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Cindy Blackstock
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Professor
ÌýCanada Research Chair,
Tier 1
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- Indigenous theory
- Indigenous rights advocacy
- Identification & remediation of structural inequalities affecting First Nations children, youth & families.
- Culturally based & evidence-informed solutions for Indigenous children, youth & families.
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Alicia Boatswain-Kyte
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Assistant Professor |
- Anti-racism
- Community-based child welfare
- Practice with marginalized individuals
- Social work education
- Program evaluation
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Shari Brotman
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Associate Professor |
- Gerontological Social Work Theory, Policy and Practice (Access To Care; Care Giving; Gender, Race, Class, Sexual Orientation and Disability Issues in Aging)
- Anti-Oppression Social Work Theory and Practice
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Delphine Collin-Vézina
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Professor
Nicolas Steinmetz and Gilles Julien Chair in Social Pediatrics
&
CRCF Director
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- Child Sexual Abuse
- Trauma-Informed Practices
- Child Protection Services and Out-of-Home Care
- Social Pediatrics
- Social Return on Investment Models
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syndie.david [at] mcgill.ca (Syndie David)
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Assistant Professor
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Information coming
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Régine Débrosse
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Assistant ProfessorÌý
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William Dawson Scholar
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- Racial/ethnic identity
- Adolescence/youth
- Immigration/acculturation
- Communities
- Youth programs
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Myriam Denov
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Professor
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1)
Killam Research Fellow
Trudeau Fellow
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- Children and families affected by war/genocide
- Children born of war
- Intergenerational resilience
- Post-conflict reconciliation and peacebuilding
- War-induced migration and resettlement
- International social work
- Participatory & arts-based research methods
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Amal Elsana-Alhjooj
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Associate Professor |
- Social change service organizations
- Community organizing and Policy change.
- Advocacy and Activisms
- Human Rights, Justice and Peacebuilding
- Gender and development
- Social Work in conflict settings
- Indigenous social work; Research and knowledge-making
- Global indigeneity and intersectionality
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Charles Gyan
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Assistant Professor
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- The dynamics of community participation in community, social and policy development,
- Government policy systems and the complexity of contemporary policy practice, including evidence-based policymaking and stakeholder engagement.
- Refugees and immigrants’ issues,
- Environmental Justice,
- Gender issues,
- Open Government and globalization
- Transnational social work practice
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Jill Hanley
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ÌýProfessor
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- Social Policy: Immigration/Refugee Policy; Labour Rights; Health; Social Housing
- Community Organizing: Cross-Cultural; Feminist; Neighbourhood; Anti-Poverty; Immigration; Labour
- Community Development: Housing; Community Economic Development
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Nicole Ives
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Director
&
ÌýProfessor
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- Refugee/Immigrant resettlement practice and policy
- Issues facing asylum-seeking populations
- Comparative migration policy
- Social welfare issues facing First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples
- Access to post-secondary education for historically and present-day marginalized communities
- Connections between culture and pedagogy
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Ainsley Jenicek
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Assistant Professor
(On Leave)
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- Couple and Family Therapy
- Chosen family, voluntary kinship
- Trauma-informed therapy, somatic techniques
- Mental health in adolescents, young adults and their families
- Stigmatization, marginalization and interpersonal power dynamics
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Julia Krane
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Associate Professor
&
BSW DirectorÌý Ìý
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- Critical Approaches toÌýChild Welfare and Child Protection
- Feminist Practice Responses to Intimate Partner Violence
- Qualitative Research Methods
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Lucyna Lach
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Associate Professor
&
MSW Director
On sabbaticalÌý2024-2025
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- Children with Chronic Health Conditions and Disabilities and Their Families
- Mixed-Method Research
- Caregiver Health
- Health-Related Quality of Life
- Parenting
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Heather B. MacIntosh
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Associate Professor
&
M.Sc. (A) CFT ÌýDirector
(On sabbatical 2025)
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- Couple therapy interventions for childhood trauma survivors
- Couple therapy adaptations for complex trauma
- Mentalizing affect regulation and attachment processes in relationships or childhood trauma survivors.
- Diverse approaches to the treatment of childhood trauma, including the use of creativity in healing.
- GLBTQ issues and same-sex marriage.
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Michael J. MacKenzie
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Professor
ÌýCanada Research Chair in Child Well-Being (Tier 1)
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- Transactional Processes in Child Development
- Child Well-Being
- Child Welfare Policy & Practice
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Cumulative Risk, & Trauma
- Foster Care Placement Trajectories & Models of Group Care
- Etiology and Outcomes of Child Maltreatment
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Katherine Maurer
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Associate Professor
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- Adolescent mental and behavioural health during the transition to adulthood
- The physiological impact of exposure to extreme stressors, such as violence and poverty, on the development of self-regulation capacities
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Pam Orzeck
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Associate Professor
&
Field Education Director
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- Caregivers
- Caregiver bereavement
- Social gerontology
- Community and homecare practice
- End-of-life care
- Social policy
- Social isolation
- Field education
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Marjorie Rabiau
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Associate Professor
M.Sc. (A) CFT DirectorÌý
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- Supporting Trans Youth and their families
- Supporting refugee youth and their families
- How to best train a couple and family therapist
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Ann Seymour
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ÌýAssociateÌýProfessor
&
Director of IAM
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- Mental health andÌý suicide prevention
- Community-based participatory research
- Cultural sensitivity
- Indigenous worldviews
- Indigenous people's advocacy
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Tamara Sussman
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Professor
&
ÌýPh.D. Director
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- Social work practice with older adults
- Family caregiving
- End-of-life, palliative care and bereavement
- Gerontological services, including home care,Ìý community programs and long-term care
- Social work pedagogy
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sarah.tarshis [at] mcgill.ca (Sarah Tarshis)
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Assistant Professor |
- Intimate partner violence (IPV), intersectionality, and trauma-informed practice
- The use of simulation-based research in education and practice
- Access to employment services, anti-poverty initiatives, economic empowerment
- Social justice and clinical social work practice
- Qualitative and mixed-methodologies
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Nico Trocmé
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Professor
Philip Fisher Chair in Social Work
MSW Director (Interim)
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- Child Welfare
- Program Evaluation
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