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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Dr. Susan Braedley Receives 2025 Award for Excellence in Research on Paid or Unpaid Caregiving

Congratulations to Dr. Susan Braedley! Dr. Braedley received the 2025 Award for Excellence in Research on Paid or Unpaid Caregiving: In Honour of Neena Chappell at the Canadian Association on Gerontology’s Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting on October 25, 2025. This award celebrates Dr. Braedley's leadership in long-term care policy and... More

Monday, October 6, 2025

Internal Awards for Full-Time Graduate Students in Social Work

Applications for the School of Social Work’s internal awards are now closed. Full-time graduate students in social work are welcome to apply for more than one award should the award criteria be met.  Ensure you specify how you meet the criteria in rationale. First-time applicants are prioritized through the review process, and total scholarship... More

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

MSW Admissions Information Sessions – October 8 and 16

Thinking about applying to the Master of Social Work (MSW) degree at Carleton University? Sign up to attend one of our online MSW admission information sessions. The first one will be on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 from 4:30-5:30 pm - Zoom registration is required to receive the link The MSW Admissions Information Session on... More

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Message from the Director on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Canada is confronting a painful truth: the treatment of Indigenous peoples throughout Canada’s history constitutes a genocide. This reality is not confined to the distant past—it reverberates through generations, rooted in policies designed to erase Indigenous identity, culture, and language. One of the most devastating tools of this systemic... More

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

The Journey of the Vamp

The School of Social Work is honoured to be home to The Journey of the Vamp, a commemoration project developed by faculty member Deborah Young. Following the recovery of unmarked graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School in May 2021, Deborah extended a public invitation to create and contribute 215 baby vamps in honour of... More

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Professor Susan Braedley on CTV Your Morning and CBC’s The Current

Dr. Susan Braedley, Professor in the School of Social Work, appeared on CTV Your Morning on March 11th to discuss the conditions in long-term care homes during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts that have been made since to improve standards and conditions for residents. Dr. Braedley was also a guest on... More

Monday, March 17, 2025

SOS: Save Our Sites Zine Developed By MSW Students Maddie Bolland and Rachelle Hawthorn

Students in the School of Social Work continually inspire us with their commitment to advocacy and making a meaningful impact.  This year’s Social Work and Social Justice intensive asked students to complete a theory-to-action project on a social justice issue. MSW students Maddie Bolland and Rachelle Hawthorn’s passion for mental and... More

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Celebrating 75 Years of the School of Social Work

On January 16, 2025, the School of Social Work commemorated its 75th anniversary, alongside the Centre for Studies on Poverty and Social Citizenship marking its 50th anniversary. To celebrate, we co-hosted three important events: a webinar discussing Carleton University's partnership with the University of Hargeisa to develop their social work... More

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Attend the 2025 Winter Feast & Thrift Pop-Up!

The School of Social Work’s Relational Resurgence and Black History Committees are organizing a Winter Feast, thrift pop-up, and food drive! Everyone is welcome to pop by to sample a delicious meal and browse the thrift items people have donated. WHEN: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 TIME: 11:45 am – 1:00 pm WHERE: Loeb Lounge,... More

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

MSW community practice class engages in Green Social Work through experiential learning

This fall, Dr. Tsitsi Mpofu-Mketwa's MSW community practice class visited the Sawmill Creek shoreline in an experiential learning opportunity that saw them join the Greenspace Stewardship Committee of the Alta Vista Community Association to uproot invasive species and add native plants. Nathalie Bradbury and Suzanne Doerge of the AVCA Greenspace... More

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Reimagining Long-Term Care in Canada

Dr. Susan Braedley's research on Canadian long-term care in Canada has been profiled by Carleton University's Newsroom. Canada’s long-term care system faces a growing crisis, with the senior population expected to surpass 11 million by 2043, far outstripping the number of care beds available – which sat at under 200,000 in 2021. Burdened by... More

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Christine Streeter: Precarious funding for Ottawa’s nonprofit sector adversely impacts women

Christine Streeter, a PhD candidate in Carleton University's School of Social Work, was featured in the Ottawa Citizen on July 16, 2024 with her opinion piece, entitled "Precarious funding for Ottawa's nonprofit sector adversely impacts women", which speaks to how the ongoing strike by Ottawa Children's Aid Society workers reflects significant... More

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