Global to Local: Collaborating with Communities to Create Change
17th Annual Research Symposium
Save the Date: March 4 & 5, 2026
Global to Local: Collaborating with Communities to Create Change
17th Annual Faculty of Social Work Research Symposium | March 4 & 5
Global to Local: Collaborating with Communities to Create Change
For the first time in its history, the Faculty of Social Work’s Annual Research Symposium is taking an explicitly global lens this year. The theme of the faculty's 17th Annual Research Symposium is Global to Local: Collaborating with Communities to Create Change, which speaks to a central idea reshaping contemporary social work: today’s most pressing challenges do not stop at borders, but require locally relevant solutions.
As Dr. Christine Walsh, PhD, Associate Dean of Research and Partnerships and chair of the symposium, notes, “displacement, climate impacts, global conflict, and widening inequality are interconnected realities and require responses that are ethical, relational and grounded in the knowledge of those most affected.”
Online Event
March 4, 2026
8:30 a.m. - noon
Register to receive Zoom link! The online portion of our research symposium will feature the keynote address and panel discussions.
Calgary Event
March 4, 2026
12:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Calgary Campus: 7th floor MacKimmie Tower
View research posters and engage with our Calgary faculty, students and community members. Light lunch and beverages served. (Free event)
Calgary Event
March 4, 2026
5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Evening event in the community to learn from and listen deeply to the community. Details coming soon!
Edmonton Event
March 5, 2026
4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Edmonton campus: 3rd floor Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Avenue.
More details and registration coming soon. View research posters and engage with our Edmonton faculty, students and community members as they present research. Light dinner and beverages served. (Free event.)
2026 Social Work Research Symposium Schedule
Global to Local: Collaborating with Communities to Create Change
March 4, 2026
Online Panel Discussions
8:30 a.m. - noon
The online portion of our research symposium will feature the keynote address and panel discussions.
Calgary Campus Event
12:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
7th floor MacKimmie Tower, Calgary Campus
View research posters and engage with our Calgary faculty, students and community members. Light lunch served. (Free event)
Calgary Community, Evening Event
5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Evening event in the community to learn from and listen deeply to the community. Details coming soon! Dinner served (Free event)
March 5, 2026
Edmonton Campus Event
4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Edmonton campus: 3rd floor Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Avenue.
View research posters and engage with our Edmonton faculty, students and community members as they present research. Light dinner served. (Free event.)