Book Launch – January 26th, 2026

Monday, January 26, 2026 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

• Hybrid event
• 2420R, Richcraft Hall, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
• Zoom meeting link
• Cost: Free

Please join us in Richcraft Hall 2420R from 12pm to 1:30pm on Monday, 26 January 2026 as the Migration and Diaspora Studies program celebrates the launch of the new book by MDS Faculty Associate and member of the School of Social Work, Dr. Nimo Bokore.

Trauma-Informed, Culturally Based Intervention: Integration of Neuroscience and Social Work in Supporting Refugees

This book examines war-related trauma, the impacts of forced migration, and the importance of emphasising body/brain responses in social work practice. The author integrates neuroscience and social work through an innovative approach to better understand the trauma process and survivors& healing journeys. This approach presents a trauma-informed, culturally based intervention (TICBI) model for social workers and other practitioners to implement. This book is crucial because the world faces a new level of trauma driven by global conflicts and forced displacement. These conflicts most profoundly affect survivors from non-Western cultures, who often lack adequate support through current social work practices that tend to rely on Western ideas and a one-size-fits-all approach. This book provides social workers and other professionals with an innovative way to support refugees and survivors of war. The TICBI model introduced by the author will help practitioners address the emotional aftermath of war-related trauma, intergenerational trauma, and the role of culture in both the experience and healing processes. Working with survivors of war and forced migration requires integrating neuroscience and social work to understand the impacts of war-related trauma and the healing process. Using the TICBI model, this book not only emphasizes experience but also highlights the vital role of culture in survivors& healing journey. By emphasising culture alongside neuroscience and social work, this model offers a distinctive intervention approach that prioritises localised and needs-based support for multicultural and multiethnic refugees seeking services.

Dr. Nimo Bokore is a faculty member in the School of Social Work at Carleton University. Bokore’s education, research and practice background comprises Neuroscience and Social Work, Migration and Resettlement, Forced Migration, Refugees, Trauma and Transference, Equity and Higher Education, and Poverty and Social Policy. Her current research interests include Mental Health, Resettlement/Integration Barriers and finding new ways for individuals, family or community healing. Bokore is the recipient of the 2014 Hilary M. Weston Scholarship for outstanding efforts and commitment to the study of mental health, and organizes the biennial Somali Studies in Canada colloquiums.

A light lunch will be served.

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