After three years of mobilization and protests, students and student associations across the province have obtained new funding for 17 000 students in sixteen programs, most of them traditionally feminized fields.
Our two students associations, including SWSA and SWAGS, played an active role in mobilizing students. One of our PhD students, Annabelle Berthiaume, was a member of the CUTE committees (Comités unitaires sur le travail étudiant), a key coordinating body for the movement.
Helping refugees heal: Improving Eritrean refugees’ access to effective mental health care
Lillian was recently recognized for her dedication and exceptional work as the recipient of the Arts Award of Excellence for Administrative and Support Staff.
llian Iannone has been a member of the McGill community and School of Social Work for 45 years. At the age of 17, straight out of high school, Lillian interviewed for a position at the School and has been there ever since. She is currently the Administrative & Student Affairs Coordinator.
SSHRC’s annual Storytellers contest challenges postsecondary students from across the country to tell the story—in three minutes or in 300 words—of how SSHRC-funded research is making a difference in the lives of Canadians. The stories highlight how knowledge about the social sciences and humanities helps Canadians understand and improve the world.
Professor Tamara Sussman has been awarded the 2019 Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS) Graduate Faculty Teaching Award (Master’s Professor Sussman was nominated for the award on behalf of McGill by the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies in recognition of her exceptional graduate teaching and supervision.
The Office of the Vice-Principal Research + Innovation congratulates McGill's faculty members and researchers who have recently been awarded external prizes for outstanding research. You can also view a listing of McGill's award recipients here.
McGill’s annual Bravo gala celebrates the cream of the researcher crop. The winners of major provincial, national and international prizes, together with their families, friends and colleagues, gather to celebrate excellence in research and scholarship.
For complete details, see https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-reducing-poverty-is-a-matter-of-political-will
Named to Chatelaine magazine's Women of the Year list for 2018, Cindy Blackstock is a tireless advocate for Indigenous children's rights.
A Professor at McGill's School of Social Work and the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, Blackstock shares the lessons she has learned and her hopes for the future in an interview with Arts Student Ambassador, Kharoll-Ann Souffrant.
Professor Cindy Blackstock was featured on the list “for being a tireless advocate for Indigenous children’s rights.”
The University of London is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Wendy Thomson CBE as its next Vice-Chancellor with effect from July 2019.
McGill’s School of Social Work held a panel on the indigenous student experience at McGill on October 13, featuring speakers from Indigenous Access McGill (IAM) and indigenous students.
The event is part of the celebration for the School’s 100th anniversary.
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Robson Hall at the University of Manitoba saw the Mahatma Gandhi Centre of Canada present the Peace Award to Dr. Cindy Blackstock, an advocate for First Nations children across Canada through her years of work.
For complete details, see here.
In partnership with the CIUSSS Centre-Ouest de L'ile de Montreal, our first SW100 event attracted 160 participants interested in best practices in field education.
Thanks to Prof. Marion Bogo for an incredible field education training day on September 28, 2018
Every year McGill recognizes employees who have provided 15, 20, 25, 30, 40 and 50 years of continuous service to the University with a special pin celebrating this achievement. Members who have been at the University for 25 years are invited to a ceremony where they are inducted into the Quarter Century Club by the Principal and Vice-Principal (Administration and Finance). The Quarter Century Club boasts more than 3,000 members.
Saturday, October 13, 2018 from 11 AM to 12:15 PM
