Welcome to the Faculty of Social Work.
Canada's Largest School of Social Work
We're Hiring
Besides our Canada Research Chair, we will also be hiring four, full-time, tenure-track academics at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. We're looking for social work academics with a clear program of research in the following areas:
- mental health and addictions
- crisis intervention
- suicide prevention
- practice with families, individuals and/or groups or other clinical direct practice related work.
Now Hiring
Canada Research Chair (Tier II), Indigenous Child Wellbeing, University of CalgaryJob ID: 21704
Location: Main Campus
Updated November 10, 2020
Position Description Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Indigenous Child Wellbeing UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY2500 University Drive, NWCalgary Alberta T2N 1N4The University of Calgary, located...
Transforming the Field Education Landscape
University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work researcher Dr. Julie Drolet, PhD, is leading an ambitious project aimed at transforming the field education landscape (TFEL) in the education of social work students. TFEL is being funded by a $1.98 million SSHRC partnership grant.
Fieldwork experience is a required and essential part of all undergraduate and graduate social work education programs across Canada. Due to a number of reasons there is increasing difficulty to find the necessary field placements for all students. Drolet is leading a team of 13 co-investigators, 51 collaborators, and 39 partners from Canadian and foreign post-secondary institutions looking for new approaches and solutions.
Drolet says one of the few silver linings during the COVID-19 pandemic has been how schools of social work were able to leverage online platforms to find new approaches for practicums.
“With COVID, the shift to virtual and remote learning has become incredibly important,” says Drolet. “How can students be supported to continue their education and to develop those skills in remote and virtual environments?
"In response to this really urgent need, we created a lot of opportunities for students to engage in virtual practicum activities — for example, to create digital stories. Or to participate in different research projects — collecting, analyzing and publishing data. Also thinking about the role of social work practice research. So how can we bring together research that informs practice, and practice that informs research?”
TFEL's goal is to integrate research and practice in the preparation of the next generation of social workers by developing partnered research training initiatives, both within academia and across the public and not-for-profit sectors, that enhance student research practice knowledge and applied skill development.
Professional Certificate in Couple and Family Therapy
Get coaching from leading experts as they support you in developing advanced practice skills working with couples and families.
This flexible, online program is designed for busy professionals.
To apply you must have a master’s degrees in an allied discipline (i.e. social work, nursing, psychology, counseling, public health, pastoral/theology, education) or a degree in law, family medicine or psychiatry.