UCalgary Social Work Podcast UCalgary Social Work Podcast

Note: not a regular episode. This is a recording our our PhD Info Session for playback by registrants. Hosted by Dr. Gina Dimitropoulos.

A follow-up to last November's episode, Integrating the Voices of Youth in Clinical Training Approaches. This time around, Dr. Angelique Jenney and PhD candidate Olivia Cullen are joined by team member Laura Shiels and six youth co-researchers: Ann Marie, Liv, Katelyn, Mackenzie, Victoria and Rebekah!
A must listen for researchers working with youth.
Dr. Jenney recently celebrated her fifth anniversary as the Research Chair at Wood's Homes – the first community-based chair in children's mental health in Canada. Learn more here!

So what would your mental health be like if your children were separated from you, living in a refugee camp halfway around the world? Or, how do you think your mental health would suffer if you lived your life under suspicion? Arbitrarily pulled over by police or followed around shops by store-owners who assume you’re a thief?

Dr. Régine Uwibereyeho King, PhD was troubled by the descriptions she saw of African newcomers in academic literature. They are frequently described with terms like: “very vulnerable ... unable to fit in ... or traumatized people from Africa.” This didn't fit the people she knew and worked with as a social worker. So she set out to discover what really impacted their mental health; how they tried to deal with the stressors in their lives, and what the solutions might be, to make things better. 

Her research has taken her from Toronto, to Winnipeg and currently Alberta, where she is an Associate Professor, and researcher with the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work. 

Dr. Jane Matheson, PhD, the former CEO of Woods Homes and a sessional instructor and adjunct professor in the Faculty of Social Work interviews internationally renowned psychiatrist Dr. Karl Tomm, MD.

Join Dr. Tomm for “Questions as Interventions,” a Lunch & Learn presentation hosted by the Faculty of Social Work’s Post-Masters Couple and Family Therapy program. Friday, March 19, noon. Free registration here.

Learn more about the Post-Masters Certificate and Diploma in Couple and Family Therapy here.

Ask an alumna! Edmonton campus grad Reena Samra (BSW '18, MSW '21), who was recently name a Top 40 Under 40 recipient by EDify Magazine, joins us to talk about her social work journey, which includes initiatives such as trauma-informed yoga and Soulidarity, a support group for immigrant women offered through the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton in partnership with the Islamic Family and Social Services Association.
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Are you interested in pursuing a BSW with UCalgary?Join in on one of our free, online info sessions, which you can register for over on our events page.

Faculty of Social Work Assistant Professor Dr. Patrina Duhaney, PhD, breaks down the findings of the recent study Experiences of Anti-Black Racism at the University of Calgary.
Visit the Anti-Black Racism Task Force here. Read the task force's Action Plan here.