The Faculty of Social Work's research focuses include:
- human rights and social justice
- child welfare
- family violence
- social determinants of mental health
- Indigenous methodologies and ways of being
The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Ojibwe-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Red River Métis. More
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
Our researchers collaborate with professionals across the world in an effort to promote social justice and enhance the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Our goal is to advance the fields of social work practice and social policy, striving to promote respect for human rights and dignity, individual worth and wellbeing, diversity, social inclusion, and the principles of social justice.
The knowledge generated by our social work researchers is shared with other academics, students, government policy-makers, not-for-profit social service organizations, individuals who make use of social work services and supports and members of the general public.
The Faculty of Social Work's research focuses include:
We are always interested in hearing about issues that arise in the field, which may require further investigation and research. If you have a research idea that you would like to discuss, please feel free to contact any of our researchers who work in that area.
Bolaji Akinyele-Akanbi: intimate partner violence/family violence, Immigrant and refugee issues, anti-oppressive/anti-colonial perspective, health and mental health issues, community-based research, social work and spirituality, racial injustice, critical cultural and African feminism analyses
Michael Baffoe: anti-oppression, human rights, immigrant and refugee issues, international social work, community development
Monica Anne Batac: Immigration, Labour Migration; Community Organizing, Development, and Practice; Program Design and Evaluation; Non-profit Management; Critical Filipino/a/x studies, Filipino diaspora; Transnational Feminism, Anti-Racism; Decolonizing Methodologies, Critical Qualitative Research, Action Research, Community-based Research
Marlyn Bennett: Indigenous social work, child welfare, youth, violence against women, research methodology
Tracey Bone: mental health in marginalized populations, Deaf identity and Deaf mental health, deaf language and culture, criminal justice, domestic violence, social work practice, eating disorders and their impacts, mental health recovery
Marleny Munoz Bonnycastle: FASD, immigrants and refugees, human rights, child welfare, poverty, Indigenous social work, homelessness and housing, women and feminism
Maria Cheung: Human rights, genocide studies, spiritual minorities, gender studies, international social work, immigrant and refugee, anti-oppression, Indigenous social work
David C. J. Delay: mental health, mindfulness-based interventions, intimate partner violence and treatment, men’s health and healing
Mary Kate Dennis: Indigenous elders, loss and grief, food sovereignty, environmental justice
Sid Frankel: nonprofit sector, poverty reduction policy (including basic income), population health promotion, voluntary and non-profit sector, social policy, research methodology, economic security
Deana Halonen: Indigenous social work, international social work, distance education
Diane Hiebert-Murphy: family violence, family-centred practice
Michelle Elizabeth Jonathan: relationship dynamics in marriage, parent-child relationship, technology and couple relationship, gender discrimination in families, social work interventions for families, biblical perspective of marriage enrichment
Mohammad N. Khan: economic well-being, financial capability, (Im)migration, disaster management, decolonization
Kathy Levine: mental health, child welfare, family violence, family-centered practice, youth, violence against women
Lindsay Larios: Canadian immigration and refugee policy, precarious status migration, citizenship and borders, immigration as a reproductive justice issue, politics of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood, access to healthcare, critical feminist policy analysis, community-based research
Hai Luo: aging, addictions, social capital, international social work, Indigenous social work
Christine Mayor: critical approaches to trauma, trauma-informed schools, whiteness and anti-Black racism, educational equity, anti-carceral and abolitionist social work , arts in social work practice, pedagogy, and research and drama therapy
James P. (Jim) Mulvale: economic security, distance education, social justice, social work theory
Jennifer Hedges: critical and feminist pedagogy, anti-oppressive practice, moral courage in social work, allyship relationships, child welfare, co-teaching and peer learning
Kendra Nixon: violence against women, intimate partner violence, child protection, social welfare, social and family policy
Rusty Souleymanov: addictions, public health, 2LGBTQ, anti-oppression, social justice, trauma, sexual health
Ashley Stewart-Tufescu: children's rights, adverse childhood experiences, child maltreatment, parenting, discipline, child welfare, mental health, family violence, program evaluation
Publications:
Our colleague Dr. Alean Al-Krenawi published a book titled: "Culture, Diversity and Mental Health - Enhancing Clinical Practice". The book discusses the importance of culture and diversity within society through multicultural, cross-cultural, and intercultural encounters while applying psychological effectiveness to manage core competencies.
Al-Krenawi is a professor and chair of the BSW Program, Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Guiron University of the Negev.
Dr. Tracey Bone, Faculty of Social Work Associate Professor, also contributes a chapter in this book titled: "Deaf Mental Health: Enhancing Linguistically and Culturally Appropriate Clinical Practice".
For more information on this publication, please visit book website.
The Faculty of Social Work admitted the largest cohort of PhD students to the Faculty in the history of the program when ten students accepted their offers of admission and began their program at the beginning of the 2020/2021 Academic Year on September 9, 2020.
The 2021 cohort is rich and exciting in its diversity of international and domestic students from four countries: Canada, USA, Ghana and Nigeria. The Canadian students include three Indigenous students, the largest ever admitted to our PhD program. It is a group with diverse and rich experiences as well in various fields of endeavour locally and internationally.
Many couples that have experienced abuse/violence in their relationship choose to stay together. The Couples Counselling Project (CCP) is a service, training, and research program designed to help couples that have experienced abuse/violence in the past and want to work towards an abuse free-relationship.
In the CCP a co-therapy team works with couples who have experienced abuse/violence in the past and want to work towards an abuse/violence-free relationship. The program emphasizes safety while addressing the impact of abuse/violence. The overall goal of the program is the prevention of further abuse and greater relationship satisfaction.
Areas that may be addressed include: strategies to reduce the risk of future abuse in the relationship, identifying and addressing the effects of the abuse on individuals and on the relationship, effective problem solving and conflict resolution, supportive and respectful communication, and rebuilding trust. Services offered include couples conjoint therapy and couples group therapy.
Services offered by the Couples Couselling Project are confidential and free of charge. Clients can contact the Couples Couselling Project directly or can be referred by other professionals in the community. We will work with clients to determine which services will be most useful.
The Couples Counselling Project is funded by the Family Violence Prevention Program, Department of Family Services and Labour, Government of Manitoba.
For more information, please contact:
The Couples Counselling Project
The University of Manitoba
485 Selkirk Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R2W 2M6 Canada
204- 474-6711
couples@umanitoba.ca
David C. J. Delay
Associate dean, Graduate Programs and Research
Faculty of Social Work
Room 418H Tier Building
173 Dafoe Rd. W
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9 Canada
Erik Magnusson
Research grants facilitator
Faculty of Social Work
Room 500E Tier Building
173 Dafoe Rd W.
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9