The Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

09/28/2026

Honour the experiences of residential school survivors at a University-wide event to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. Students, librarians, faculty members, and staff can register to attend this event in person or watch the live stream:

Join us at a University-wide event to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation.

09/25/2026

Congratulations to Professor Shelley Craig on receiving a Connaught Community Partnership Research Program award for her project "The GLO-Up: Mobilizing 2SLGBTQ+ youth to evaluate and optimize a digital mental health intervention."

Awarded by the Connaught Fund, the program supports research carried out in collaboration with non-academic community partners and is driven by their needs and priorities.

Professor Craig is Canada Research Chair for S*xual and Gender Minority Youth and Project Director of The International Partnership for Q***r Youth Resilience (INQYR). In 2025, she worked with It Gets Better Canada to create the GLO app — an interactive app designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of q***r youth: https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/news/research-in-action-shelley-craig-collaborates-with-community-to-develop-the-glo-app-for-q***r-youth/

Interested in learning more about this project and others? Attend INQYR Beyond Limits: The Conference, taking place October 2! Find out more and register here: https://www.inqyr.org/beyond-limits-conference

INQYR Beyond Limits brings together 2SLGBTQIA+ researchers, students, practitioners, and community organizations in Toronto to advance q***r and trans youth health, justice, and community-led research

09/22/2026

As governments around the world consider new age restrictions for social media, research from Linxiao Zhang, a PhD Candidate at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, is helping to broaden the conversation about how Internet use affects young people. Learn more: https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/news/new-research-explores-how-internet-use-shapes-adolescent-development/

09/18/2026

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work PhD student Uppala Chandrasekera was among 14 exceptional Ontarian’s celebrated at the 2026 Lieutenant Governors’ Legacy Awards ceremony held September 14. Held annually, these prestigious awards recognize individuals for their leadership and lasting contributions to communities across the province.

Read more about Uppala's impact: https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/news/uppala-chandrasekera-receives-a-lieutenant-governors-legacy-award-for-her-contribution-to-mental-health-research/

09/08/2026

Newly funded research led by Professor Peter A. Newman will help address profound gaps in evidence documenting the experiences of le***an, gay, bis*xual, trans and gender diverse, inters*x, and q***r (LGBTIQ) people across Asia — populations that remain largely invisible in national surveys, historical archives, administrative records, and other sources.

Newly funded research led by Professor Peter A. Newman will help address profound gaps in evidence documenting […]

09/04/2026

In recognition of S*x Worker Pride Day, join The Lancet for an online webinar to launch The Lancet Public Health Series on Advancing S*x Workers’ Health Equity.

Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Time: 9:00am EST
Location: Online

The recently published Series offers a comprehensive synthesis of evidence on s*x workers’ health — and includes a paper by Professor Carmen Logie, whose research uncovers the profound ways that stigma shapes s*x workers’ health and wellbeing and shares evidence-based strategies to optimize health and wellbeing for s*x workers across the globe.

Logie will be among the webinar’s featured speakers.

Register for the webinar here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/N717_mqZSXe9N5GkLQm_uw #/registration

Read Logie’s paper Intersecting stigma as a fundamental barrier to the health and wellbeing of s*x workers here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00220-8/fulltext

09/03/2026

A new research paper authored by Master of Social Work student Fatima Ahmad and Associate Professor Kyle Ganson identifies education, training and practice needs of primary care social workers who treat eating disorders.

"Primary care settings are often a client's first point of contact when experiencing an eating disorder," says Ahmad. "This paper highlights the critical role that primary care social workers play in detecting and treating these clients, and calls for research, practice, and policy changes to better support social workers doing this work."

Read the paper's findings and recommendations in the Journal Australian Social Work: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0312407X.2026.2718827

08/28/2026

Help prepare the next generation of social workers. Join FIFSW as a Field Instructor!

We are now recruiting social work practicum field instructors for Year 1 MSW practicums, occurring January to May 2027.

Interested? Contact our office at [email protected] to discuss, by September 30, 2026. (But do note that we remain open to practicum offers at any time!)

If you have already committed to supervising a Year 2 MSW student from FIFSW this fall, thank you!

Please feel free to share this post with other potential field instructors within your organization or beyond.

Learn more about eligibility and the benefits of becoming a field instructor here: https://socialwork.utoronto.ca/practicum/for-current-field-instructors/becoming-a-field-instructor/

08/26/2026

On September 22, Caversham Booksellers presents Janet Morrison, author of Relationships Matter: Building Children’s Resilience Within the Family, School and Community, in conversation with Faye Mishna. Register here:

Janet Morrison, author of Relationships Matter: Building Children’s Resilience Within the Family, School and Community, in conversation with Faye Mishna. The…

08/25/2026

What makes some questions possible and others difficult to ask? Join the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) for a conversation about critical qualitative inquiry and the role it plays in expanding the possibilities of knowledge.

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Professor Rupaleem Bhuyan, DLSPH's new Eakin-Hoffmann Chair in Critical Qualitative Health Research, will discuss why advancing inquiry is not simply about developing new research methods, but about creating the conditions for curiosity, dialogue, and meaningful questions that can lead to social change.

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