Social Work Graduate Students’ Collective
The Social Work Graduate Student Collective is a great opportunity to become actively involved in your campus community as representatives of the student voice and as advocates for change in our development and learning. As a collective we aim to meet monthly to share reports and updates, develop new initiatives and conferences, and provide support for important causes. As the Social Work Graduate Student Collective, we have opportunities to have genuine discussions regarding matters that are most important to us as students of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. Members of the SOWK GSC also participate in various university and departmental committees to ensure our collective voices are heard.
Our objectives include:
- Represent the collective interests and promotes the general welfare of graduate students of social work at Carleton University.
- Promote and maintain communication between the graduate students and other student associations, the School of Social Work, the university administration, and the larger community.
- Aid individual graduate students with specific problems related to the university community.
- Act to stimulate social, intellectual, and political contact among graduate students.
SOWK GSC representatives are involved in the School’s Governance
2026-2027 Co-Chairs
- Drishti Patel(she/her) 2nd Year of Two Year MSW Program
- Shawna Holmes (she/they) Foundation Year (Year 1 of 2) MSW Program
Committee Representatives
- Black History Committee in Social Work
- Mary Saleh (she/her) 2nd Year of Two Year MSW Program
- Carleton’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) Delegate
- Justina Esan (she/her) Advanced Year (Year 1 of 1) MSW Program
- Claudia Asante-Adjeitey (she/her) Year 1 of 1 MSW Program
- Tamara O’Connor (she/her) Year 1 of 1 MSW Program
- School of Social Work Departmental Board (2026-27 Meeting dates: 9:30 – 11:00 am Oct 14, Dec 2, Feb 10, Mar 24) Representatives are also members of FPGA Faculty Board
- Kevin Campbell (he/him) 2nd Year of Two Year MSW Program
- Kirstin Carlisle (she/her) Foundation Year (Year 1 of 2) MSW Program
- Field Education Committee in Social Work (2026-27 Meeting Dates: Oct 7 & Feb 17 9:15-11:15 am)
- Fahma Khalif (she/her) 2nd Year of Two Year MSW Program
- Gopa Gupta (she/her) Foundation Year (Year 1 of 2) MSW Program
- Graduate Programs Committee in Social Work (2026-27 Meeting Dates: 9-11 am Sept 25, Nov 4, Jan 20, & Mar 10)
- Keera Taylor (she/her) 2nd Year of Two Year MSW Program
- Maya Baki (she/her) Year 1 of 1 MSW Program
- Relational Resurgence Committee in Social Work (Paused for 2026-27)
- Social Justice Committee in Social Work (Paused for 2026-27)
Learning & Development Coordinator: Erica Cobb (she/her) 2nd Year of Two Year MSW Program
SOWK GSC Events Coordinator: Kate Hull (she/her) Foundation Year (Year 1 of 2) MSW Program
Contact the Social Work Graduate Students’ Collective using sowkgsc@gmail.com