Bell Foundation Award (2012-2014)� SSHRC Insight Grant (2014-2017)

CONTACT Innovate Calgary Lana Wells Email: [email protected] [email protected] Visit us at: www.innovatecalgary.com

BIOGRAPHY

In addition to Brenda Strafford Chair, Lana leads the MSW Leadership Program at the University of Calgary and is a fellow at the School of Public Policy, where she teaches social policy. Her previous work includes a leadership position at the United Way of Calgary and Area, where she managed funding for 140 agencies, 280 programs, and stewarded over 35 million dollars. She has also held many other academic appointments in her career. Lana holds a BA (Hons) from McMaster University and a BSW, MSW (International) from University of Calgary.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Wells, L., Turner, A., & Cooper, M. (2014).Overcoming the Gender Dyad: Engaging Men andBoys in Domestic Violence Prevention. In M.F.Taylor, J.A. Pooley, and R.S. Taylor (Eds.),Overcoming Domestic Violence: Creating aResilience Dialogue Round VulnerablePopulations. Hauppauge NY: Nova SciencePublishers.

� Wells, L., Boodt, C., & Emery, H. (2012).Preventing domestic violence in Alberta: A costsavings perspective. The School of Public Policy,SPP Research Papers, 5(17), 1-13.




LORNE JAQUES INTERNATIONAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Consultant Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work Director Graduate Student Affairs, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Lorne Jaques is an expert in community and international development, leading the first International and Community Development Social Work program in Canada. Dr. Jaques’ strengths as a practitioner include:

� Project planning and evaluation� Train the trainers model� Strengths-based community empowerment programs� Multilateralism

PROFILE

Dr. Jaques is an international development professional with over 30 years as a practitioner in low and middle-income countries. He has taught in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary since 1997, engaging with various faculties in the context of international development. Lorne has received over $15.7 million in research funding, contacts, agreements and awards throughout his career.

Dr. Jacques has worked with local and multi-national teams in a wide diversity of projects related to health, public policy, civil society, natural resources and governance. His social work experience includes child welfare, young offenders, income security and social planning and was also the executive director of a Calgary based NGO.

In addition to teaching, Dr. Jaques was responsible for the coordination of graduate studies in international and community development (ICD) for the Faculty of Social Work and supported the development of ICD program. The program is the first of its kind in North America, teaching students the theories and skills they need to be effective practitioners in both local and global contexts. Dr. Jaques has also been heavily engaged in student mentorship.


Community development

Participatory development

International development & humanitarianism

Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Knowledge mobilization and creation, as it applies to community-based change

Social capital

Interdisciplinary practice at the local, community, and international level

International and community development requires a strong orientation and depth of knowledge around social justice issues, a cross-functional skillset, and the ability to develop cultural competency and a deep understanding of the clients one seeks to serve. Dr. Lorne Jaques’ work helps practitioners and future practitioners to foster strong community development skills that are transferable between the local and international context.

Managing Multilateralism

Dr. Lorne Jaques has extensive experience with governments, institutions and non-governmental organizations in 20 countries. He has managed large multilateral projects in Latin America, South Asia and Eastern Europe—largely in the health, education, and social sectors. Dr. Jaques also have experience with successful private sector partnerships, particularly in the energy, environment and international development sectors. Dr. Jaques was Chief of UNITAR’s New York Office from 2002 to 2004.

LORNE JAQUES INTERNATIONAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Consultant Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work Director Graduate Student Affairs, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Jaques does training, project planning and consulting in the areas of community and participatory development, leadership, and management.

He welcomes the opportunity to work with community organizations and practitioners seeking to strengthen their programming and develop community perspectives, as well as those seeking guidance to form cross-national partnerships.

SELECT PARTNERSHIPS/AWARDS/GRANTS

� United Nations Institute for Training & Research (UNITAR –HOAP)� Public Education in International Development (PEID)� Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC)� UNITAR Hiroshima Fellowship for Afghanistan� Latin American Perinatal Health Development Project

(DESAPER)� Fourth Population and Health Project, Bangladesh� Community Development Learning Initiative (CDLI)� Council of Associate Deans/Directors International, University

of Calgary� Civil Society Community Roots Project, UkraineInternational

Youth Internship Programme, CIDA� Tuberculosis Project – Community Component, Ecuador,

Canadian Lung Association� Lao Human Resources for Community Health, CIDA

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Lorne Jaques completed his PhD in International Development, with specialization in resources and the environment from the University of Calgary, MA in Community Development from the University of Alberta, and BA in Physical Education form the University of Alberta. Lorne joined the Faculty of Social Work full time in 2008. He was seconded to the Faculty from UC Global where he was Senior Director of International Development and Research and was also the Director of the New York Office of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Jaques, L. & Vanbalkom, D (2012). InternationalSocial Development Projects. In L. Healy, & R.Link (Eds.), Handbook of international social work(Chapter 5, pp. 31-43). New York, NY: OxfordUniversity Press.

� Belitzky, R., Jaques, L., Carrasco, M., Martell, M.,Martinez, G., Dillmann, E., …Tinevez,L. (1998)Manual de Salud Materno-perinatal paraPromotores Comunitarios, CLAP, 1254.



RACHAEL CROWDER MENTAL HEALTH MINDFULNESS Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work

VALUE PROPOSITION

Dr. Rachael Crowder offers expertise to ameliorate symptoms of mental illness, addiction, and trauma through mindfulness interventions and other evidence-based modalities. She has extensive experience developing, leading, and training individuals and groups in these interventions.

Her mindfulness research contributes to the resiliency of communities, informing techniques that can be implemented to reduce stress and improve mental health in the workplace, education institutions, or through community organizations.

PROFILE

According to WHO estimates, approximately 450 million people suffer from some form of mental or neurological disorder. Research continues to grow around the efficacy of mindfulness and meditation-based interventions for treating mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety, bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Dr. Rachael Crowder brings decades of experience from grass-roots feminist practice with women who have experienced trauma and interpersonal violence. She has been formally trained to deliver mindfulness based interventions since 2006. Her continued work and mindfulness research adheres to the Good Practice Standards set out by the UK Network for Mindfulness-Based Teachers.

In addition to her research and practice, Dr. Crowder is engaged with various initiatives in support of social change, including her work with a Calgary-based social enterprise, Mindful Mental Training, and her role supporting the $2.5 million Art for Social Change (ASC!) project, which applies arts-based processes to address issues of social concern and to encourage social innovation in communities and community-based organizations.


Mindfulness

Mental Health

Interpersonal Violence

Self-Compassion/Empathy in Healing Trauma

Building Resiliency

Online Curriculum

Contemplative Pedagogy

Contemplative pedagogy is a methodology employed to create deeper levels of awareness, concentration, or insight in your students. Dr. Crowder’s work specifically reflects a braiding of mindfulness, critical consciousness, feminism, social justice and critical emotional literacy – with two goals: (1) sharpen focus on research and scholarship, and (2) enrich the quality and breadth of learning among students.

Resiliency in the social work profession

Burnout among social workers is frequent and well-documented. Mindfulness techniques have been increasingly studied and proven psychotherapeutic and medical fields, and in stress reduction; however, limited studies have examined mindfulness-based interventions specific to social workers. Dr. Crowder’s research explores the use of mindfulness in building resiliency in social workers with application to other helping professionals.

WEBSITE

http://presentmoment.ca/

http://presentmoment.ca/

RACHAEL CROWDER MENTAL HEALTH MINDFULNESS Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Crowder is grounded in the scholarship surrounding contemplative pedagogy and has almost 10 years teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and other mindfulness based interventions. She provides consultation to help foster resilience and compassion among helping professionals, establish critical reflection and meditation approaches in the classroom, and to develop and teach online curriculum.

She is currently developing online curriculum for sexual assault counsellors on behalf of Alberta Sexual Assault Services. She also provides mentorship and training for Calgary-based social enterprise, Mindful Mental Training, and can provide training to like-minded organizations.


� The Social Work Distance Education Network (SWEDEN),committee member� Research and Partnerships, committee member� Women’s Caucus, Canadian Association for Social Work

Education, Co-Chair� UpFund (Formerly Southwest Alberta Community Loan Fund),

Board Member & Treasurer� Arts for Social Change project ($2.5 million 5 year national

research program)Grants � Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services (2015)� Teaching and Learning Centre Research Grant (2014)� Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE),

Women’s Caucus Revitalization Survey Project (2013)� Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (2013)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Prior to the University of Calgary, Dr. Crowder was appointed at a sessional instructor at the School of Social Work at Carleton University Ottawa. Over the past decade, Dr. Crowder has taught mindfulness to innumerable students in the University and through the FSW Centre for Professional Development. Dr. Crowder completed a BSW, MSW and PhD at Carleton University. She is a registered social worker and qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher-trainer.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Crowder, R. (In Press.) Mindfulness BasedFeminist Therapy: The intermingling edges ofself-compassion and social justice. Journal ofReligion and Spirituality in Social Work.

� Crowder, R. & Sears, A. (In Press.). Buildingresilience in social workers: An exploratory studyon the impacts of a mindfulness-basedintervention. Australian Social Work.

� Crowder, R. (2013) Spirituality in Social Work andEducation: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogies,Social Work Education: The International Journal,32:7, 964-965, DOI:10.1080/02615479.2013.802538



RALPH BODOR INDIGENOUS ISSUES Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Ralph Bodor excels at bringing an Indigenous perspective to education and curriculum development, program design and delivery, as well as government intervention policies and strategies. Examples of Dr. Bodor’s recent work in these areas include:

� Indigenous-appropriate program indicators (now beingimplemented across numerous organizations that directservices toward aboriginal peoples)

� Agency training on Indigenous ceremony and protocols� Training for teachers and others working with Indigenous

students and teaching manuals� Training for caregivers fostering Indigenous children

PROFILE

Ralph is an innovator with experience in issues relating to aboriginal people. He considers himself fortunate to have had the opportunity to work closely with leaders and members from the nehiyaw (Cree) community, enabling a deeper understanding of Indigenous concepts that are important working with aboriginal people.

Dr. Bodor assisted in developing the first site-based learning program to the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary, the Learning Circles Program (originally Access). The program aims to make social work education accessible, blending web-based and on-site formats within the community in which the student lives.

He pioneered the Indigenous Master of Social Work degree, housed at Blue Quills First Nations College. The program graduated 21 Indigenous students - the largest graduate level indigenous cohort in Canada. The program embodied Indigenous values based on relational rather than individual learning. Ralph received a prestigious Killam Award for this work. Ralph also led a MSW in Grand Prairie, which graduated 30 students.


Rural & Northern Practice

Family Issues & Violence

Youth Services

Dual / Multiple Relationships

Indigenous perspectives in social work education and practice

Dr. Bodor’s experience enables a deeper understanding of the importance of concepts such as ceremony, language, and lineage to reconciliation and to working with Indigenous groups and individuals. These notions have important implications for social work and other education with Indigenous students and Indigenous clients. For example, an introduction of self in the Cree language creates an immediate linkage to lineage. To understand this is to more deeply understand the importance of building relationships and relationship accountability when working with Indigenous peoples. Important areas of study for Dr. Bodor and his team include:

� Community-based research� Transgenerational knowledge� Ceremony� Colonialization and reconciliation� Kinship� Housing and homelessness� Transgenerational trauma� Indigenous curriculum

RALPH BODOR INDIGENOUS ISSUES Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. Bodor welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with groups interested in integrating the indigenous perspective into their research or programming, particularly those interested in exploring creative or innovative ways to do so. Much of his research is collaborative and often conducted using techniques from ceremony, leading to unique and impactful outcomes.

