New paper from Hannah Kia: peer support to mitigate suicide in trans populations
Hannah Kia, together with colleagues Kinnon Ross MacKinnon, Alex Abramovich, and Sarah Bonato, recently published a manuscript in Social Science and Medicine on the role of peer support in protecting against suicide in trans populations. This article was based on a scoping review study that highlighted the potential significance and function of peer-based social support […]
Tim Stainton presents to Quebec National Assembly
Professor Tim Stainton was invited to present to the Quebec National Assembly’s select committee on the evolution of the law regarding the end of life. He presented on the concerns of the disability community around the expansion of the MAiD legislation and potential risks to people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Hey, Minister. It’s Time to End Our Disgraceful Food Bank Dependency
Submission to The Social Lens: A Social Work Action Blog by Graham Riches. Graham Riches is an emeritus professor of social work at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Food Bank Nations: Poverty, Corporate Charity and the Right to Food. Food insecurity should be addressed by raising incomes, not handing out ‘surplus’ goods […]
Miu Chung Yan examines Hong Kong’s global talent supply
Miu Chung Yan examines return migration and Hong Kong’s supply of global talent in this article for AsiaGlobal Online entitled “Return of the Returnees?: Dual Citizenship and Hong Kong’s Global Talent Base.”
Defund the Police and Social Work’s Relationship to State Coercion and Control
Submission to The Social Lens: A Social Work Action Blog by Meenakshi Mannoe, Dylan Lambi-Raine & Donna Baines The dynamics and tensions surrounding social work’s complicated relationship to the state interweave with the most troubling issues currently confronting the profession and practice of social work. This blog explores the role of social work in the movement […]
Thoughts on the pandemic from a Nigerian social work scholar
Submission to The Social Lens: A Social Work Action Blog by Uzoma Odera Okoye, Department of Social Work, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Enugu State, Nigeria. Introduction Nigeria received her shipped-in share of the novel coronavirus through an Italian consultant who arrived in Nigeria on February 27, 2020, and reported by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control […]
The Independent Review of Indigenous-specific Racism in BC Health Care
Submission to The Social Lens: A Social Work Action Blog by Grant Charles, Associate Professor In June 2020, claims surfaced about a “Price is Right” game allegedly being played in some BC hospital Emergency Departments in which health care workers were guessing blood alcohol levels of Indigenous patients. The Minister of Health established an inquiry […]
Being an Aboriginal academic – it’s like The Hunger Games
Submission to The Social Lens: A Social Work Action Blog by Dr. Bindi Bennett, Gamilaraay woman and social worker This blog is part of an upcoming publication on the experiences of Aboriginal academics in Australia. Australian universities unanimously boast various cultural engagement strategies and offer public support and approval for attracting Aboriginal students across disciplines as well […]
Teaching Justice in Dangerous Times: Practices of Hope
Submission to The Social Lens: A Social Work Action Blog by Dr. Stéphanie Wahab, PhD, MSW, 90th Anniversary Visiting Scholar and Professor, Portland State University School of Social Work This blog post is an adaptation of a keynote address I gave at UBC in March 2020. The full keynote can be found here: Teaching social […]
New book by Miu Chung Yan: Neighbourhood Houses: Building Community in Vancouver
Professor Miu Chung Yan is pleased to announce the publication of his new book entitled “Neighbourhood Houses: Building Community in Vancouver.” Edited by Miu Chung Yan and Sean R. Lauer Neighbourhood Houses draws on a five-year study to document and contextualize the neighbourhood house network in Vancouver. Globalization and migration are creating […]