Miu Chung Yan in Financial Post
Acting Director and Professor Miu Chung Yan provided his insights into Canada’s labour shortage and how immigrants can help.
Tim Stainton article from Anscombe Bioethics Centre at Oxford
Professor Tim Stainton has written a new article on MAiD (medical assisted in dying), published by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre at Oxford. In it, he summarizes key concerns of the disability community regarding euthanasia. The cartoon is an adapted version of that created by Amy Hasbrouck, a […]
Tim Stainton interviews on MAiD
Canada’s MAiD laws are now some of the most liberal in the world, with mental illness soon to be permitted as the sole underlying cause of seeking MAID. For years disabled activists have been warning of the threat overly liberal euthanasia laws pose to disabled people. Unfortunately their fears are beginning to be borne out […]
In memoriam: Elder Kat Zu’comulwat Norris
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Elder Kat Zu’comulwat Norris recently passed away. The School of Social Work is very fortunate that Elder Kat joined us in teaching the undergraduate course SOWK 325, Indigenous Peoples and Critical Social Work Analysis, in 2021. With much love Kat generously shared her wisdom, […]
Miu Chung Yan in The Tyee
Professor and Acting Director Miu Chung Yan contributed this thoughts to No Return Ticket: China’s crackdown on freedoms in Hong Kong drives out a generation. A new exodus settles in Vancouver for good in The Tyee. Published June 30, 2022
Barbara Lee receives SSHRC Insight Grant
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Barbara Lee, Principal Investigator on the study Bridging Critical Social Work Education and Clinical Practice: A Design-Based Research Study Using Simulated Practice. This 5-year research funded by SSHRC (Social Sciences Humanities Council) aims to develop an empirically-informed theoretical model of clinical practice grounded in critical social work that will have utility […]
Barbara Lee named CSSCF Co-Director
Congratulations to Barbara Lee, Assistant Professor, who was recently named as Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Services to Children and Families. The CSSCF was originally established in 2011 by Dr. Susan J. Wells, UBC-O professor emerita, with a Canadian Foundation for Innovation infrastructure grant, however, the CSSCF operated locally within the Okanagan […]
Hannah Kia awarded CIHR grant
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Hannah Kia, a co-Principal Investigator on the study Interdisciplinary LGBTQ/2S+ HEALTH Hub: Healing through Education and Awareness in stigma reduction and Lifecourse Training in Health. Hannah is part of a $2.4 million team grant from CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) to develop a national training platform intended to equip researchers, […]
The Skill Debate and Critical Clinical Social Work
A look at the concept of “skills” in social work.
In memorium: Dennis Guest
The UBC School of Social Work is greatly saddened to announce the passing of Dennis Trevor Guest (PhD) on January 10, 2022. Dennis was born in Davidson Saskatchewan on September 8, 1923. He attended UBC, graduating with a BA and then a Masters in Social Work. He obtained his PhD at London University, UK. He […]