Professional education and cutting-edge research & scholarship. Preparing future social work professionals and scholars through our BSW, MSW and PhD programs.
Vancouver, British Columbia
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🎬 Film Night: Lowdown Tracks
📅 Fri, Nov 21 | 🕔 5 PM | 📍 BUCH A103
Join us for a powerful documentary on music, stories & resilience from those living on the margins.
🍿 Bring snacks (and some to share!)
💬 Stay for a post-film discussion
Don't miss the 7th Annual Global Health Conference #GHC25 on April 10, 2025! Join @BCCWH_Global in person or virtually at BC Children's Hospital to explore the challenges in global mental health.
Register for FREE here: bit.ly/GHC-25
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On #WorldAIDSDay2024, join CMS affiliate Dr. Karun Karki & Dr. Rita Dhungel for insights into “Immigrants and Refugees Living with HIV Amid COVID-19,” with a photovoice exhibition. 📅 Nov 29, 10 AM–1 PM, SPPH B151.
Register: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo…
🌍 Join us for an insightful lecture on "Climate Crisis and Women’s Health: Mitigation and Adoption Strategies in Northern Kenya" this Friday, Oct 18th!
Learn more: socialwork.ubc.ca/events/eve…
Today we honour and uphold Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors of the Indian Residential School system, and commemorate those who didn’t return home. #OrangeShirtDay
Join the Intergenerational March at UBC: apsc.ubc.ca/event/2024/2024-…
📢Exciting news! Join us on Nov 6th at UBC Robson for our first Continuing Education workshop on single-session family therapy, led by Dr. Monica Sesma from the University of Calgary. Register here: socialwork.ubc.ca/events/eve… #UBCSocialWork #ContinuingEducation
Congratulations to Dr. Richard Vedan (Chiteleqches) from the Secwepemc First Nation on winning the 2024 Inspiring Social Worker of the Year award! Check out his 2024 Paul Cheng Memorial Lecture here: youtube.com/watch?v=LO9AWlLY…
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Join us for Living Archives of Pride, the final event in #ResiStories, a series co-organized by @MuseumOfVan & PHH. Hear from scholars of queer culture & archives. Enjoy drag performances by artists taking inspiration from queer historical moments & icons. publichumanities.ubc.ca/even…
ALT Drag performers Count Cupid, Shay Dior, Continental Breakfast, and Mx Bukuru pose on a risograph-style poster in multicolour gradients, with event details and performer names; titles in bold rounded retro font: “ResiStories: Living Archives of Pride. August 22, 2024. 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM.”
Today is National #IndigenousPeoplesDay! The summer solstice holds special significance for many Indigenous groups across Canada. Join us in celebrating the history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
Learn more:
events.ubc.ca/indigenous-his…
Discover the inspiring journey of Alex Sangha, UBC School of Social Work alumni, founder of Sher Vancouver and award-winning filmmaker. Read more here: magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2024/…
#ArtAsActivism #SocialJustice
🎓 Congratulations to all the graduates of UBC School of Social Work! Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors. Good luck and keep making a positive impact! 🌟 #UBCGrad #SocialWork
Missed the live event?
Watch the 2024 Richard Splane Lecture with Lisa Lapointe, BC's former Chief Coroner, discussing the drug toxicity crisis. Now on our YouTube channel! youtube.com/watch?v=vu5ZpX5q…
#UBC #SocialWork #PublicHealth #DrugCrisis
Exciting update! Nancy Lin, one of our doctoral candidates, has been named a final winner in the national #SSHRC Storyteller’s competition! 🌟 Big congrats to Nancy! Thanks for letting us know @cbratiotis
⭐Congrats to the 2024 Final Five #SSHRCStorytellers Challenge winners! @SWC_Can
Harmata Aboubakar @UofT @Harmataa
Olivia Abram @usask + Leah Alfred-Olmedo @UBC
Nancy Lin @UBC
Jul Jeonghyun Parke @UofT @Julladonnaa
Madeline Springle @UCalgary @m_springle
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ALT From left to right: Jul Jeonghyun Parke, Nancy Lin, Harmata Aboubakar, Olivia Abram, Leah Alfred-Olmedo and Madeline Springle.
🌟 Opportunity Alert! 🌟 The School of Social Work is seeking a Program Coordinator of Continuing Education and Certificate Programs. If you're interested, apply by May 15th: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/u…
#HigherEd #JobOpening
Join us next Monday for an important lecture on the province’s drug toxicity crisis by former BC's chief coroner, Lisa Lapointe. #ToxicDrugCrisis
Event info: socialwork.ubc.ca/events/eve…
Join Lisa Lapointe, BC’s chief coroner of 13 years, who will be speaking about the knowledge acquired in facing the province’s drug toxicity crisis: Richard Splane Lecture in Social Policy: April 15th, 5:00–6:30pm (in-person)
RSVP: socialwork.ubc.ca/events/eve…
Join Lisa Lapointe, BC’s chief coroner of 13 years, who will be speaking about the knowledge acquired in facing the province’s drug toxicity crisis: Richard Splane Lecture in Social Policy: April 15th, 5:00–6:30pm (in-person)
RSVP: socialwork.ubc.ca/events/eve…
Support the Social Work Innovation Fund on UBC Giving Day and continuing thereafter. The School’s Innovation Fund will support new initiatives that will help us grow, innovate and be more present in our complex and changing world. socialwork.ubc.ca/
#UBCGivingDay
Change the future today (for the better)! Support the Arts Bursary Fund on UBC Giving Day, today, April 4. Advance the potential of all Arts students to shape a better world. givingday.ubc.ca/28330/givin…
#UBCGivingDay
Indigenous Rights Reclamation 🧡#UBC
Join us on November 29, from 5:30-7:30pm PST for the Indigenous Speaker Series Event featuring Charlotte (Salla) Sukow, a key figure in Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nation's Child and Family jurisdiction.
RSVP at this link: socialwork.ubc.ca/events/eve…
On September 30th, in honor of #orangeshirtday, our School of Social Work united for an Intergenerational March on campus.🧡
Joined at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre amphitheater, remembering Indigenous residential school survivors. #EveryChildMatters