OTHER KEY PROJECTS

At any given time, Dr. Bodor and his team will have numerous projects on-going. Projects have ranged from creative expressions of culture to the development of new program indicators or training. Examples include: Indigenous Perspectives on the Housing First Program � In addition to a report, the collection of narratives was

transformed into a play having lasting impact on communityResidential School Symposium � Well-articulated stories of children in the residential school

system; emphasis on celebrating indigenous culture,ceremony as a healing process, and roles of social workers� Resulted in a film that won an award for best Documentary

ShortAwina Nya – Who Am I? � Re-introduce 200 residential school descendants to their cultural heritage through kinship mapping and

introductions to relatives—taking into account the importance of lineage


� Izaak Walton Killam Scholarship Award

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Ralph Bodor is an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary. Dr. Bodor works in close partnership with Blue Quills First Nations College, which become a University in 2015. Prior to his work as a researcher and social workers, Dr. Bodor spent 10 years in the oil drilling business and farming in rural Alberta. In addition to Indigenous practice, Dr. Bodor also has many years of experience working with youth and adolescents. He received his BSW, MSW and PhD at the University of Calgary.



ROBBIE BABINS-WAGNER COUNSELLING OUTCOMES Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Social Work CEO, Calgary Counselling Centre

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Robbie Babins-Wagner is a leader in the development and evaluation of social programs and treatment services that are outcomes-based and efficacious.

As an expert in non-profit and social enterprise management, she offers guidance in leadership, governance, program management, fund development, media relations, and financial stewardship.

PROFILE

Dr. Robbie Babins-Wagner has 37 years of experience in clinical treatment, consultation, therapist training, and the management and administration of therapeutic programs in Social Work, Mental Health, and Child Welfare. As the CEO of the Calgary Counselling Centre for 19 years, she has increased the quality of mental health/counselling programs available to Calgarians. Today, the Centre:

� Provides counselling services to ~10, 000 clients of allbackgrounds per year

� Provides training to ~80 future counsellors per year,including specialized trauma-informed training

� Conducts research to verify methods� Maintains focus on understanding impact from outcomes� Operates as a social enterprise

Dr. Babins-Wagner’s believes in sharing her passion and knowledge with the community. She was a part of the United Way of Calgary’s Leading Boldly Network to develop new capacity in Calgary for Collaborative Social Innovation (CSI). She also sits on the Resolve Alberta steering committee, working to reduce the incidence and impact of violence and abuse. She also holds a position as an adjunct professor within the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary, where she teaches as a sessional instructor.


Individual, Marriage & Family Therapy

Child Welfare

Clinical Practice

Mental Health

Management in Human Service Organizations

Psychotherapy Outcomes & Evaluation

In 2004, the Centre introduced outcome measurement across as a best practice to understand, track and improve client results. By using a questionnaire, the Centre’s Feedback Informed Treatment helps measure and build on what is working in each counselling session. This allows counsellors to provide the most effective treatment that is resulting in excellent outcomes that exceed published benchmarks. These outcomes have also been critical in demonstrating impact to committed funders and stakeholders.

Domestic Violence & Abuse

For over 24 years, Dr. Babins-Wagner has focused on family violence treatment programs for men and women who are in abusive intimate relationships, men and women who are victims of violence, and children and youth impacted by abuse and domestic violence. It’s her continuous dedication that has led that Calgary Counselling Centre to become a leader in North America for domestic abuse prevention and programs, with the largest domestic abuse database in Canada.

WEBSITE

www.calgarycounselling.com

http://www.calgarycounselling.com/



ROBBIE BABINS-WAGNER COUNSELLING OUTCOMES Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Social Work CEO, Calgary Counselling Centre


Dr. Babins-Wagner consults on the development and evaluation of outcomes-based social programs and organizations. In particular, her expertise can be leveraged to improve the overall outcomes for clients served, to integrate methods of evaluation into operations, and to identify opportunities to increase impact.

The Calgary Counselling Centre has operated as a social enterprise model for numerous years under Dr. Babins-Wagner’s leadership. She offers consultation to non-profits and charities to develop a sustainable revenue model in line with their mission.


� Resolve Steering Committee (since 1999)� Canadians Observatory on Family Violence and the Justice

System (since 2009)� United Way of Calgary’s Leading Boldly Network� Inaugural Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, University of

Calgary, Faculty of Social Work (2014)� Community Practitioner Award, International Association of

Social Work with Groups (2014)� Westbury Legacy Award (2011)� Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship (2007-2008)� Lieutenant Governor’s Circle on Mental Health and Addiction

True Leadership Award (2015)� University of Calgary Alumni Association's Arch Award (2015)

Grants � Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2013-2017)� Alberta Human Services, Child Intervention Services (2013)� The Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research

(2012)


BIOGRAPHY

� PhD, University of Calgary� Masters of Social Work, Carleton� Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social

Work, McGill University � Registered Social Worker and approved

Social Work Supervisor (Alberta)� Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor with

the American Association of Marriage andFamily (AAMFT)

� Senior Associate and Trainer at theInternational Center for Clinical Excellence(ICCE) in Chicago

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Tutty, L., Babins-Wagner, R. & Rothery, M. A.(2015). You’re Not Alone: Mental HealthOutcomes in Therapy Groups for AbusedWomen. Journal of Family Violence, 1-9

� Rousmaniere, T, Swift, J., Babins-Wagner, R.,Whipple, J., Berzins, S. (2014). Supervisor Effectson Psychotherapy Outcome in Routine Practice.Psychotherapy Research, Online First

� Zalmanowitz, S., Babins-Wagner, R., Rodger, S.,Corbett. B.A., & Leschied, A. (2015). TheAssociation of Readiness to Change andMotivational Interviewing with TreatmentOutcomes in Males involved in Domestic ViolenceGroup Therapy. Journal of Interpersonal Violence,28(5), 956-974.



SALLY ST. GEORGE RESEARCH AS DAILY PRACTICE Associate Professor Director of the MSW Clinical Specialization, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Sally St. George’s work can support in

� Improving quality of service delivery by teaching helpingprofessionals to study their daily practices in creative andgenerative ways

� Enhancing teaching methods in higher education

PROFILE

Dr. Sally St. George leverages her expertise in social work practice, research, and teaching to develop approaches and methodologies that are most relevant to, and effective with, any practitioner’s daily ways of working. Her approach is best characterized as “by practitioners for practitioners” and is developed at the intersection of her clinical practice, teaching, and research.

Dr. St. George is passionate about teaching and preparing stellar social workers to serve in our communities as clinicians, leaders, and researchers. To do this she teaches students how best to work with individuals, families, and other professionals, as well as how to study one’s own work for greater effectiveness.

At the university, she teaches interviewing skills, marriage and family therapy, and qualitative inquiry to graduate students. She also conducts workshops on family therapy and qualitative inquiry locally, nationally, and internationally.

Practice

Research Teaching


Designing curriculum programs and delivery

Examining family issues in today’s society

Integrating social justice practices

Creating research approaches

Research as Daily Practice

Sally’s research extends our understanding of the relationship between research and practice by showing the similarities across both initiatives. From there she demonstrates how clinicians and other practitioners can engage in meaningful research about their areas of expertise as they conduct their daily work without the need for extra personnel or funding. In addition to teaching practitioners how to conduct their own research practices to examine and further develop their own practices, Dr. St. George is currently exploring ways in which issues of social justice can be more explicitly and effectively integrated into family therapy practices.

Teaching Methods in Higher Education

Dr. St. George is experienced in teaching adult learners. She is dedicated to studying and improving collaborative teaching methods in higher education that add value to the entire learning community, placing emphasis on all participants contributing to the learning environment and to their co-learners. Additionally, Sally has been attending to explicitly and effectively incorporating social justice issues in conversational exchanges in the classroom.

SALLY ST. GEORGE RESEARCH AS DAILY PRACTICE Associate Professor Director of the MSW Clinical Specialization, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. St. George maintains close partnerships with a number of organizations, including the Calgary Family Therapy Centre and Wood’s Homes. Through these partnerships she supports the development of family practitioners and researchers.

Her outreach into the community has expanded beyond her home disciplines of family therapy and social work to organizations and programs that rely on good working relationships among personnel.

Dr. St. George welcomes the opportunity to work with students and practitioners from all settings who are interested in studying their own practices in order to improve their working relationships and effectiveness.


� Board of Directors, the Taos Institute� Advisory Board, the Global Partnership for Transformative

Social Work� Recipient of Honourable Mention from the Anselm Strauss

Award Committee of the National Council on Family Relationsfor an article on qualitative metasynthesis

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

In addition to her professorship, Dr. St. George is a practicing family therapist and clinical supervisor with the Calgary Family Therapy Center where she manages a client case load and supervises practicum students. Sally is also a Senior Editor of The Qualitative Report, an open access online journal dedicated to publishing qualitative research from all disciplines around the world. She is often invited to teach innovative practices for family therapists, social work clinicians, and qualitative researchers at international universities and institutes. She holds a PhD, two Masters of Science, and a Bachelor of Science.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Tomm, K., St. George, S., Wulff, D., & Strong, T.(Eds.). (2014). Patterns in interpersonalinteractions: Inviting relational understandings fortherapeutic change. New York, NY: Routledge.

� St. George, S., & Wulff, D. (2014). Braiding socio-cultural interpersonal patterns into therapy. In K.Tomm, S. St. George, D. Wulff, & T. Strong(Eds.), Patterns in interpersonal interactions:Inviting relational understandings for therapeuticchange (pp. 124-142). New York, NY: Routledge.

� Wulff, D., & St. George, S. (2014). Research asdaily practice. In G. Simon & A. Chard(Eds.), Systemic inquiry: Innovations in reflexivepractice research (pp.292-308). London, UK:Everything is Connected Press.



WILLIAM PELECH SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION Associate Professor Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. William Pelech offers expertise in clinical practice with particular emphasis on group work and practice in rural and Indigenous communities, and issues related to child welfare. In his work and teaching, Dr. Pelech emphasizes:

� Client-centered and needs-based approaches to practice� Accountability and excellence in clinical practice

PROFILE

Dr. William Pelech brings over 30 years of professional experience, including experience as a group worker in a variety of social service, Indigenous and health care organizations. He has published extensively across his key areas of expertise and has received over $2.2 million in research funding.

In addition to his client-centered work, Dr. Pelech maintains a focus on improving teaching practices and methods in social work as well as improving group dynamics. He strives to foster a strong academic community at the Faculty of Social Work, holding numerous leadership roles in the faculty since the early 2000s, including:

� Associate Dean, Academic (current)� Director, eLearning & Distance Education� Director, Undergraduate Student Affairs� Division Head, Access Division, Faculty of Social Work

Dr. Pelech led the development of the BSW Virtual Learning Circle, an initiative designed to enhance the accessibility, responsiveness, and affordability of education. The program was mandated to be responsive to student needs, delivering culturally relevant, blended (online and on-site) curriculum.


