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We are excited to share a new article from BSW student Kerri Rea! As part of UVIC’s JCURA research funding, she and Dr. Bruce Wallace have co-authored this paper exploring how EQUIP Health Care can inform equity-oriented psychedelic-assisted therapies.

Dear BSW and MSW Graduates, we congratulate you on your accomplishments and achieving your respective credentials. A special praise to you all, your friends, and your families, as you were able to continue to navigate your studies during the pandemic to successfully complete your degrees.

Today I celebrate Indigenous Women in Leadership who are instrumental in Social Work Profession – To Dr. Billie Allan, President for CASWE-ACFTS!! Second, I want to congratulate Dr. Robina Thomas in her role as Associate Vice-President (AVPI) for Uvic. On behalf of our school, we hold you two incredible scholars up and congratulate you in these significant positions. Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day!

Dr. Donna Jeffery, our Associate Professor, discusses anti-racist Social Work education with University at Buffalo Social Work Prof. Sobota on inSocialWork Podcast. Please check out Episode 293 - "Making Whiteness Strange": Exploring Anti-Racist Social Work Education.

Christopher Tse, a MSW graduate and former SOCW Research Assistant, wrote and narrated this powerful Anti-Asian Racism video from the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice. Please take 2 minutes of your time to watch the stunning video!

Join the webinar - Two Spirit and Indigiqueer cultural safety: Considerations for relational practice and policy, presented by Dr. James Makokis and Dr. Karina Walters, and moderated by Dr. Billie Allan. June 8, 2021, 11:00 AM -12:45 PM PST | 2:00PM -3:45 PM EST

Please take a moment to watch the video message from Kundoqk, Jacquie Green, Director.

Dr. Cindy Holmes recently gave a public lecture through the Speakers Series at The Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity titled - Towards health equity for LGBTQ2S people experiencing chronic pain. The talk is available online: https://youtu.be/a8zmaabMSAg

Cindy Holmes, our Assistant Professor, was interviewed for UVic Bounce Podcast: Waving, Not Drowning. Please listen - Podcast Episode #16: Dr. Cindy Holmes on Mental Health, Normative Social Messaging, and the Healing Labour of Community Activism.

Celebrating & demystifying research: University of Victoria's School of Social Work presents: Stories from Masters of Social Work Thesis Researchers on Friday, May 14th, 2021 at 1pm (PDT). Please join us for an inspiring presentation from four UVic MSW thesis researchers speaking about their innovative research and their journey through the thesis process.

After 42 years, our dear colleague Dora Leigh had her last day with us on April 16th! Congratulations in this next chapter of your life!

Our faculty members, Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha and Bruce Wallace, have just published a joint research article “Lessons Learnt on Designing a Community-Based Participatory Research Study on Trauma: A Qualitative Study with Arabic Speaking Refugee Newcomers and Their Service Providers” in Canadian Journal of Action Research.

Please join us in this panel presentation for Social Work Week - Beyond Race Theory: Centering BIPOC Student Voices and Experiences in the Bachelor of Social Work Program at UVic. Five BSW students from UVic will talk about their experiences in the program and the importance of centering Indigenous, Black, and other racialized perspectives in academic spaces.

Dr. Elias Cheboud was that child-leader. A graduate of UVic and UBC in Social Work and Education, we recently remembered the 10 year anniversary of his untimely death. He was a teacher and peacemaker in Canada and Ethiopia and his legacy lives on. Many students from Ethiopia have interned at UVic and gone on to contribute greatly to their home country.

Congratulations! School of Social Work faculty members, Bruce Wallace, Cindy Holmes and Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha, and their colleagues, Colleen Varcoe (UBC School of Nursing), Gregg Moor (Pain BC), Maria Hudspith (Pain BC) and Kenneth D. Craig (UBC Psychology) have published their collaborative research paper “Towards health equity for people experiencing chronic pain and social marginalization” in International Journal for Equity in Health this February 2021. This research examines the many intersections of chronic pain with experiences of violence, trauma, discrimination, stigma, and inadequate health care. The paper is available here: https://rdcu.be/ceFYH