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The mission of the School of Social Work is to promote social justice through quality professional education, advocacy, community partnerships, and the development and dissemination of knowledge through enquiry.
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School of Social Work Highlights
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Congratulations to the now Dr. Keren Escobar on the successful defense of her dissertation titled "Exploring Paradoxical Advantages of Latin Americans in Canada: Secondary Analytic Expositions of Contextualized Resiliencies and Vulnerabilities".
Dr. Escobar, we wish you all the best!
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Derek Campbell is now Dr. Derek Campbell as he successfully passed his dissertation defense earlier this month. The title of his dissertation was “Predictive Validity of CU Traits on Conduct Disorder-Related Antisocial Behaviors in Canadian Adolescents.” We are all very proud of his accomplishment and the additional knowledge his research brings to the profession.
Congratulations Dr. Campbell!
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Save your spot in one of the upcoming Graduate Information Sessions.
PhD Information Sessions (via Zoom):
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Friday, October 20, 2023 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
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Dr. Adrian Guta has been named the 2023 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
Professor Adrian Guta conducts research into HIV, substance use, and harm reduction. His appointment is hosted at Johns Hopkins through a pre-arranged affiliation between that institution and Fulbright Canada, whose research chair program promotes opportunities at select universities for exceptional scholars.
The award comes with $25,000 U.S., and Dr. Guta will be a visiting professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health from September to December.
“I’m honoured to receive the Fulbright and to collaborate with leading public health scholars at Johns Hopkins,” said Dr. Guta, who holds a Ph.D. in public health sciences.
He is on sabbatical and will reside in Baltimore this fall, with plans to conduct comparative research on the impact of unregulated fentanyl, which has contributed to tens of thousands of deaths across Canada and the U.S., and the feasibility of providing a “safer supply” of drugs in the U.S. context.
Safer supply is a Health Canada-sanctioned approach to reducing overdose deaths by providing prescriptions for pharmaceutical-grade alternatives to the toxic drug supply. Dr. Guta is involved in several CIHR and SSHRC-funded safer supply research projects.
“The early evidence from safer supply programs shows they are dramatically reducing the risk of overdose and changing the lives of people who use drugs across the country,” he said.
Dr. Guta has been leading a Canadian program of research on these issues through the pandemic and will collaborate with U.S. public health scholars, drug policy experts, and harm reduction practitioners to explore the transferability of the Canadian model.
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Our full-time research-intensive program will be online
for Fall 2024 cohort admissions.
Admissions deadline is January 15, 2024.
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Dr. Kathryn Szechy
Szechy, K. A., Turk, P. D., & O’Donnell, L. A. (2023). Autism and Employment Challenges: The Double Empathy Problem and Perceptions of an Autistic Employee in the Workplace. Autism in Adulthood, aut.2023.0046.
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School of Social Work Event Updates
OASW Windsor & Area's 2023 OASW Local Awards Ceremony
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On Thursday, September 21, 2023, OASW Windsor & Area held its 2023 OASW Local Awards Ceremony on the Windsor Premiere Cruises Riverboat. This evening of celebration and networking was attended by OASW provincial leadership, local social work practitioners, social work faculty, staff, and instructors, social work students, and friends and family members.
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Social work alumnus Shaun Ouellette (BSW, MSW) received the 2023 Local Distinguished Social Worker Award. This award recognizes “social workers and OASW members across the province who have demonstrated leadership and commitment to the Association and/or the social work profession” (OASW, 2023).
Social work alumna, Lauren Gagnon (BSW ’23) received the Service Above Self Award from the Rotary Club of Windsor Walkerville, which is an award presented annually to someone who embodies selflessness and Rotary’s principle motto ‘Service Above Self’.
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Cameron Cadarette received the 2023 Community Contribution Award. This award celebrates “social workers or other professionals who support social justice, equity integration and/or inclusion in their communities” (OASW, 2023).
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The Walls to Bridges, Fall 2022 students mural was displayed this summer from July 4 - September 2, 2023 as part of a curated exhibit of prison based artwork at the Pumphouse Museum in Kingston.
"The Art of Survival" brought together more than 30 local, national, and international artists and collectives who produced artwork inside institutions for women or while on parole. This exhibition was part of P4WMC’s long-term project to remember and honour people who lived and died inside women’s prisons across Canada.
The exhibition's title draws from a 1992 essay by artist, community organizer, and former P4W prisoner Gayle K. Horii, The Art In/of Survival;
“Women in prison waste nothing. Every bead, every shred of fabric and leather, every piece of paper and every pen is used or passed on... When women leave prison, they take with them the love and respect for their sisters in struggle. They leave behind their tools for survival. The woman left will be reminded that one day it will be her turn to leave and when it comes, she will also pass these valuable tools on.”