Social work practice with groups

Social work distance learning

Indigenous practice

Social work education, including indigenous ecological knowledge and practice

Dr. Pelech’s research explores assumptions related to where and how education occurs, particularly in adult education. For example, the application of ecological theory to social work education enables a different way of understanding knowledge, intelligence, and the individual. Dr. Pelech’s research suggests that ecological theory brings coherence to current educational practices, bringing our attention to co-learning and co-creating. At the core of ecological perspectives are concepts like interconnectedness, interdependence, and the role diversity in system resiliency—concepts that warrant important consideration in social work practice. Similarly, his research explores the evolution of other key concepts as they apply to social work education, such as empowerment.

The role of diversity in group work

Diversity continues to be viewed somewhat ambivalently by group work practitioners. In some cases it is viewed as a resource that supports problem-solving. In other cases it is viewed as a threat to the bonds that form in a group. Dr. Pelech’s research is aimed at redefining our understanding of diversity in groups. He currently leads a research project aimed at identifying and testing new approaches to working with diversity in groups. From this research will emerge a new inclusive model of group work practice.

WILLIAM PELECH SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION Associate Professor Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Social Work


� Organizations interested in social work practice with groupsand best practices, e.g.: how to facilitate and run groupsfocused on completing different tasks, particularly those thatare therapeutic in nature, or working with diversity in groups� Students interested in education or clinical practice

OTHER KEY PROJECTS

Aging Out of Care: Rural Youth in Transition � Examined the transition of rural youth out of foster care

Reconceptualising the role of diversity in group development� National grant aimed at developing new strategies for group

workers to utilize diversity in treatment groupsNational community of practice for caregivers, researchers and service providers � Included policy review and development of a framework for

future policy analysis and prevalence studies� Administered by Children’s Aid Society of Canada


� Canada Northwest FASD Research Network Action Team� Calgary Counselling Centre, Scholar in Residence� Killiam Innovation in Teaching Award (2012)

Recent Grants

� The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)(2015; 2014; 2013; 2012; 2012)� The Public Health Agency of Canada (2012-2014)� The Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research

(ACCFCR) (2013)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. William Pelech is a Full Professor and the Associate Dean (Southern Alberta Region) in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. Dr. Pelech is also the principle investigator in a national SSHRC funded grant focusing on the role of diversity in treatment groups. He received his PhD from Wilfrid Laurier University following a MSW from the University of British Colombia. Dr. Pelech enjoys hockey, golf, spiritual practices, travel and philosophy.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� Pelech, W., Basso, R., Lee, C., & Gandarilla, M.(2016). Inclusive Group Work. Chicago: LyceumBooks

� Pelech, W., Ring, K. & LaRocque, S. (2015). Unityin Diversity: Embracing the spirit of group work.London: Whiting & Birch

Pelech, W., Wulff, D., Perrault, E., Ayala, J.,Baynton, M., Williams, M., Crowder, R., &Shankar, J. (2014). Current challenges in socialwork distance education: Responses from theElluminati. Distance Learning and OnlineEducation in Social Work. Routledge

� Pelech, W. Badry, D. & Daoust, G. (2013). It takesa team: Improving placement stability amongchildren and youth with fetal alcohol spectrumdisorder in Canada. Child & Youth ServicesReview, 35(1), 120-127.



YAHYA EL-LAHIB DISABILITY & IMMIGRATION Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work

IMPACT STATEMENT

Dr. Yahya El-Lahib brings a transnational perspective to his social work practice and teaching. Much of his research centers on knowledge production and legitimization, bringing a nuanced understanding of colonial discourse to the discussion of disability and immigration in the Canadian context.

Dr. El-Lahib’s work is aimed at:

� Enhancing settlement and immigration practices fornewcomers with disability, and better equippingpractitioners

� Engaging scholarship around experiential teaching learningto more effective and innovative techniques

� Supporting the contribution of Indigenous Bedouin Arabvoices in social work scholarship

PROFILE

Dr. Yahya El-Lahib is a long time disability activist. He has policy and practice experience on disability issues at all levels of intervention, including frontline work, community practice, policy development, and research.

Through his research he has been closely affiliated with the disability movement in Lebanon and Canada working from a grassroots social justice approach. His current involvement on these issues focuses on the intersection of disability, immigration, and social work. His research and practice explore the development of theoretical frameworks to enhance the settlement experiences of immigrants and refugees with disabilities.

In addition, Dr. El-Lahib is a proponent of working to improve teaching and learning practices, contributing to innovative initiatives that integrate experiential and arts-informed approaches. His current research engages with the scholarship of teaching and learning to examine the experiences of students and educators utilizing art in the social work classroom.


Critical Disability / Ableism / Disablism

Social Justice & Grassroots Activism

Experiential/Arts-informed Teaching & Learning

Postcolonial & Transnational Social Work

Global Indigenous Perspectives

Disability, Displacement & Immigration

Dr. El-Lahib has conducted extensive research in areas related to the intersection of disability and immigration, including:

� education� employment� poverty� political and civic engagement� impacts of war

Specifically, his research has explored these issues through the lens of universality of knowledge and practice models practices in the global North and implications for North/South power dynamics and relations.

Indigenous Bedouin Arab Voices

As an Indigenous Bedouin Arab, Dr. El-Lahib’s work troubles neocolonial and Orientalist constructions of Bedouin Arabs within social work and other related disciplines through: � Challenging assumed universality of

Western and Eurocentric knowledges� Building on and reclaiming Indigenous

Bedouin knowledges� Engaging with rising global transnational

Indigenous movements to inform socialwork practice and pedagogy

YAHYA EL-LAHIB DISABILITY & IMMIGRATION Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work


Dr. El-Lahib has a critical understanding of the dominant discourses that construct people with disabilities and shape their immigration experiences. He can provide consulting to government and non-profit groups seeking to better train frontline workers and/or create better support and polices for these groups.

He is currently developing a community based-research partnership to enhance practice and equip social workers and settlement workers to better engage with newcomers with disability.

OTHER KEY PROJECTS/PARTNERSHIPS

Cross-province research partnerships � Aims to develop and promote a conceptual framework for

practice on disability and immigration� Aims to inform social work theory, practice, and education,

leveraging arts-informed methodologies

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS/GRANTS

� Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE)� Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA)� Doctoral Thesis Nominated for the 2015 Governor General’s

Graduate Academic Medal Competition (2015) � SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Award

(2012-15)� McMaster Graduate Scholarship (2012-15)� SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Masters Scholarship

(2011-12)� Research Grant Committee (URGC) Seed Grant (2016-2017)� Teaching about Diversity Grant (2016-2017)

CONTACT


BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Yahya El-Lahib completed his PhD at McMaster University (Ontario). As an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary, Dr. El-Lahib is currently teaching in the undergraduate and graduate programs courses on diversity, oppression and social justice; community practice; as well as social work and disability. He has spent numerous years as a grassroots activist conducting both academic and community based research in the areas of disability, immigration, and social work education.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

� El-Lahib, Y. (Forthcoming). Theoreticaldimensions for interrogating the intersections ofdisability, immigration and Social work.International social work.

� El-Lahib, Y. (2015). The inadmissible “Other”:Discourses of ableism and colonialism inCanadian immigration. Journal of ProgressiveHuman Services, 26(3), 209-228.

� El-Lahib, Y. & Wehbi, S. (2012). Immigration anddisability: Ableism in the policies of the Canadianstate. International Social Work, 55(1), 95-108.

� El-Lahib, Y., George, P., Pon, G. & Wehbi, S.(2011). Challenging the myth of “studyingharder”: A social work response to theoppression of EAL students. Canadian SocialWork Review, 28(2), 209-223.



Dr. Yeonjung Lee’s expertise and knowledge supports better decision making regarding social policy, resource allocation, and program development, particularly among the older adult population.

Dr. Yeonjung Lee’s research often employs quantitative methods with cross-sectional, longitudinal, secondary data. This enables her to discern important relationships between health and macro-economic/social factors. She is also able to explore cross national comparisons and arrive at a deeper understanding of what variables are important to health outcomes, including: policies, program structures and approaches to care, culture and socioeconomic factors.

Dr. Lee’s teaching interests include: gerontology; public policy issues in ageing; public policy related to the health system; research methods and quantitative research; international social work; and the welfare state.

Dr. Lee emphasizes the dissemination of her research both within and outside of academic channels. In addition to her role at the University of Calgary, Dr. Lee:

� Serves as advisor for numerous community groups and committees related to her areas of expertise

� Has been featured in the media numerous times, particularly for her work on the disproportionate burden of caregiving on women of low socioeconomic status

� Presented at numerous conferences

Gerontology, with focus on long-term care and aging in poverty

Discrimination and perception, particularly with older adult populations

Psychological health and well-being

Research methods

Comparative social policy

Long term caregiving

Caregiving for elders is an important part of promoting well-being in society; however, little research has been done to understand the economic and health outcomes associated with caregiving. Dr. Lee and her colleagues have explored this question, revealing that certain groups are disproportionately affected by having an elder in the family who requires care. Dr. Lee’s research continues to explore:

� The experience of transitioning to long term care, both for patients and families

� Predictors of success � Social & economic implications associated

to differing care systems/policies

Psychosocial predictors of dementia

Dr. Lee is conducting research on the predictors of dementia in collaboration with scholars in the medical field. Her work has identified a gap in our understanding of how psychosocial factors relate to dementia. Dr. Lee is pursuing a literature review to determine what we know about dementia as it relates to psychosocial factors and will be pursuing a community-based study.

Knowledge circulation and the appropriate use of data are important aspects of Dr. Yeonjung Lee’s work. She welcomes the opportunity to build new research collaboration with other academics as well as community partners, institutions, and government.

Improving Informal Caregivers’ Health: Understanding the Role of Social Engagement and Health Behaviors

� Canadian Association on Aging (CAG) � Gerontological Society of America (GSA) � Work and Family Researchers’ Network (WFRN) and founding

member of the Special Interest Group on Aging, Work and Family of WFRN

� WHO’s Global Aging Working Group � Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, external advisor � Calgary Korean Scholarship Foundation, board member � Calgary Chapter Alberta Association on Gerontology, board

member � Federation of Korean Canadian Seniors Association, advisor � SSHRC: Insights Grant (2016-18) � Teaching & Learning Grants, University of Calgary (2016-18) � RAND Summer Institute on Aging Scholarship, sponsored by

the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (2015)

� Travel Award from the Institute Community Support via Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (2015)


Dr. Yeonjung Lee completed her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh, MSW (social policy track) and BSW in Social Welfare at Chung-Ang University in Korea. Prior to her role at the University of Calgary, Dr. Lee held positions as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work and as researcher at the Korea Labor Institute in Seoul. Dr. Lee is active in professional associations and is an avid community volunteer.

