Research

Our faculty members are leading researchers in the field of social work, with impacts locally and globally. Areas of research and work span social justice, advocacy and support, critical practice and leadership and political and institutional change. These areas of focus are integral to supporting social work’s commitment to respond to individual and social problems and pursue social justice. We employ a range of critical approaches to knowledge-building that consider power relations in research and practice.

Research is funded through a variety of academic, community and professional sources. Our success in knowledge mobilization and engagement with theoretical, applied/professional, community and public audiences are areas of particular strength.

Ongoing Research Projects

Understanding Social Work Leadership in Canada Learn More

This project analyzed over 50 oral histories to better understand social work leadership in Canada.

Transforming Stories, Driving Change Learn More

A research and performance initiative designed to collectivize and mobilize the power of experience-based stories.

DiStory Then and Now: Stories from the Inside Learn More

The goal of this intergenerational project is to share and gather information about survivors’ experiences of violence, trauma and loss as well as those of co-researchers who, while growing up in community, share such experiences and other forms of institutionalized care.

Research Institutes & Centres

The Feast Centre Visit the Feast Centre

The Feast Centre establishes, maintains and supports Indigenous STBBI research programs and initiatives through a national network of community and academic partners.