In the 30 years since Horii's declaration, it has become increasingly difficult for prisoners to create Art due to increasing restrictions by prison administration. Ongoing barriers include access to materials and cuts to arts programs that benefit the physical and psychological conditions of prisoners.
The Artworks displayed here explored the themes of love, community, spirituality, sisterhood, healing, survival, resistance, and resilience. The invited artists depict life in and beyond prison walls. In doing so, they counter the negative stereotypes of people caught in the prison system. P4WMC and its allies invited viewers to imagine a world that does not rely on the violence of prisons for community safety and accountability.
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On September 16, 2023, students and alumni from the School of Social Work at the University of Windsor were involved as active participants in the Grand Parade, raising money and walking on behalf of the Social Workers in Gerontology (SWIG) network. The Grand Parade was a 5km walk along Riverside Park to raise money for the Council on Aging in Windsor-Essex. The Council on Aging is comprised of adults who are interested in advocacy, information, research, and systems navigation with older adults in the Windsor-Essex area. Overall, The Grand Parade event raised $2700 from generous donors and walkers, which will go towards programs and services on behalf of the Council on Aging Windsor-Essex, including a local guidebook to programs and services for older adults in the region.
SWIG was created by a passionate group of social work professionals who have an interest in gerontology including Katka Hrncic-Lipovic (PhD Student/MSW/RSW) and other registered social workers such as Candace Hind (PhD/MSW/RSW) and Bonnie Pacuta (BSW/RSW) to provide peer support and connections with a variety of social workers in the community who work with older adults in Windsor-Essex. SWIG strives to offer guidance, consultation, resources, professional development opportunities, and advocacy. The SWIG steering committee also includes recent social work graduate, Lauren Fields (BSW/RSW).
Participants arrived at Bert Weeks Gardens at 10:00 am for registration. Besides SWIG, the other teams included members of the Ontario Association of Social Workers Local Engagement Network (OASW-Windsor/Essex LEN), City of Windsor’s Huron Lodge Long-Term Care, Chix with Stix (hockey association), Council on Aging (Team Alison Butler), Simon’s Peeps (Live Your Best Solutions), Rotary Windsor-Walkerville, and Life After 50 (Team Deana Johnson). A fun warm up was provided by the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Windsor-Essex to kick off the walk. Upon completion of the walk, participants were provided with a great meal which allowed current social work students to engage with local registered social workers and learn about the many opportunities/services for older adults in the Windsor-Essex area. Chix with Stix were recognized at the end of the parade for fundraising the most.
This event could not have happened without support from students in the Social Service Worker and Gerontology program at St. Clair College (Windsor campus) who dedicated their time to volunteer along the Grand Parade route. Overall, it was a fantastic opportunity for students and alumni of the School of Social Work- University of Windsor to engage with many other active participants and social workers working across the gerontology spectrum in the Windsor-Essex community. A great day to come together with Council on Aging- a wonderful cause!
If you are interested in learning more about or joining SWIG, please send an email to Lauren Fields (BSW/RSW).
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Journal Watch Synopsis and Orientation
2023-2024
Are you interested in learning more about child welfare research? Research methodology? Research methods?
Join us!
We are Journal Watch - a group of social work faculty, PhD and MSW students from the University of Toronto, McGill University, and University of Windsor.
We meet once a month from 12:00-1:30pm where we discuss the most recent research in child welfare.
Meeting dates:
- October 16, 2023
- November 20, 2023
- December 18, 2023
- January 15, 2024
- February 26, 2024
- March 25, 2024
- April 22, 2024
- May 13, 2024
What is required of members? You are expected to attend all meetings, participate in discussions, present a ONE MINUTE review of one child welfare journal article per month and occasionally write a full review of an “exceptional” study.
Please email Kristen Lwin for more details or if you would like to participate.
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Orange Shirt Day is a national movement and annual event in Canada. During this day Indigenous and non-Indigenous people come together in the spirit of hope and reconciliation to honour residential school survivors, their families, and communities.
Several events/activities are taking place in the community and on campus this week.
Please visit the University of Windsor Orange Shirt Day website for more information including a list of events, links to educational resources, and links to healing and support services.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Friday, September 29, 2023, 9:15 a.m. (Main Campus) - UWindsor Orange Shirt Day Observance (in-person)
UWindsor’s Orange Shirt Day observance will commence at 9:15 a.m. at the Wyandotte St. W. entrance to Turtle Island Walk and includes speakers, a walk, and the raising of the "Every Child Matters" flag as a symbolic tribute to the children who never returned from residential schools, as well as a mark of respect to the survivors and their families.
Saturday, September 30, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. - Orange Shirt Day in Windsor-Essex
Location: Art Windsor-Essex, 401 Riverside Drive W, Windsor
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We acknowledge that The University of Windsor sits on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. We respect the longstanding relationships with First Nations People in this place in the 100-mile Windsor-Essex Peninsula and the straits - les détroits of Detroit.
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