� Lee, Y., & Bierman, A. (accepted). A longitudinal assessment of perceived discrimination and maladaptive expressions of anger among older adults: Does subjective social power buffer the association? The Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

� Lee, Y., Tang, F., Kim, K. H., & Albert, S. (2015). The vicious cycle of parental caregiving and financial well-being: A longitudinal study of women. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 70(3), 425-431.

� Lee, Y., & Tang, F. (2015). More caregiving, less working: Caregivers roles and gender differences. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 34(4), 465-483.

� Lee, Y., Tang, F., Kim, K. H., & Albert, S. (2015). Exploring the gender differences in the relationships between eldercare and labor force participation in the U.S.: A longitudinal approach Canadian Journal on Aging, 34(1), 14-25.



Dr. Alan McLuckie specializes in psychosocial treatments for children and families affected by mental health, neurodevelopmental and learning difficulties.

His research and evidence-based frameworks support the development and implementation of more effective:

� methods of clinical practice� policy decisions for the prevention, promotion, and early

interventions to support mental health and wellness� client-oriented mental health support services

Dr. Alan McLuckie began his career as a mental health therapist, developing an expertise in a range of psychosocial interventions, including couple and family therapy, and child and play therapy.

He leads ground breaking research to break down the silos between the healthcare, mental health, and education systems. Dr. McLuckie also maintains a large focus on knowledge translation, working to ensure that educators, child welfare practitioners, family members, and other caregivers have access to evidence-based research. Such information enables stakeholders to make informed decisions regarding available programs and treatment for children with mental illness.

Dr. McLuckie’s research also enables the creation and implementation of evidence-based frameworks that allow policy makers and practitioners to operationalize the most recent research and models of clinical practice.

Child & Adolescent Development

Neurodevelopmental and Learning Disability

Family and Individual Therapy / Counselling

Clinical Practice

Models of Clinical Supervision

Mental Health in Children and Youth

Dr. McLuckie has a strong expertise in mental health with youth and children. Recent research in this area includes:

� the landscape of mental healthprogramming for children 0-5 and theirfamilies

� research on the role of genetics andenvironmental factors in order todevelop preventative approaches forcoping with mental illness in children

� how school-based mental healthprogramming impacts stigma in youth

Mental Health Stigma

Dr. McLuckie is tackling the issue of reducing stigma around mental health illness, as well as educating and supporting families and caregivers. This work in conjunction with advancements in neuroscience helps to ensure the effectiveness of mental health programs.

Dr. Alan McLuckie has partnerships with the IWK Health Centre (serving as clinical supervisor to the Family Therapy Training Program) and the Canadian Association for Child and Play Therapy (also serving as supervisor). He welcomes collaboration with other academics and community groups.

Dr. McLuckie offers consultation to individuals and organizations, including government and service providers, who are interested in better understanding and implementing the most recent models of clinical practice. His approach emphasizes the client population, ensuring that interventions or models of practice are relevant.

� Board Member, the Council of the Nova Scotia Association ofSocial Workers

� Associate Member, the Mathison Centre for Mental HealthResearch & Education at the University of Calgary

� Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor with the AmericanAssociation for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)

� Early Career Member, American Family Therapy Academy� University of Calgary Students’ Union Teaching Excellence

Award (2015)

� Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2013, 2014)� Dalhousie University, Psychiatry Research Fund (2013)� Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (2012)


In addition to his academic appointments, Dr. McLuckie maintains a private clinical practice involving supervision and training related to a range of psychosocial interventions. Dr. McLuckie completed his PhD in Social Work at the University of Toronto and MSW with a specialization in clinical practice at the University of Calgary. Prior to this he earned a BA in psychology followed by a Bachelor of Social Work (honors). He is also a registered social worker.

� Carrey, N. J., Curran, J. A., Greene, R., Nolan, A.,& McLuckie, A. (2014). Embedding mental healthinterventions in early childhood educationsystems for at-risk preschoolers: an evidence topolicy realist review. Systematic reviews, 3(1),84.

� Carew, C., Kutcher, S., Wei, Y., & McLuckie, A.(2014). Using digital and social media metrics todevelop mental health approaches for youth.Adolescent Psychiatry, 4(2), 116-121.

� McLuckie, A., Kutcher, S., Wei, Y., & Weaver, C.(2014). Sustained Improvements in Students’ andTeachers’ Mental Health Literacy with use of aMental Health Curriculum in Canadian Schools.BMC Public Health.



Dr. Avery Calhoun is an expert in research methods, particularly participatory action research. Participatory action research is research that is embedded within a community and emphasizes collective inquiry and experimentation grounded in experience and social history.

Participatory action research requires deep knowledge and experience with collaborative practice as well as expertise to support participants in the community to engage throughout the research process.

Dr. Calhoun has extensive social work practice and research experience, particularly in the areas of child welfare and violence against women. She has published 16 peer reviewed journals and book chapters and has received over $1.2 million in research funding.

Her teaching interests include:

� Social work research� Social work with groups and in organizations� Field education� Anti-oppressive practices in social work� Violence against women� Narrative practices in social work� Clinical applications in social work practice� Statistics

Aboriginal Issues

Child Welfare

Research Methods

Domestic violence, particularly violence against women

Program Design and Evaluation

Activism

Restorative Justice

Dr. Calhoun has embarked on numerous research projects to understand the comparative outcomes of restorative criminal justice practices versus conventional approaches. Her research largely focuses on the juvenile justice system but has also explored the justice system more broadly.

Restorative justice can take many forms and has been dominant throughout Western history. Principles such as forgiveness and reparations are fundamental to the approach, and often involves face to face meeting between the offender and victim or members of the community. Many argue that the approach leads to a more satisfying and effective experience of justice for all parties.

Dr. Avery Calhoun welcomes collaboration with other academics and community partners, and provides consulting around her key areas of expertise.

� Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary (2007; 2004;1999; and honourable mention in 2003)

� Boyle Street Community Services, Treasurer, Board ofDirectors (2012-present)

� Lawn and Order, Board of Directors (2010-present)

� Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)Insight Grant (2013-16)

� Human Services, Alberta Children and Youth Services(2012-14)

� Alberta Solicitor General (2012)� Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research

(2010-12)


Dr. Avery Calhoun is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary and served as Associated Dean and Division Head of the Faculty’s Edmonton Division 2008-2013. She completed her PhD and MSW at the University of Hawaii following a BSW at the University of Victoria. She has practiced social work for over 20 years, primarily in the area of violence against women, and joined the University of Calgary in 1997.

� Van Ngo, H., Calhoun, A., Worthington, C., Pyrch,T. & Este, D. (2015). The unravelling of identitiesand belonging: Criminal gang involvement ofyouth from immigrant families. InternationalJournal of Migration and Immigration, Online,Sept. 25

� Calhoun, A., Whitmore, E., & Wilson, M.G.(2014). Activist resistance in neoliberal times:Stories from Canada. Critical & Radical SocialWork: An International Journal, 2(2), 141-158.

� Calhoun, A. & Pelech, W. (2013). The impact ofrestorative and conventional responses to harmon victims: A comparative study. British Journal ofCommunity Justice, 11(1), 63-84.

� Whitmore, B., Wilson, M.G., & Calhoun, A.(2011). Activism that works. Winnipeg MB:Fernwood. (Edited Book)



Dr. Bruce MacLaurin’s research supports better policy outcomes and more efficacious programs related to at-risk youth and children. In particular, his research explores outcome indicators to related safety and well-being of children in the child welfare system.

Prior to academia Dr. MacLaurin worked in various roles within mental health and child welfare services in non-profit agencies across Alberta and Ontario, including:

� Research Associate, Bell Canada Child Welfare ResearchUnit, University of Toronto

� Co-Manager, Canadian Incidence Study of Reported ChildAbuse and Neglect, University of Toronto

� Research Associate, Client Outcomes in Child Welfare,University of Toronto

� Manager, Wood's Homes� Researcher, Alberta Family and Social Services� Researcher, Calgary Downtown Business Revitalization

Zone, Calgary

Dr. MacLaurin’s teaching interests include:

� Child maltreatment� Social work evaluation� Research� Social work policy related to child and family issues

Child and adolescent development

Domestic violence as it related to youth

Social policy

Community-based research

Social work evaluation

Child welfare

Dr. Bruce MacLaurin specializes in issues related to child welfare, including:

� Child welfare effectiveness and servicedelivery

� Policy� Child maltreatment� Foster care outcomes and out-of-home

placements for children� Street youth� At-risk youth

Dr. Bruce MacLaurin’s research explores subjects such as, where and why increased rates of child maltreatment occurs, policies related to more effective child welfare service delivery models, and approaches required to better track outcomes and identify indicators of success related to service delivery, child safety, and wellbeing.

Service Outcomes for Children and Youth Referred to Out-Of-Home Care (PI)

Evidence-Based Management in Child Welfare

Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Grant in Homelessness, Housing, and Health

Telling: Examining Cross-Cultural Patterns of Maltreatment Disclosures of Adolescents

� The Homesless Hub� United Way Calgary� Nominated by the Graduates Students’ Association for

Teaching Excellence (2007)� Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council� Canadian Institutes of Health Research� Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research


Dr. MacLaurin received his PhD from University of Toronto and also holds a BA, BSW, MSW, and Msc. Dr. MacLaurin joined the Faculty of Social Work in 2002.

� Fallon, B., Chabot, M., Fluke, J., Blackstock, C.,Sinha, V., Allan, K., & MacLaurin, B. (2015).Exploring alternate specifications to explainagency-level effects in placement decisionsregarding Aboriginal children: further analysis ofthe Canadian Incidence Study of Reported ChildAbuse and Neglect Part C. Child abuse & neglect,49, 97-106.

� Trocmé, N., Fallon, B., Sinha, V., Van Wert, M.,Kozlowski, A., & MacLaurin, B. (2013).Differentiating between child protection andfamily support in the Canadian child welfaresystem's response to intimate partner violence,corporal punishment, and childneglect. International journal ofpsychology, 48(2), 128-140.

� Sinha, V., Trocmé, N., Fallon, B., & MacLaurin, B.(2013). Understanding the investigation-stageoverrepresentation of First Nations children inthe child welfare system: An analysis of the FirstNations component of the Canadian IncidenceStudy of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect2008. Child abuse & neglect, 37(10), 821-831.



Dr. Christine Walsh’s research centers on empowerment and building resilient communities. In recent years this has taken shape through studying individuals and their experiences related to social exclusion, poverty, and homelessness; victims of violence; as well as developing cities and communities that enable inclusion.

Dr. Walsh has made numerous contributions to the social work field including: parenting assessments and maltreatment evaluations as part of a multidisciplinary team at a Hospital in Hamilton; investigation of the epidemiology of child maltreatment, women’s mental health and Aboriginal health; and publication of 50 technical and professional reports supporting better service delivery and models of practice and counting.

