School of Social Work
The UBC School of Social Work is the oldest social work education program in British Columbia and the third oldest in Canada. Today, we continue our long and distinguished record of professional education, research and scholarship.
Our faculty are engaged locally and globally in research and community building in a diverse range of settings with strong links to government, professional and community organizations.
Building upon a foundation of social justice and an ethic of care, we are a community of learners actively engaged in the development of critical, transformative knowledge for social work practice.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
Name | Research Interests |
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Baines, Donna | Anti-oppressive, decolonizing and critical approaches to theory and practice; Decent work and good care in social services, long term care, home care, etc.; Age-equity, age-inclusion, age-friendly cities; Harm reduction and supportive housing; Anti-oppressive, decolonizing and critical approaches to theory and practice, Decent work and good care in social services, long term care, home care, etc., Age-equity, age-inclusion, age-friendly cities, Harm reduction and supportive housing |
Bratiotis, Christiana | interventions in the context of hoarding; organizational processes involved in hoarding task forces; service utilization; Interventions in the context of hoarding, Organizational processes involved in hoarding task forces, Service utilization |
Caragata, Lea | welfare systems; Poverty; labour markets; lone mothers; social policy; youth provisioning; welfare systems, poverty, labour markets, lone mothers, social policy, youth provisioning |
Charles, Grant | Psychosocial oncology, intellectual disabilities, family interventions and at risk youth |
Ibrahim, Mohamed | mental health; addiction among new immigrants and refugees; global mental health; Addiction among new immigrants and refugees, Global mental health, Mental health |
Karki, Karun | sense of belonging among the racialized diaspora and minoritized communities, ethno-racial and gender segregation in the Canadian labour market, social determinants of health of diasporic and marginalized communities |
Kia, Hannah | LGBTQ2S+ health; LGBTQ2S+ aging; social work and other professional practice with sexual and gender minorities; effective social work practice with trans and gender diverse people; poverty, sexual and mental health issues among diverse LGBTQ2S+ populations; Effective social work practice with trans and gender diverse people, LGBTQ2S+ aging, LGBTQ2S+ health, Poverty, sexual and mental health issues among diverse LGBTQ2S+ populations, Social work and other professional practice with sexual and gender minorities |
Lee, Barbara | Social Work; Child Welfare; Child Maltreatment; Child Protection; Ethno-Cultural Communities; Newcomers; Service Delivery; Service Outcomes; Social Work, Child Welfare, Child Maltreatment, Child Protection, Ethno-Cultural Communities, Newcomers, Service Delivery, Service Outcomes |
Montgomery, H.Monty | First Nations Child Welfare, Aboriginal Social Policy, Indigenous Distance Education; First Nations Child Welfare, Aboriginal Social Policy, Indigenous Distance Education |
Nobiss, Jac | |
O'Connor, Deborah | family support to frail or mentally impaired seniors; formal support services, Dementia, the interface between living with dementia, family care, and the use of formal support services |
Wilson, Tina | social work and environment; history and philosophy of social work; critical social theories; generational standpoints; Social justice; social work rhetoric; social work and environment, history and philosophy of social work, critical social theories, generational standpoints, social justice, social work rhetoric |
Yan, Miu Chung | Issues related to settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees, labour market experience of new generation youth from racial minority immigrant families, and community building roles and functions of neighbourhood-level place-based multiservice organizations |