Program - Faculty of Social Work

University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work
Central & Northern Alberta Region (Edmonton)
7th Annual Faculty of Social Work Research Symposium
“Social Work Research and the Pursuit of Social Justice”
8:30
8:45
Registration and Networking
Welcome
Morning Sessions
Social Work Across Alberta
9:00
Promising Practices in Delivering Housing and Support Interventions to Chronically and Episodically
Homeless Individuals with FASD - D. Badry, C. Walsh, M. Bell and K. Ramage
9:30
Mindfulness for Helping Professionals: Evaluation of a Live Online, 8-week Professional
Development Program - R. Crowder
10:00
Aboriginal Men are Fathers Too! - J. Lafrance and B. Iahtail
10:30
Refreshment Break
Celebrating Social Work Graduate Student Scholarship
11:00
Crucial Elements for Kinship Caregiver Assessment - J. Mann Johnson
11:20
A Phenomenological Study of the Experience of Composing Rap Lyrics Among “At-risk” Youth A. Young
11:40
Rebuilding Lives Post-disaster - J. Drolet and A. Dennehy
12:00
Lunch
Afternoon Sessions
Focus on Community and Policy in Social Work
1:00
Contextual Analysis of Crime - S Contre, A. Stratford and K. Andreychuk
1:20
Honor and Honor Crimes: Immigrant Communities Share Their Perspectives - J. Shankar, R. Gill and
Z. Ellis
1:40
“We are extremely concerned”: Using Canada’s Charter to Achieve Social Justice for Refugees R. Enns, P. Okeke-Ihejirika, A. Kirova and C. McMenemy
2:00
Refreshment Break
Focus on Clinical Social Work
2:30
Rural Social Workers: Reflections on Work with Transitioning Youth - C. McMenemy,
A.M. McLaughlin, R. Enns and W. Pelech
2:50
Fathers of Children with Life-limiting Illnesses - D. Nicholas
3:10
Concluding Remarks
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