Dr. Walsh has published extensively in her field. She has also acquired over $2.7 million in research funding, and received numerous awards and mentions for her work, most recently:

� International Award for Excellence for Volume 3 of TheInternational Journal of Aging and Society, "ExploringOlder People’s Perspectives of Community Organizing: APhotovoice Study in the Philippines"

� “Found poetry-Finding home: A qualitative study ofhomeless immigrant women” featured in theInternational Women’s Day Collection: Women andDevelopment for the Sociology, Development & GenderJournals Routledge Journals

� “Making meaning together: An exploratory study oftherapeutic conversation between helping professionalsand homeless shelter residents” chosen as TheQualitative Report’s article of the week

� Best Paper Award for “Enhancing social work researcheducation through research field placements”. EuropeanCollege Teaching & Learning (ETLC), Dublin, Ireland

Mental health

Social exclusion

Homelessness

Gerontology

Participatory action research

Anti-oppressive practice

Community development

Cultural and diversity issues

Violence across the lifespan

In her research, Dr. Walsh explores the inter-connectedness of violence as it occurs at various stages of life. Her research seeks to apply knowledge derived from well-studied forms of violence—particularly family and domestic violence—to an examination of violence in areas that are not as well understood.

Elder abuse is an important area where her and her colleagues have sought to address gaps in our understanding. They have examined how and when violence has occurred for elders, uncovering trends related to violence across the lifespan. These findings inform better policy decisions and programs for at-risk individuals.

Dr. Walsh also teaches an online course on the subject called, “Violence and victimology across the lifespan.”

Age-Friendly Cities

Dr. Walsh’s research supports the creation of cities and communities that enable people of all ages to actively participate.

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Dr. Walsh and colleagues are collaborating with community leaders in the Guangzhou region of China to develop a local solution to the challenges that emerge around an aging population. She also consults with numerous Ministers and MLAs within the province around issues related to women, age-based discrimination, and health and social services.

� Telling: Examining Cross-Cultural Patterns in AdolescentMaltreatment Disclosures

� Centre Street Urban Design and Social Strategy Project- PhaseII & III, City of Calgary and Torode Realty

� Elder Abuse: Developing an Approach to Measure Prevalenceand Determinants, Alberta Heritage Foundation for MedicalResearch

� Optimal Shelter Design for Homeless Women: Site, Situation,and Service, Social Science and Humanities Research Council.

� Founding member of the Downtown Community Initiative – apartnership between the Faculties of Social Work and Nursingand the Salvation Army Centre of Hope

� Child Development Centre, Research Team� Child and Maternal Health Institute, Executive Member� Calgary Homeless Foundation, Community Advisory Board� Alberta Health Services Women’s Health Advisory Committee,

Outreach Advisory Committee Member� Supervisor Award, Faculty of Social Work (2015)� Faculty of Graduate Studies, My SupervisorSkills, GREAT

Supervisor Award (2014)


Dr. Christine Walsh completed her PhD at the University of Toronto, MSW at McMaster University, and both MSc and BSc at the University of Guelph. Prior to the University of Calgary, Dr. Walsh taught at the Sheridan College Institute of Advanced Learning and Technology. She has extensive social work experience prior to coming to academia.

� Walsh, C. A., MacMillan, H. L., Trocmé, N., Boyle,M., & Jamieson, E. Measurement of victimizationin adolescence: development and validation ofthe Childhood Experience of ViolenceQuestionnaire. Child Abuse andNeglect (accepted)

� Walsh, C. A., Olson, J., Ploeg, J. Lohfeld, L., &MacMillan, H. Elder abuse and oppression:Voices of marginalized elders. Journal of ElderAbuse and Neglect (accepted)

� Walsh, C. A., Hewson, J., Shier, M., & Morales, E.Unravelling ethics: Reflections from acommunity-based participatory research projectwith youth. The Qualitative Report (accepted)

� Graham, J. R., Walsh, C. A. & Sandalack, B. A.(2008). Homeless Shelter Design:Considerations for Shaping Shelters and thePublic Realm. Calgary: Detselig Press.



Dr. David Nicholas’s research and expertise is important to promote:

� Early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of children withintellectual disability and chronic illness

� Workplace access and productivity� Supporting vocational needs of persons with disability� Inclusive human resource policies and practices� Improved delivery of social support programs� Improved community and system capacity to meet needs

of individuals with disability

Dr. David Nicholas has extensive clinical and research experience in pediatric and mental health, and the psychosocial impacts associated with illness.

He brings a strong background in quality of life research, has received over $48 million in peer reviewed research grants, and sits on numerous research advisory committees.

Mental Health & Wellness

Pediatric Chronic Illness & Disability

Family experience at key points along the health care trajectory (e.g.: transition to adulthood, health crisis, palliation)

Social Support

Program Design & Delivery

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Dr. Nicholas is addressing numerous gaps in the research literature surrounding the successful integration of individuals living with ASD into society. Unfortunately, there is limited empirical evidence with regard to successful integration, for example trajectories of employment for adults with autism. Some areas of study Dr. Nicholas is exploring include: best practices for successful integration, challenges employers face and perspectives on hiring and accommodating autistic employees, an integrated model for work success, and assessing participatory research that includes autistic individuals as partners.

Dr. Nicholas has also conducted research to improve early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorder as well as the factors that lead to successful integration of children, such as parenting a child with ASD.

Dr. David Nicholas offers consultation to improve the early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health illness, particularly autism spectrum disorder. He also offers consultation to develop and evaluate social programs to support adults living with mental illness.

Community partnerships are an important part of Dr. Nicholas’s work and research. He welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with groups interested in promoting the integration of those living with disability and creating an adequate support system to do so.

� The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute,Senior Associate Scientist

� Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Research Institute,Research Affiliate

� Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI),Academic Member

� Bloorview Kids Rehab Research Institute, Adjunct Scientist� Medical and Social Complexity Screening Tool (MASC),

MASC Consensus Panel Member� Julia McFarlene Chair in Diabetes Research,

Advisory Committee Member� Sinneave Centre for Autism, Calgary, Co-Chair of the Family

Advisory Committee� Dr. Beverley J. Antle Legacy of Hope Award Recipient for

Excellence in Social Work (2008)


Dr. David Nicholas is an Associate Professor and Research Coordinator in the Faculty of Social Work (Central & Northern AB) at the University of Calgary, and Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Paediatrics at the University of Alberta. Dr. Nicholas obtained his PhD from the University of Toronto following a MSW and BSW from the University of Calgary. He served as a social worker in pediatric Respiratory Medicine for many years and held a position in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto from 2001 to 2008. Dr. Nicholas is also a registered Social Worker in Alberta.

� Kreitzer, L., McLaughlin, A.M., Elliot, G., &Nicholas, D. (2015). Qualitative examination ofrural service provision to persons withconcurrent developmental and mental healthchallenges. European Journal of Social Work.Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/13691457.2015.1022859

� Nicholas, D., Newton, A.S., Calhoun, A., Dong, K.,deJong-Berg, M.A., Hamilton, F., Kilmer, C.,McLaughlin, A.M., & Shankar, J. (2015). Theexperiences and perceptions of street-involvedyouth regarding emergency department services.Qualitative Health Research. Advance onlinepublication. doi: 10.1177/1049732315577605



Dr. Gail Zuk is an experienced practitioner with particular expertise in areas related to accessibly and inclusion. Her work can support in the development of curriculum and programs.

Dr. Gail Zuk has extensive experience in direct practice. Some of her notable experience includes:

� Frontline worker for six years, serving women and children victims of violence in both rural and urban shelters in Alberta

� Individual and group counselling � Extensive work with HIV/AIDS patients to develop

numerous training and pilot programs for the Vancouver AIDS society

� Five years of practice as a clinical social worker � Trainer and project consultant with Alberta Child and

Family Services

Dr. Zuk’s current areas of research include social work education and emancipatory pedagogy, feminist research issues, and physical-social environmental impact studies.

Aboriginal Issues

Child and Adolescent Development

Child Welfare

Women’s Realities

Environmental Social Action

Domestic Violence

Social Work Education

Dr. Zuk’s research explores how to create more equitable access to education. Social work as a profession is deeply connected to the principles of access and inclusion. Through the University of Calgary’s Access Learning Circle program, Dr. Zuk and colleagues seek to ensure that social work education is accessible, including the process of education for anti-oppressive social work.

Dr. Gail Zuk welcomes collaboration with other academics and community partners, and provides consulting around her key areas of expertise.

Domestic violence � Focus on women who were victims of violence and men who

were assaultive


Dr. Gail Zuk is a senior instructor and site leader of the BSW Learning Circles program in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. She received her PhD from Memorial University. She also holds a MSW from University of British Columbia, BSW from University of Calgary, and BA from University of Alberta. Dr. Zuk has numerous years of experience as a social worker, counsellor and consultant prior to her work in academia.

� Zapf, M. K., Pelech, W., Bastien, B., Bodoy, R.,Carriere, J., & Zuk, G. (2003). Promoting anti-oppressive social work education: The Universityof Calgary's access learning circlemodel. Emerging perspectives on anti-oppressivepractice, 447-465.



Dr. Dimitropoulos seeks to improve family-based therapy and mental health treatment, including the design and implementation of more efficacious interventions and evaluation methods.

Her research has contributed to understanding the experience of stakeholders in the treatment of mental illness, and better supporting youth transitioning from pediatric to adult care.

Dr. Gina Dimitropoulos has nearly 20 years of clinical experience with children, youth and their families. In particular, she has focused on delivering family-based treatments and group therapy, and individual counselling for adolescents and adults with mental health issues, especially eating disorders.

Dr. Dimitropoulos’s expertise in grounded theory and qualitative methodologies is pivotal to better understanding the experience of youth, families, and caregivers. Her research aims to overcome various challenges associated with treatment of mental illness, including barriers to access, stigma, and ensuring the appropriate transfer of patients through the treatment system.

In addition to her academic appointment at the University of Calgary, Dr. Dimitropoulos is an affiliate scientist in the Department of Psychiatry at the Hospital for Sick Children, and at the Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network. She also maintains an affiliation with the Eating Disorder Program at the Toronto General Hospital as clinician specialist, and is cross appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

Mental Health

Clinical Practice

Qualitative Methodologies

Transition aged youth with mental illness

The transition from pediatric to adult care can be a difficult, and the challenges are applied for youth experiencing mental illness. Dr. Dimitropoulos identified a significant need for more effective treatment in this age group after studying clinicians, youth, and parents who have experienced the transition of a young person from pediatric to adult eating disorder treatment.

In response, Dr. Dimitropoulos assembled a multidisciplinary team to develop the first family-based treatment specifically adapted for transition age youth with anorexia nervosa. She plans to develop subsequent studies, further investigating long term outcomes, in order to better understand effective models of care for youth.

Eating disorders

Dr. Dimitropoulos has dedicated years to research on eating disorders and efficacious treatment. Dr. Dimitropoulos’s current research is examining the use of technology to overcome barriers to access treatment, and how technology can improve the treatment process for patients, their families, and caregivers. This work will have applicability to various treatment processes. She is also exploring the impact of stigma on those affected by eating disorders.

Dr. Dimitropoulos welcomes collaboration with agencies and individuals who seek to improve mental health services for youth, particularly transitory youth (ages 16-24), and families. She is also interested in partnering to develop academically rigours program evaluation methods.

She is also looking at the experience of social workers in teams that provide care for children and adolescents with health and mental health disorders, such as in a hospital setting.

