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Thursday, November 7, 2024

Fall Convocation Stories – Meet Fatma & Ozgur Turker, Master of Social Work

After moving their family from Türkiye to Canada and completing undergraduate studies that built on their previous degrees, married couple Fatma and Ozgur Turker embarked on the next step of their academic journeys. Fatma, driven by a passion for mental health, and Ozgur, drawn to social policy, found their shared path in Carleton’s Master of... More

Monday, November 4, 2024

New Documentary by Kofo Iziomon: Black 2 Golf

Congratulations to MSW student Kofo Iziomon on the release of her CBC Ottawa Creator Network documentary titled Black 2 Golf. Kofo created and directed the documentary which features her children Joel and Precious (a student in the BSW program). CBC News article: Representation on the green: Black siblings on teeing off for the first... More

Friday, November 1, 2024

PHD in Social Work at Carleton Info Session

Are you thinking about doing a PhD in Social Work at Carleton University.  Please join us at our Virtual Information Session on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from 4:30 - 5:30 pm EST.  Sign up available on our PhD Admissions webpage. Find more information about our PhD program How to... More

Friday, October 25, 2024

Kendal David: Basic Income Bill, Poverty Reduction, and Canada Disability Benefit Regulations

Kendal David, a PhD candidate in Carleton University's School of Social Work, was recently published in The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Monitor Magazine. The piece is about MP Leah Gazan's efforts to make basic income a reality in Canada via Bill C-223. Kendal was also featured in The Hill Times on September 27, 2024... More

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Fall Feast & Thrift Pop-Up

The School of Social Work’s Relational Resurgence and Black History Committees are organizing a Fall Feast and Thrift Pop-Up! Everyone is welcome to pop by to sample a delicious meal and browse the various items people have donated. WHEN: Wednesday, October 9th TIME: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm WHERE: Loeb Lounge, 2nd Floor (in... More

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Showing of Documentary Film “Passage to Freedom” at 2:30 pm on May 20th at Mayfair Theatre

Showing of the Documentary Film  “Passage to Freedom” May 20th at 2:30 pm (doors open at 2:00pm) Mayfair Theatre 1074 Bank Street, Ottawa We are pleased to present Passage to Freedom, a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Sheila Petzold. Passage to Freedom describes firsthand the dire conditions faced by Southeast Asian refugees who... More

Monday, June 27, 2022

2022 Featured Graduates: Shamiso Manyozo-Scoggan

BSW graduate Shamiso Manyozo-Scoggan was recently featured in an FPA Voices article on the Class of 2022. Read the full story... More

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Social Work PhD Student “Alyssa Schenk is Shining Light on Canadian Filipino Youth Experience”

As a social worker with a focus in immigration and refugees, Alyssa Schenk witnessed many young newcomers to Canada struggle with the lack of visible representation as they try to find their place in their new home. This challenge is what drove Schenk to pursue her PhD in Social Work. Read the full article "Student... More

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Congratulations to PhD Student Brianna Strumm for her Successful Defence!

It is with great pleasure that we announce that last week Brianna Strumm, one of the School’s PhD students, successfully defended her thesis entitled, “Northern social workers’ experiences with reflective practice: Analyzing power in international development work”.  Brianna is already a faculty member at the University of Fraser Valley... More

Monday, October 25, 2021

Admissions Information Sessions – Social Work Graduate Programs

Thinking about applying to a graduate program in Social Work? We are holding a Master of Social Work (MSW) Admissions Information session on Monday, October 25 from 5-7 pm.   Zoom link: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/97193798202 Meeting ID: 971 9379 8202 Our PhD in Social Work information session will be on Monday, November 15 from 5-7 pm. Zoom... More

Thursday, October 14, 2021

FPA Voices: Acknowledging Social Work’s Difficult History with Indigenous Communities

"Growing up in a Anishinaabe Wiisaakode (Ojibwe Metis) community in the 1960’s, Social Work Professor Patricia McGuire and her siblings knew exactly who the government-appointed social worker was and what happened when he came to their village... Today, McGuire is herself a social worker and part of a group at Carleton’s School of Social... More

Monday, July 12, 2021

Social Work Student Launches Community Art Project to Honour Children from Residential Schools

Social Work PhD candidate Deborah Young is launching a communal beading project in collaboration with the Centre for Indigenous Initiatives to honour the lost and missing children who attended residential schools. She is inviting faculty, staff and students to join together to create 215 beaded baby vamps for eventual display in the School of... More

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