{"id":1124,"date":"2020-11-18T09:57:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T14:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=1124"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:33:19","slug":"karen-schwartz","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/people\/karen-schwartz\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Schwartz"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courses Taught:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research and Evaluation in Social Work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mental Health Policy and Practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Direct Intervention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spirituality and Social Work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Honours Integrative Seminar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practice Skills in Social Work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Work Practice: Individuals, Families and Groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coercion or Treatment: Analysis of Community Treatment Orders and the Amendments to the Mental Health Code<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests\/ Current Research Projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Community-Engaged Scholarship and Community-Engaged Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mental Health issues from the perspective of the psychiatric survivor and mental health needs of multi-cultural groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International social work practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Structural approaches to social work practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use of technology in social work education and practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>van de Sande, A., &amp; <strong>Schwartz, K.<\/strong> (2017). Research for Social Justice: A Community-Based Participatory Approach, Second Edition, Fernwood Press: Halifax, Nova Scotia. 302 pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schwartz, K<\/strong>., Barlow, C., &amp; Kreitzer, L., MacDonald, L. (2014) Sherpa in Your Backpack: A Guide to International Exchanges. De Sitter Publications, Whitby, Ontario. 185 pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>van de Sande, A., &amp; <strong>Schwartz, K<\/strong>. (2011). Research for Social Justice: A Community Based Perspective, Fernwood Press: Halifax, Nova Scotia. 190 pages <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.uwindsor.ca\/criticalsocialwork\/system\/files\/Fulton.pdf\">http:\/\/www1.uwindsor.ca\/criticalsocialwork\/system\/files\/Fulton.pdf&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most Recent Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lahaie, C., Wiebe, M., <strong>Schwartz, K.,<\/strong> (2017). \u201cLooking at Field through A Structural Lens\u201d, Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 14(3), <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1921\/jpts.v14i3.1012\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1921\/jpts.v14i3.1012<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Douglas, S., Kuzmarov, B., Sucharov, M., <strong>Schwartz, K.<\/strong> Todd, S., (2017). \u201cTeaching Subjectivity: Interdisciplinary Insights\u201d, Canadian Journal for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, 7(2), DOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5206\/cjsotl-rcacea.2016.2.4\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5206\/cjsotl-rcacea.2016.2.4<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furlotte, C.1 &amp; <strong>Schwartz, K<\/strong>. (2017). \u201cMental Health Experiences of Older Adults Living with HIV: Uncertainty, Stigma and Approaches to Resilience\u201d, Canadian Journal on Aging, 17(2),&nbsp;&nbsp; doi:10.1017\/S0714980817000022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schwartz, K<\/strong>., Weaver, L., Pei, N. &amp; Miller, A. (2016) Community-Campus Partnerships, Collective Impact &amp; Poverty Reduction, Community Development, published online DOI: 10.1080\/155575330.215.1128955<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pei, N., Feltman, J., Ford, I. &amp; <strong>Schwartz, K<\/strong>. (2015). \u201cBest Practices for Implementing a Living Wage Policy in Canada: Using community-campus partnerships to further the community\u2019s goal\u201d, The Engaged Scholar Journal, 1(118).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giwa, S. &amp; James, C.E., Anucha, U., &amp; <strong>Schwartz, K<\/strong>. (2014) \u201cCommunity Policing\u2014A Shared Responsibility: A Voice-Centered Relational Method Analysis of a Police\/Youth-of-Colour Dialogue\u201d, Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 12(3), 218-245. (One of three most downloaded articles that were published and downloaded in 2014 in Routledge Social Sciences journal.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Video Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/12tCA4g0x5U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to Prof. Schwartz discuss<\/a> how she manages the research projects students take on with community partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Affiliations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board member-Community Based Research Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Academic co-chair CFICE Steering Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International Association of Schools of Social Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Editor- Canadian Social Worker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian Association of Social Workers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ontario Association of Social Workers Mental Health Advisory Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian Association of&nbsp; Social Work Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finance and Human Relations Committee, South-East Ottawa Community Health Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Positions Held<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interim Associate Vice President (Research &amp; International)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Dean Research &amp; International, Faculty of Public Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MSW Field Coordinator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supervisor of the Undergraduate Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of the Senate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white 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