PhD and masters students, in social work and other faculties, excited about challenging eating disorders in children and adolescents, including mental wellness, weight bias, and stigma, are also encouraged to contact Dr. Dimitropoulos.

� Transition Age Youth at UHN Committee Member� Allied Health Research Committee Member� Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)� UT Fellowship� McMaster Center for the Promotion of Women’s Health

Research Award� Ontario Mental Health Foundation (2013-15)� Allied Health Research Grant (2013-14)� Pediatric International Patient Safety and Quality Community

Funding, Hospital for Sick Children (2012-13)


Dr. Dimitropoulos has extensive clinical experience, including her work with the Eating Disorder Program at the Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Hospital for Sick Children. She holds a PhD and diploma in Social Work Research from University of Toronto, MSW from McMaster University, and BSW from Ryerson Polytechnical University. She is a certified family therapist, approved supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and Registered Social Worker in Ontario.

� Dimitropoulos, G., and Freeman, E.V. (2015)."The perceptions of individuals with AnorexiaNervosa regarding their family’s understandingof their illness, treatment and recovery"(Accepted) Eating Disorders: The Journal ofTreatment and Prevention.

� Dimitropoulos, G., Freeman, E.V., Domingo, A.,Muskat, S., McCallum, L. (2015). “You don’t haveAnorexia, you just want to look like a celebrity”:Perceived Stigma in Individuals with AnorexiaNervosa" (Accepted) Journal of Mental Health

� Dimitropoulos, G., Herschman, J., Toulany, A.,Steinegger, C (2015). Qualitative Study on theChallenges Associated with Accepting FamilialSupport from the Perspective of Transition AgeYouth with Eating Disorders. (In press). EatingDisorders: The Journal of Treatment andPrevention.

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Jennifer Hewson’s research supports social policy solutions and strategy for:

� Creation of age-friendly cities� Neighborhood revitalization� Inclusion of marginalized groups, particularly the aging

population

Dr. Hewson’s approach emphasizes multi-stakeholder collaboration and capacity building within the community as well as the integration of international and regional best practices in the local context, which can be a major challenge for organizations and municipalities.

Another key aspect of Dr. Hewson’s work focuses on community based research with diverse social service agencies, which allows for a deepened understanding of accountability in agencies and relationships with funders.

Dr. Jennifer Hewson is an expert on community engagement and enhancing service provision, with particular emphasis on the older adult sector of the population. She is also an expert on social policy design and social participation. Her experience includes:

� Numerous committees related to creating an age-friendlyCalgary, including the City of Calgary ExecutiveCommittee for seniors strategy and Co-chair of theCanadian Association Conference on Aging (2015)

� Former Director of the Faculty’s Center for Social WorkResearch and Professional Development, where shefocused on community-based and participatory actionresearch, mixed method design, and evaluation

� City of Calgary research initiative related to Age-FriendlyCities

Gerontology

Social Participation and Inclusion

Program Design and evaluation

Age-friendly Cities

Age-friendly cities and communities enable people of all ages to actively participate. As urbanization and population aging trends rise, the need to architect our communities, policies, programs, and services to better support the aging population becomes increasingly important. Since 2009, Dr. Hewson’s research has focused on several domains of the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Guide including:

� housing,� social participation,� and social inclusion

Housing and Homelessness

Dr. Hewson’s research includes numerous housing related projects focused on the meaning of home, risks, assets for homelessness, and subsidized housing for vulnerable pre-seniors. Her research explores challenges such as effective collaboration within the sector, housing affordability, and individual/structural barriers. Her research also highlights policy changes to adequately support vulnerable populations, including seniors, low income pre-seniors, and newcomers.

Dr. Hewson’s research and experience can help guide the planning and implementation of age-friendly communities and municipalities. Jennifer and her colleagues are currently collaborating with community leaders in the Guangzhou region of China to develop a local solution to the challenges that emerge around an aging population.

She welcomes collaborations with other groups seeking policy solutions that are appropriate at the local, national, and global levels. Dr. Hewson can also provide consulting to develop multi-stakeholder collaborations to build capacity and recreate communities that are inclusive.

� Co-Chair of the Canadian Association on Aging Conference2015

� Student Union Teaching Excellence Award (2010)� SSHRC – Connections Grant (2015-16)� SSHRC – Insight Grant (2013-16)� New Horizons for Seniors Program, HRSDC Grant (2012-13)� SSHRC – Enhancement Grant (2012)


Dr. Jennifer Hewson completed her PhD at the University of British Columbia, following an MA in Family Studies at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Hewson has taken on numerous leadership roles in the Faculty of Social Work, including Director and Coordinator of Field Education, PhD/MSW Thesis Program Coordinator and Director of the Centre for Social Work Research and Professional Development. Prior to her academic career, Dr. Hewson worked as a research consultant in the health and social services sectors.

� Walsh, C. A., Hewson, J., Shier, M. L., & Morales,E. (2014). Youth stakeholders in neighbourhoodrevitalization: A case example. Journal of Arts and Humanities 3(3), 1-11.

� Walsh, C. A., & Hewson, J. (2012). A comparisonof two methods of teaching research to Masterof Social Work students. International Journal ofHigher Education, 1 (1), 14-21.

� Berg, B., Hewson, J., & Fotheringham, S. (2012).Collaborating to explore social work researchethics. Canadian Social Work, 14 (1), 11-21.



Dr. Linda Kreitzer is an expert in community-based and international social work practice. Her work informs the development and evaluation of culturally relevant programs and curriculum, particularly in the African context and for indigenous groups.

Dr. Linda Kreitzer has practiced and taught international social work around the world, and has over 40 years of experience.

Dr. Kreitzer’s international social work career began in sub-Saharan Africa, where she continues to teach, attend conferences, develop partnerships. She is currently establishing a memorandum of understanding for student and faculty exchanges in Ethiopia (and Colombia), and sits on the Association of Schools for Social Work in Africa board, developing curriculum in the region.

Dr. Kreitzer researches extensively on mental health and compassion fatigue among helping professionals. This knowledge can help design evidence-based strategies for improving self-care in the profession. She has also written and taught extensively on ethics.

Dr. Kreitzer has authored/co-authored three notable books:

� Culturally relevant social work education & practice inGhana

� Compassion fatigue—a term often used to describe thecondition of caregivers who have become “too tired tocare”—within the Canadian context

� A guide to international social work practicum exchangesand study abroad programs for students

International Social Work

Aboriginal Issues

International Indigenous Issues

Immigrant & Refugee Issues

Community Development

Professional Ethics

Qualitative Research Methods

Mental Health

Participatory Action Research and Culturally Relevant Practice

Dr. Kreitzer is well versed in social work practice in the African context. In her book, Social Work in Africa, she encourages the examination of social work curriculum and addresses the need for culturally and regionally informed teaching resources and programs. Dr. Kreitzer utilizes a Participatory Action Research methodology in curriculum design, which suggests that the target population of an intervention is able to critically explore and decide on relevant content and curriculum for themselves. Her work seeks to move the topic of culturally relevant practice from rhetoric to demonstration.

A participatory action research approach empowers the participants to actively collaborate in research, facilitating a grassroots approach to program or curriculum design that is grounded in experience and social history.

Dr. Kreitzer offers consultation to facilitate the development of culturally relevant programs and curriculum as well as training for helping professionals. She welcomes collaboration with other academics and community partners, particularly in the areas of:

� Historical document analysis � Immigration and refugees: mental health issues in the

Rwandan community in Canada

� International Association of Schools of Social Work, Member at Large: - Capacity building committee - International projects committee - Publication committee

� Association of Schools for Social Work in Africa, Member � Aboriginal Affairs Committee, Board Member � Canadian Friends Service Committee, Member � Excellence in Teaching Award, Faculty of Social Work (2015) � Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Award

(2002/2004) � International Development Research Centre PhD Research

Award (2002/2003)

� Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research (2015; 2016)

� Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2015) � Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2012) � Alberta Addiction & Mental Health Research (2009-2013) � International Association of Social Work (2009-2010)


Dr. Linda Kreitzer began her career as a social worker in the U.S. and then in England. She has taught social work at the University of Ghana and has years of international development and international social work experience. Dr. Kreitzer obtained her PhD (on social work education in the African context) and MSW from the University of Calgary. She holds a Qualification in Social Work from the University of London and BCS in Social Welfare from Metropolitan State College. She is also a register social worker (Alberta).

� Kreitzer, L. (2013). Chapter 5: Decolonizing social work education in Africa: A historical perspective. In M. Gray, J. Coates, M. Yellow Bird & T. Hetherington (Eds). Decolonizing Social Work. Farnham Surrey, U.K.: Ashgate Press.

� Kreitzer, L. and Wilson, M. (2010). Shifting perspectives on international alliances in social work: Lessons from Ghana and Nicaragua. International social work journal, 53, 5, 701-719.

� Kreitzer, L. (2006). Social work values and ethics: Issues of universality, Currents Journal, 5, 1, 1-19.



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Liza Lorenzetti offers extensive knowledge around systemic oppression, bringing this perspective to program development for marginalized groups and in teaching future social work practitioners.

Liza Lorenzetti is a social worker and activist. Her past experiences include:

� Community organizing � Program development � Counselling � Community-based research – grounded in human rights

and social justice

Domestic Violence

Homelessness

Social Justice

Social Work Activism

Liza Lorenzetti’s research seeks to understand the journey of integrating the identity of activist practitioner and researcher. According to Lorenzetti’s research, the process of becoming a social justice researcher includes the discovery if a new set of lenses, emerging tools, and new pathways while maintaining a critical perspective rooted in anti-oppressive praxis. Her research seeks to understand how to leverage the skills and capacities of research as a strategy to move a more socially just world.

Dr. Lorenzetti welcomes collaboration with other academics and community partners, and provides consulting around her key areas of expertise.

Anonymous online survey aimed at men � Survey seeks to understand what men or men-identified

persons need to build and sustain healthy relationships and their personal well-being

� Project aims to explore way to prevent domestic violence from taking place

� Preliminary data reveals men don’t know where to go when they experience personal and family issues


Liza is an instructor at the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary and is currently completing her PhD. She is also a researcher with the Homeless Hub, an organization dedicated to finding solutions to homelessness.

� Lorenzetti, L. (2013). Research as a Social Justice Tool An Activist’s Perspective. Affilia, 28(4), 451-457.

� Wells, L., Hurlock, D., Antonio, M., Lantion, V., Abboud, R., Claussen, C., & Lorenzetti, L. (2013). A context of domestic violence: Learnings for prevention from the Calgary Filipino community. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 4(1), 147-165.



Child and Adolescent Development

Child Welfare

Child Trauma

Youth in the Criminal Justice System

Curriculum/Program Design and Evaluation

Research Methods

Social Policy

The Workplan for Review of Native Office � Calgary & Area Child and Family Services Authority

Review of the Call-Centre project, Phase II � Calgary & Area Child and Family Services Authority


Dr. Williams completed her PhD at Swansea, MSW and BSW at the University of Calgary, and BSc at the University of Salford.



Dr. Melanie Rock offers a unique opportunity for students to engage in multi-disciplinary health research, in particular the environmental factors that influence human health.

