School of Social Work
LA&PS researchers advance community impact with support from SSHRC
Four professors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) have been awarded funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), receiving Connection Grants and Partnership Engage Grants. Jake Pyne from the School of Social Work received $23,498 in funding for his project No for now: Building educator capacity to simultaneously […]
School of Social Work assistant professor writes article about gender detransition research for The New York Times
Assistant professor Kinnon R. MacKinnon has written an opinion piece for The New York Times that examines the Trump administration’s campaign against transgender rights. The administration has been highlighting many stories about transgender people who have regretted transitioning, after cancelling $800 million in grant funding for LGBTQ research. MacKinnon shares findings from his research team’s […]
School of Social Work research team develops new protocol for online surveying
A research team in the School of Social Work, led by assistant professor Kinnon Ross MacKinnon, has developed a new protocol to identify and remove fraudulent responses from web-based surveys. The team noticed suspicious responses while recruiting for a research study on detransition experiences among LGBTQ2S+ people in Canada and the U.S. They started to apply a new […]
Toronto: A city of crossings?
In the fall of 2023, School of Social Work professor Soma Chatterjee embarked on a fascinating journey with the undergraduate students from the course Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees. Exploring the complex landscapes of global migration through readings and other media, the students sought to understand the deeper reasons behind why people move and […]
School of Social Work Celebrates Dual Book Launch
York University's School of Social Work is thrilled to announce the release of two exciting new books: "Critical Social Work Praxis" and "Unravelling Research: The Ethics and Politics of Research in the Social Sciences." These publications, crafted by the school's talented scholars, delve into the essential connection between social work theory and practice and the […]
Feature Profile: Shayla S. Dube
Why did you decide to become a social worker? I didn’t decide to be a social worker, I think the profession chose me. I was raised by my grandmother, who is a community-oriented philanthropic. She raised a lot of kids, including me, and she exudes and embodies all the people-centered social worker values. Throughout my […]
Feature Profile: Blessing Ojembe
Can you spend a few minutes talking about your dissertation topic and research? My dissertation is called “Aging, Black, and Lonely: A Narrative Experience of Black Older Adults in Canada”. My research helped to fill a gap where Black older adults have not been included in loneliness research within Canada. I focused on their experiences […]
My Journey as a Social Worker in Politics
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2023Time: 7-8:30 p.m.Format: Virtual (Zoom) Curious about what social work looks like in a policy setting? Join Chiara Padovani, Veronica Javier, Nokha Dakroub and Yvonne Kelly for a discussion about the critical role of social work in government planning. Panelists Yvonne Kelly, MSW, worked and volunteered in York Region since 2009 […]