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Dr. Yi’s research update; Dr. Bruce Wallace featured on CBC News; BIPOC Student Support Circle

Congratulations on your academic achievement! Well done. From all of us at the School of Social Work, we wish you the very best as you move on to new adventures, new opportunities. Read more to view the Spring 2023 Grad Slideshow!

Our graduating BSW Students Ky Scott and Kyle Turone did an amazing job at the annual Trauma Symposium hosted by the Canadian Consortium on Child & Youth Trauma. Please join us in congratulating Ky and Kyle for their achievements!

In April 2023, Dr. Cindy Holmes, SOCW Assistant Professor, gave a public lecture on campus titled “Around the Table: Dinner Dialogues, Spirituality and Social Justice”, as part of the UVic Centre for the Study of Religion and Society Lecture Series. If you missed the event, please check out the video recording! The lecture discusses Dr. Holmes’ research project and more information can be found here: https://around-the-table.ca/

A new research article: Mothers' bereavement and evolving relationships with their dead child in South Korea by Dr. Yi and her colleagues was published online on February 3rd, 2023.

Please join us for the Lansdowne Lecture with Rehearsals for Living authors Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on January 23, 2023, 12:00 - 1:30 pm (PST). Registration required.

Congratulations on your academic achievement! Well done. From all of us at the School of Social Work, we wish you the very best as you move on to new adventures, new opportunities. Read more to view the Fall 2022 Grad Slideshow!

A new research article: How Does Social and Work Life Change for Fathers of Children With Cancer? by Dr. Yi and her colleagues have been published online on October 27, 2022.

Friday September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation / Orange Shirt Day. Our thanks to Cheryl Aro, chair of the Indigenous Circle, for writing this message on behalf of all of us at the School of Social Work.

School of Social Work Assistant Professor Dr. Cindy Holmes has received a Faculty Fellowship with the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society (CSRS) for her new study: Around the Table: Exploring the Relationship between Food, Belonging, Spirituality and Social Justice through Dinner Dialogues.

Congratulations on your accomplishments and achievements of your respective credentials. The past two years have been a particularly challenging time in our history and we would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes as you leave the School of Social Work and start new adventures.

Please join us in congratulating one of our BSW Students, Ky Scott, on receiving the Canadian Consortium on Child and Youth Trauma 2022 Student Award! This award is in recognition of Ky’s leadership in presenting on forthcoming research entitled Integrating the Colonial Trauma Framework into trauma informed care and practice at the 2022 Symposium on Child and Youth Trauma.

Please join us! Online Panel Gathering: When every month is Black History Month: Community care, healing and sustainability for Black helpers and healers March 16th, 4:30 - 6:30 PM PDT

Reem Girgrah, a MSW student and Sexualized Violence Education and Prevention Officer at UVic’s Equity and Human Rights office, coordinated the event - Walk to end gender-based violence - held on December 6th to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women. Jacquie Green, SOCW Director, was invited as a guest speaker for the event.