Dr. Melanie Rock mainly teaches in the Population and Public Health graduated program offered at the University of Calgary through the Department of Community Health Services. She supervises and facilitates student research projects in the Bachelor of Health Sciences – Health & Society Honours Program.

Postgraduate students working with Melanie are eligible for opportunities through the Population Health Intervention Research Network.

Human-animal relationship as a window into human health

Socio-cultural patterns and inequality in complex systems

Chronic non-infectious diseases

Qualitative methods (including for knowledge synthesis)

https://vet.ucalgary.ca/profiles/melanie-j-rock

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� Population Health Intervention Research Network’s Training and Development Committee, Chair

� Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions, committee member � Canadian Institutes for Health Research fellowship Selection

Panel � Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council � Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions Population Health

Investigator Award (funded by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Endowment)

� New Investigator Award in Cultural and Societal Dimensions of Health from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research


Dr. Melanie Rock completed her PhD in Medical Anthropology at McGill University and postdoctoral studies focused on health promotion in the context of social inequalities at the University of Montreal. Melanie joined the University of Calgary faculty in 2003.

� McCormack, G. R., Graham, T. M., Swanson, K., Massolo, A., & Rock, M. J. (2016). Changes in visitor profiles and activity patterns following dog supportive modifications to parks: A natural experiment on the health impact of an urban policy. SSM-Population Health, 2, 237-243.

� Rock, M. J., Graham, T. M., Massolo, A., & McCormack, G. R. (2016). Dog-walking, dog-fouling and leashing policies in urban parks: Insights from a natural experiment designed as a longitudinal multiple-case study.Landscape and Urban Planning, 153, 40-50.

� Rock, M. J., Degeling, C., Graham, T. M., Toohey,

A. M., Rault, D., & McCormack, G. R. (2016). Public engagement and community participation in governing urban parks: a case study in changing and implementing a policy addressing off-leash dogs. Critical Public Health, 1-14.



Dr. Lysack brings expertise in the areas of:

� Climate change and environmental protection � Renewable energy � Sustainable economies and communities

His research seeks to understand the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on society, and to create and manage effective public policy and change processes to facilitate an energy transition to sustainable system. Dr. Lysack can provide guidance around how to implement successful low carbon policies, programs, and projects within the Canadian and Albertan context.

Dr. Mishka Lysack is recognized as a global leader in environmental issues, travelling the world to seek out international experts and leaders in the space.

Dr. Lysack has been responsible for hosting numerous forums for discussion around the growth of renewable energy. In 2008, Dr. Lysack initiated the first Teach-In on Global Warming and Climate Change at the University of Calgary, and continues to coordinate the ongoing series: Teach-ins on the Environment. In 2012 he was also invited to speak at an international conference at Mount Royal University on the question “is it possible to be a Green Tory”, alongside Canadian politician Preston Manning.

Dr. Lysack is currently coordinating a team of academics, community members, business leaders, and non-government organizations across Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Alberta to focus on policy research and public education. This project involves researching the social barriers to public support of renewable energy and developing solutions for citizen engagement and policy shift.

Advocacy

Social Policy and Social Theory

Family Therapy

Strategic Planning

Environmental Issues as they relate to social work

Climate change is one of the most complex social problems human society faces today. Not only will it take coordinated action across the globe to tackle, but it is also a challenge that disproportionately affects marginalized individuals around the world. As such, climate change is an issue with particular relevance to the social work profession. Social workers are well equipped with the necessary skills and aptitude to work with people to enact change and respond to the increasing demand on social services associated with climate change and associated challenges.

Dr. Lysack’s research focuses on the intersection of climate change and environmental protection with social and economic development.

Current research explores how to translate best practices from Germany regarding their renewable energy transition (energiewende) and climate protection (klimashutz) to the Canadian context. His research considers the federal, provincial, and municipal/community levels.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/oikos/welcome - a hub for resources and knowledge on renewable energy

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Dr. Mishka Lysack welcomes collaboration with other academics and community leaders seeking to research and improve policy coordination related to sustainable environmental practices in Canada.

Dr. Lysack currently works in partnership with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to bring leading researchers and sector leaders in renewable energy and climate protection to Canada in order to build the capacity of sector leaders to provide effective public leadership.

Public education tools and knowledge mobilization methodologies on energy transition and climate protection

� Aim is to make cutting edge research available to support an effective energy transition based on successful experiences and strategies in Germany

� Curriculum and Research Portfolio of the Sustainability Stewardship Working Group, Office of Sustainability, University of Calgary, co-chair

� Step It Up Alberta, organizing committee � Queen’s Diamond Jubliee Medal (2013) � Selected as one of "40 Extraordinary Canadians" by Canada

West Foundation’s book: "An Extraordinary West" because of his innovations in environmental education and leadership

� Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary (2011)


Dr. Lysack has extensive academic experience. Prior to his work at the University of Calgary, Dr. Lysack taught at the Department of Social Work at Carleton University and at the Faculty of Education at Ottawa University and Faculty of Human Studies at St. Paul University. In addition to his academic appointments at the University of Calgary, Dr. Lysack teaches graduate level courses in the Faculty of Environmental Design. He completed a conjoin PhD in Education and Social Work at McGill University, graduating in the top 10% of his class. Dr. Lysack also holds two Masters degrees from McGill and a BA Honours from Carleton University.

� Lysack, M. (2015). Effective policy influencing and environmental advocacy: Health, climate change, and phasing out coal. International Social Work, 58(3). 435-447.

� Lysack, M. & Munn-Venn, K., Eds. (2013). Living ecological justice. Citizens for Public Justice. ISBN: 978-0-9686695-2-5.

� Lysack, M. (2012). Building capacity for

environmental engagement and leadership: An ecosocial work perspective. International Journal of Social Welfare, Special Issue on Environmental Social Work, 21, 260-269.

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Dr. Myra Baynton is interested in:

� Improving the quality of distance learning content and delivery

� Increasing organizational effectiveness � Strengthening leadership skills � Effective HR policies

Dr. Myra Baynton has years of industry experience and knowledge to inform leadership development and drive organizational change. As an independent consultant she worked on a variety of contracts from educational curriculum design to health promotion to human resources management in the Middle East and Europe. She has also taught a variety of online courses. Her managerial experience includes:

� Director of Education Services in a hospital � Director of a provincial-wide association � Manager of a human resources consulting group

Organizational Behaviour & Management

In a shifting global business and societal context strong organizational leadership and improvements in organizational effectiveness are paramount.

Dr. Myra Baynton provides expertise in the areas of:

� Organizational change � Organizational effectiveness � Leadership in organizations � Human resources management

Distance Learning

Distance learning and online learning assist in overcoming barriers to access in education. Continuous improvements in the quality and delivery of distance learning are important, particularly with the rapid pace of change in technology.

Dr. Myra Baynton conducts research to inform policy making and planning related to distance social work education and programming.

Her research has explored optimal class size for a distance delivery offering, requisite support requirements for effective development and delivery, and the type of course offerings that are best suited for online learning in the context of social work, including the efficacy of online learning to educate social workers about family violence.


Dr. Myra Baynton is the Practicum Coordinator/Faculty Liaison for the MSW Distance Program, and an instructor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. She completed her M.S.W. and Ph.D. at the University of Calgary after living in Victoria BC. Dr. Baynton has over many years of experience working in a variety of human services contexts, including education, health care, and municipal government.

� Ayala, J. M. Baynton, R. Crowder, E. Perrault, W. Pelech, J. Shankar, M. Williams, D. Wulff. (April 2013). Current Challenges in Social Work Distance Education: Responses from the Elluminati. Journal of Teaching in Social Work.

� Walsh, C. A. & M. Baynton. (May 2012). Distance

Education in Social Work: An Evaluation of an Undergraduate Course on Family Violence. International Journal of Higher Education. Vol. 1 (1).

� Ayala, J., M. Baynton, E. Perrault. (2012).

Distance field Education: New Technologies and Tools for Learning in Drolet, J., N. Clark, H. Allen (2012). Shifting Sites of Practice. Field Education in Canada. Pearson. Canada



Dr. Peter Gabor excels at making his teaching material interesting and relevant to students. He offers the opportunity for students to learn how research can be used effectively to inform social work practice.

Dr. Gabor’s teaching interests include:

� Social work skills, practice, and supervision � Evidence-based social work practice � Social policy and issues related to social justice � Research skills, particularly how research applies to

professional practice

Distance Education

Family Issues & Family Violence

Leadership in Human Services

Research Methods

Social Work & Non-Profit Organizations

Evaluation

� Child and Youth Care Certification Board, advisory committee member


Dr. Peter Gabor completed his PhD at Arizona State, and his BA, BSW, and MSW at McGill University.

� Gabor, P, & Ing, C. (2007). The evaluation of information and communication technology use in professional schools.Tsang, Kwan, Fox (eds.) Enhancing Learning Through Technology, 147-160.

� Hall, B., & Gabor, P. (2004). Peer suicide prevention in a prison. Crisis, 25(1), 19-26.

� Collins, D., Gabor, P., & Ing, C. (1987).

Communication skill training in child care: The effects of preservice and inservice training. Child and Youth Care Quarterly, 16(2), 106-115.



Dr. Rick Enns’s research informs better social policy decisions and more effective social programs related to his key areas of expertise particularly, reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples and appropriate integration of immigrants and refugees into Canada.

Dr. Rick Enns’s work reflects a consistent commitment to social justice, and towards creating an equitable and resilient society. His earlier work explored clinical practice with at-risk adolescents, including the re-integration of young offenders, support for children with disability, and issues related to the child welfare system. Other research has focused around issues related to Aboriginal Canadians, integration work with Canadian newcomers, and new approaches to mental health service delivery.

His teaching interests include:

� The history of federal Indian education policy � The development of industrial and residential schools � Truth and reconciliation: how we understand

reconciliation and associated narratives � Social work with immigrants and refugees � Critical perspectives in mental health, including new ways

of delivering mental health services beyond the model of diagnosis treatment

Dr. Enns’s work has also heavily involved fostering a strong and welcoming academic community at the Faculty of Social Work through leadership and administrative appointments. These include:

� Associate Dean Central and Northern AB Region (current) � Associate Director Central and Northern AB Region � Assistant Division Head, MSW Coordinator � Site Leader, Red Deer, BSW Access Program

Aboriginal Issues

Immigration & Refugees

Child Welfare

Mental Health Service Delivery

Social Work Curriculum and Education

Social Policy

Canadian Federal Indian Education Policy, Residential Schools, and Reconciliation

The era of residential and industrial school systems in Canada has made an on-going impact on Aboriginals across generations and contributes to persistent social problems. Dr. Enns has conducted extensive research to understand policies and attitudes toward Aboriginal cultures from the 1800s to modern times as part of understanding a path to true reconciliation. In 2015, Dr. Enns was called on as an expert witness in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Refugee Resettlement

This year the UN Refugee Agency declared that global forced displacement has hit an all-time high, requiring unprecedented coordination in response. Dr. Rick Enns’s research explores issues related to refugee integration, including housing outcomes and the impacts of resettlement policy, notably the changes to the Interim Federal Health Program. Refugee integration is commonly understood through indicators of economic integration; however, Dr. Enns’s work also explores additional, novel measures of integration, such as the creation of common spaces in society.

