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Strangers Conference Chair with Planning Committee Members and Guest Speakers

Faculty of Social Work News

Registration open: Strangers in New Homelands Settlement and Migration Conference

March 9, 2023 — 
Michael Ungar, Ph.D., world-renowned Resilience Expert, Director of the Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University and Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience is this year’s keynote guest speaker at the 13th edition of the Strangers in New Homelands Conference on Migration and Settlement hosted by the Faculty of Social Work.

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Headshot of Sandy Deng on the left and text on the right that reads: UM 2020 2021 convocation celebration.

Alumni News

Meet the ’20 and ’21 grads (again) – Sandy Deng

March 7, 2023 — 
Find out what Sandy Deng [BSW/20] is up to post-graduation.

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Person reading textbook with pen in hand

Faculty of Social Work News

Social Work implements new Bachelor of Social Work Program starting this Fall

January 23, 2023 — 
The Faculty of Social Work is excited to announce a new curriculum for the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program. After two years of preparation and consultation with community members, students, faculty members, and instructors, the revised curriculum was approved by UM Senate in April 2022 and is set to be implemented over the next two years starting this Fall.

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Book cover for Overcome

Overcome: Stories of Women Who Grew up in the Child Welfare System, book launch

September 29, 2022 — 
Chancellor Anne Mahon's third book will be released at a special event in Winnipeg on Oct. 6

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UMSU University Centre in the fall. The leaves on the trees in front of the building have turned a yellow-orange and some have already fallen.

Students News

2022/2023 Tuition and Fees now available in Aurora

August 9, 2022 — 
Tuition and Fees for the Fall 2022/Winter 2023 Terms are now available in your Aurora account! It is important to understand your fees, when they are due, and how to pay them.

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Faculty of Social Work News

Reproductive Justice for Medically Uninsured Pregnant People in Manitoba

July 6, 2022 — 
Dr. Lindsay Larios, assistant professor, has recently received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant to examine the lived experiences of pregnant medically uninsured migrants living in Manitoba.

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Faculty of Social Work professor, Sid Frankel

Faculty of Social Work News

Sid Frankel honoured for anti-poverty awareness and reduction

June 20, 2022 — 
Sid Frankel, a long-serving professor in the Faculty of Social Work, is the recipient of the 2022 Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Campbell Outreach Award

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Close-up of diploma held by grad.

Spring Convocation returns to in-person events for 2022

May 30, 2022 — 
Honorary degree recipients announced for Convocation, and President's Installation takes place June 7

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L-R: UM President Dr. Michael Bennaroch, The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, and Dr. Rusty Souleymanov at Fort Garry Campus

Faculty of Social Work News

Improving access to health care and social services for marginalized people in Canada

May 26, 2022 — 
Dr. Rusty Souleymanov, assistant professor, has been nationally recognized for his current efforts to make health care, community-based services, and social programs accessible to some of Canada's most disenfranchised and marginalized communities. Over the past two years, Dr. Souleymanov was awarded more than $1.2 million through multiple grants from the Federal Government of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to lead his program of study. His research seeks to inform culturally sensitive models of health care and community-based services.

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Child holding sign "Stop War in Ukraine" in the middle of a protest

Faculty of Social Work News

Social Work Standing in Solidarity with Ukraine for Human Dignity, Peace, and Justice

March 2, 2022 — 
As the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine continues to escalate, the resolve of Ukrainians—and all who respect the dignity of human life—grows stronger. The Faculty of Social Work stands in solidarity with Ukraine in the brave fight to preserve fundamental human rights and freedom from tyranny. We condemn the Russian government’s unlawful war and deceitful propaganda, with which they are manipulating their own citizens and the world.

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