Dr. Enns is interested in collaborating with social work educators and professionals who seek to understand the effects and implications of the residential school system on social work practice. He also welcomes collaboration with those who seek to garner a deeper understanding of reconciliation—exploring questions like: how do we understand reconciliation in the context of residential schools and what does true reconciliation look like?

Similarly, students interested in deeply exploring reconciliation, the residential school system, new approaches for delivering mental health services, refugee resettlement and integration, or other issues related to social justice are encouraged to contact Dr. Enns.

� Measuring newcomer integration through the creation of common space

� Implications for immigrants associated with changes in the Interim Federal Health Program

� Alberta Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect � Numerous projects related to residential schools in Canada

� Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, Board Member and former Chair

� University of Alberta Community-University Partnership Steering Committee, Member/Faculty Representative

� Alberta Human Services grant (2013-16) � Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community (2013-15) � World Universities Network (2012-13)


Dr. Rick Enns completed his PhD at the University of Alberta, MSW in family therapy with adolescents and MA in Western Canadian and Aboriginal history at the University of Manitoba. He also holds a BA (double honours) in History and Religion and Bth. Dr. Enns has been teaching since 1999 and has been in key leadership and administrative roles within the university since 2003. Dr. Enns has received over $1.2 million in research supports and external grants, and is both a registered social worker (AB) and Member of the Alberta College of Social Workers.

� Enns, R., Okeke-Ihejirika, P., Kirova, A., & McMenemy, C. (in press). Refugee Health Care in Canada: Responses to the 2012 Changes to the Interim Federal Health Program. International Journal of Migration and Border Studies.

� Enns, R., Kirova, A., & Connolly, D. (2013). Examining Bonding and Bridging Activities in the Context of a Common Spaces Approach to Integration. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 45(3).

� Enns, R. (2010). “Then shall the wilderness be glad and blossom as the rose”: Presbyterian hopes for the Regina Industrial School (1891 to 1910). Prairie Forum, 35(2), 43-78.



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FACULTY OF SOCIAL WORKRESEARCHERS' LIST BY EXPERTISE

RESEARCH AREAS

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,INCLUDING PREVENTION,TREATMENT AND POLICY

Lana Wells Robbie Babins-WagnerDavid Este Janki ShankarLiza Lorenzetti Beth Archer-KuhnAvery Calhoun Heather ColemanGail Zuk Peter GaborChristine Walsh

MARRIAGE AND FAMILYTHERAPY

Alan McLuckieBeth Archer-KuhnDan WulffGina DimitropoulosLes JeromeMishka LysackRobbie Babins-Wagner

MENTAL HEALTH

Alan McLuckie Beth Archer-KuhnBruce MacLaurin Gina DimitropoulosJane Matheson Les JeromeMishka Lysack Ralph Bodor

CHILD WELFARE

Avery Calhoun Beth Archer-KuhnBetty Bastien Bruce MacLaurinDorothy Badry Gail ZukJean Lafrance Les JeromeMargaret Williams Rick EnnsRobbie Babins-Wagner William Pelech

ORGANIZATION ANDDELIVERY OF SERVICES

Bruce MacLaurin Ester SuterGina Dimontropolous Hieu NgoJane Matheson Janice PoppJean Lafrance Ralph Bodor

POLICYBruce MacLaurinJean LafranceMargaret Williams

Ú FAMILY

Ú CHILD & ADOLSCENT DEVELOPMENT


Lana Wells Racha l Crowder

POLICYGrace ElliottJacqueline IsmaelLana Wells

FEMINIST RESEARCHISSUES

Gail ZukJacqueline Ismael

DIRECT PRACTICE Andrea Newberry-Koroluk


Andrea Newberry-KorolukChristine WalshJackie SieppertJennifer HewsonYeonjung Lee

POLICYAndrea Newberry-KorolukJennifer HewsonYeonjung Lee

HEALTH & MENTAL HEALTHDavid EsteJanki ShankarLinda Kreitzer

VIOLENCE PREVENTIONHieu Van NgoJanki Shankar

DISABILITY Yahya El-Lahib

Ú WOMEN’S ISSUES

Ú GERONTOLOGY

Ú IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE ISSUES

POLICY

David EsteHieu Van NgoJacqueline IsmaelJulie DroletRick EnnsYahya El-Lahib

ORGANIZATION ANDDELIVERY OF SERVICE

Rick Enns

INDIGENOUS EDUCATION

Betty BastienHeather ColemanJean LafranceLes JeromeLinda KreitzerRalph BodorRick Enns

INDIGENOUSEPISTEMOLOGY

Betty BastienLes Jerome

CHILD WELFARE

Betty BastienJean LafranceLes JeromeRalph BodorRick Enns

HEALTH & WELLBEING Betty Bastien

RECONCILIATION & DECOLONIALIZATION

Betty BastienLes JeromeRalph BodorRick Enns

VIOLENCE PREVENTIONAvery CalhounRalph BodorWilliam Pelech

POLICYBetty BastienRick Enns

Ú ABORIGINAL ISSUES

Ú MMIGRANT & REFUGEE ISSUES CON’D

David EsteHieu Van Ngo


Jeannette Waegemakers-SchiffLiza Lorenzetti

POLICYJeannette Waegemakers-SchiffJennifer Hewson

MINDFULNESS Rach el Crowder


Alan McLuckie David EsteDavid Nicholas Ester SuterGina Dimitropoulos Jane MathesonLinda Kreitzer Robbie-Babins WagnerYeonjung Lee

CLINCIAL PRACTICE

Alan McLuckie Beth Archer-KuhnDan Wulff Gail ZukHeather Coleman Janki ShankarMishka Lysack Robbie Babins-WagnerSally St. George

STIGMAAlan McLuckieDavid Este

HIV/AIDSAlan McLuckieDavid Este

ADDICTIONSeannette

Waegemakers-Schiff

Ú RACIALIZED MINORITIES

Ú ISSUES RELATED TO HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS

Ú MENTAL HEALTH / HEALTH & WELLNESS

TRANSITION THROUGHCARE

David NicholasGina Dimitropoulos

EATING DISORDERS Gina Dimitropoulos

MENTAL HEALTH IN THEWORKPLACE

Janki Shankar

HEALTHCARE SYSTEMINTEGRATION

Ester SuterJanice Popp

POLICY Janice Popp

DISABILITY

Andrea Newberry-KorolukDavid NicholasJanki Shankar

William Pelech

Alan McLuckieDorothy Badry Jeannette Waegemakers-SchiffYahya El-Lahib

Yeonjung Lee

EMANCIPATORYPEDAGOGY

Gail Zuk

SOCIAL SUPPORTChristine WalshDavid NicholasJulie Drolet

AGE FRIENDLY CITIES Jennifer Hewson

DISCRIMINATION &PERCEPTION

Yeonjung Lee


Gail Zuk

Ú MENTAL HEALTH / HEALTH & WELLNESS CON’D

Ú DISABILITY

Ú ACCESSIBILTY & INCLUSION

Heather ColemanJessica Ayala

CLIMATE CHANGE /NATURAL DISASTERS

Gail ZukJulie DroletMishka Lysack

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT

Jacqueline Ismael Julie Drolet Linda Kreitzer Lorne Jaques Lorraine Letkmann Mishka Lysack Rach el Crowder

HUMAN RIGHTS Jacqueline Ismael

POLICY

Jacqueline IsmaelJulie DroletLorne JaquesLorraine LetkmannMishka Lysack

INTERNATIONALINDIGENOUS ISSUES

Linda KreitzerYahya El-Lahib

MULTILATERALISM Lorne Jaques

LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT

Andrea Newberry-Koroluk David EsteEllen Perrault Jane MathesonJeannette Waegemakers-Schiff

Lana Wells

Myra Baynton Peter GaborRobbie Babins-Wagner

Ú HUMAN SEXUALITY

Ú INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK

Ú HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

TECHNOLOGY IN HUMANSERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Jackie SieppertJessica Ayala

ORGANIZATIONALCULTURE AND CHANGE

Jane MathesonLana WellsMyra Baynton

HUMAN RESOURCES Myra Baynton

DYANAMICS OFCOLLABORATION

Ellen PerraultEster SuterHieu NgoJackie SieppertJanice PoppJennifer Hewson

SUPERVISIONJane MathesonRobbie Babins-Wagner

CURRICULUM DESIGN &DELIVERY

Betty Bastien Dan WulffEllen Perrault Jackie SieppertJacqueline Ismael Janki ShankarJeannette Waegemakers-Schiff

Linda Kreitzer

Lorne Jaques Lorraine LektmannMargaret Williams Mishka LysackRick Enns Sally St. GeorgeWilliam Pelech

RESEARCH METHODS

Avery Calhoun David EsteGina Dimitropoulos Jackie SieppertMargeret Williams Peter GaborRobbie Babins-Wagner Sally St. George

DISTANCE / ONLINELEARNING

Dorothy BadryJessica AyalaMyra BayntonRach el CrowderWilliam Pelech

Ú SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION

FIELD EDUCATION /EXPERTIENTIAL LEARNING

Andrea Newberry-KorolukBetty BastienDorothy BadryJennifer HewsonJessica AyalaJulie DroletWilliam Pelech

ADULT EDUCATION

Beth Archer-KuhnEllen PerraultMyra BayntonRick EnnsSally St. GeorgeWilliam Pelech

OUTCOMES BASEDSERVICE DELIVERY

Robbie Babins-Wagner

APPLICATIONS OF IT TOSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

Jackie SieppertJessica AyalaPeter Gabor

PROFESSIONALFOUNDATIONS / ETHICS

Andrea Newberry-KorolukAnne-Marie McLaughlinLinda Kreitzer

MICROSKILLS TRAINING Donald Collins

SOCIAL SUPPORTChristine WalshDavid NicholasJulie Drolet

AGE FRIENDLY CITIES Jennifer Hewson

DISCRIMINATION &PERCEPTION

Yeonjung Lee


Gail Zuk

APPROACHES

Ú ACCESSIBILTY & INCLUSION

APPROACHES

Avery Calhoun Beth Archer-KuhnChristine Walsh Dan WulffJacqueline Ismael Julie DroleyLinda Kreitzer Lorne Jaques

Beth Archer-Kuhn Betty Bastien Liza Lorenzetti Lorne Jaques Mishka Lysack Yahya El-Lahib

Betty BastienJean LafranceLes JeromeRalph Bodor

Alan McLuckie Beth Archer-KuhnDan Wulff Gail ZukGina Dimitropoulos Heather ColemanJanki Shankar Jeannette Waegemakers-

SchiffMishka Lysack Sally St. George

Betty Bastie

Betty BastienEllen PerraultLorne Jaques

Ellen Perrault

Ú PARTICIPATORY ACTION/CLIENT VOICE

Ú SOCIAL JUSTICE

Ú INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES IN PRACTICE

Ú CLINCIAL PRACTICE

Ú INDIGENOUS HOLISTIC ORIENTATION

Ú COMMUNITY INTEGRATION

Ú ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL PRACTIVE