2026 FSW Research Symposium

2026 Research Sympoisum Posters & Recording

Calgary | Edmonton | Virtual | Virtual Recording 

Posters with an * are Poster Prize Winners

Research Posters - Calgary Campus

  1. Between Possibility and Precaution: How Students Navigate Excitement and Fear in Using AI for Inquiry Based Learning Adebayo, O., Esmaeili, S., Archer-Kuhn, B., Gulbrandsen, C., Johnson, P., Sabbaghan, S.
  2. Becoming Eligible: A Textual Mapping of Social Assistance in Alberta Stevens, L.
  3. A Systematic–Narrative Hybrid Review of Children’s Spirituality in Social Work and Counselling Practice Boynton, H. M., McGreer, S., Cobbina, M., Waschuk, J., Waite, T., Beaulieu, A., Scobie, L., Tughra, B., Hoffman, F., Doran, M.
  4. Children's Spirituality and Gender: A Scoping Review Boynton, H. M., Margolin, I., McGreer, S., Waschuk, J., Beaulieu, A., Raine, T.
  5. * The Spiritual Development Spiral: A Framework of Spiritual Development for Social Work Education Boynton, H. M., Sinclair, I., Waschuk, J., Fayaz, I., Raine, T.
  6. Visiting as (Re)Connection and Resistance: Métis Women, Gender-Diverse, and Two-Spirit People’s Perspectives of Identity, Belonging, and Wellbeing Nelson,T., Lorenzetti, L.
  7. Intersectionality in action partnership: co-learning about rural Alberta's housing shortage Choudhary, S., Djangmah, N., Drolet, J., Wallace, E., Dorow, S.
  8. * Transforming Crisis Response Research for Culturally Diverse Callers Fakih, A., Laing, J.-L., Sesma Vazquez, M., Ismail, M., Collins, T., Hammond, N., Wright, K., Shen, J., Fetzer, A., Nguyen, Y., Abit, E., Thoms, S., Lamirande, M., Sandall,S.
  9. Culture and Care: Exploring Parent Perspectives on Sibling Relationships in Neurodiverse Families Alabood, S., Nguyen, L.
  10. * Caring for Others to Care for Myself: Exploring the Experiences of Racialized Young Sibling Caregivers in Alberta Deloria, R., Nguyen, L., King, R.
  11. From Rupture to Repair: A Narrative Study of Culturally Responsive School Social Work McGreer, S.
  12. A Quilted Journey: Braiding Stories of Learning, Land, and Community Campbell, D., Corcilles-Herring, D., Emkeit, L., Holmes, A., Joseph, J., Keizer, B., Kennedy, J., Kimble, J., Klym, T. R., Lamouche, R., Lapotac, A., Nepoose, P., Pinkoski, K., Potts, L. M., Stamm, S. L., Woodward, H., Mavin, A.
  13. Fathers in Focus: Exploring Immigrant Fathers’ Experiences in Alberta through Photovoice Karki, B. N., Lorenzetti, L., Jamel, A., Dhungel, R., & Alcaraz, N.
  14. Spirituality in Social Work Education Across Contexts: Emerging Insights from Ghana Boynton, H. M., Cobbina, M., McGreer, S., Raine, T., Beaulieu, A., Binnendyk, S., Scobie, L., Majewski, A.
  15. Empowering Youth with Brain-Based Disabilities and Families during Healthcare Transition through Knowledge Mobilization Trainor, C., Chambers, K., Tasker, N., Nguyen, L.
  16. Examining Moral Injury, Spirituality, and Job Retention, for Alberta Emergency Services Workers Boynton, H. M., Cobbina, M., Raine, T., McGreer, S., Wilson, A., Smith-MacDonald, L., Vis, J., Carleton, N., Malloy, D., Drolet, J.
  17. The Settlement Practitioner Wellbeing Framework: A Relational and Structural Approach Fakih, A., Sesma Vazquez, M., Collins, T., Hammond, N., Ismail, M., Lomond, J.-L., Shen, J., Wright, K., Wakatsuki, L.
  18. Strong Women’s Circle: The Next Generation, An Indigenous-Led Prevention Approach Leibham, B., Mirasty, J., Zoobkof, K., Villeneuve, L., Turning Robe, S., Reimer, K., Ireland, L., Wells, L.
  19. Smell Walks as a Sensory Mapping Method for Community Engagement Farrokhimaleki, M., Begum., S., Boucher, J.S. Young, A.P., Chowdury, A., Khan, D.A., Alves Soares Da Silva, R., McLean-MacKenzie, K., Sitter, K.C.
  20. Bridging the Gaps: Reimagining Assessment for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Wright, K., Jansen, D., Sesma-Vazquez, M., Collins, T., Lintott, L., Thornhill, R., Fakih, A., Ismail, M., Hammond, N., Laing, J.-L., Shen, J., Wakatsuki, L.

Research Posters - Edmonton Campus

  1. A Systematic–Narrative Hybrid Review of Children’s Spirituality in Social Work and Counselling Practice Boynton, H. M., McGreer, S., Cobbina, M., Waschuk, J., Waite, T., Beaulieu, A., Scobie, L., Tughra, B., Hoffman, F., & Doran, M.
  2. Children's Spirituality and Gender: A Scoping Review Boynton, H. M., Margolin, I., McGreer, S., Waschuk, J., Beaulieu, A., Raine, T.
  3. The Spiritual Development Spiral: A Framework of Spiritual Development for Social Work Education Boynton, H. M., Sinclair, I., Waschuk, J., Fayaz, I., 
    Raine, T.
  4. * Navigating Mental Illness Stigma: Stories of West African Immigrant Women in Edmonton Nwachukwu, C.
  5. Community Narratives of Healing: Applying Narrative Inquiry in Black Women’s Mental Health Research Nwachukwu, C., Ikeorji, C. R.
  6. Intersectionality in action partnership: co-learning about rural Alberta's housing shortage Choudhary, S., Djangmah, N., Drolet, J., Wallace, E.,Dorow, S.
  7. The Meaning of Homelessness in Later Life: Loss, Stigma, and Struggle for Survival Diomedi, P., Kometa, G., Hoselton, J., Walsh, C. A.
  8. A Quilted Journey: Braiding Stories of Learning, Land, and Community Campbell, D., Corcilles-Herring, D., Emkeit, L., Holmes, A., Joseph, J., Keizer, B., Kennedy, J., Kimble, J., Klym, T. R., Lamouche, R., Lapotac, A., Nepoose, P., Pinkoski, K., Potts, L. M., Stamm, S. L., Woodward, H., Mavin, A.
  9. Training the future generation of settlement workers: Lessons learned from Social Work field education Khatiwada, K., Drolet, J.
  10. * From Insight to Change: A Critical Systems Analysis of Poverty, Community Strengths, and Opportunities for Transformation Henriquez, K. R.
  11. Spirituality in Social Work Education Across Contexts: Emerging Insights from Ghana Boynton, H. M., Cobbina, M., McGreer, S., Raine, T., Beaulieu, A., Binnendyk, S., Scobie, L.,Majewski, A.
  12. * Creating enabling environments for sexual and reproductive health services among diverse youth: Mapping learnings of a scoping review Fjeld, A., Ball, R., Zulla, R., Khalema, N. E., Nicholas, D. B., Warria, A., Ochudho, S., Costumado, M., Nyandat, C., Achieng, B., Odhiambo, B., Dlamini, M., & Tshishimbi, F.
  13. Examining Moral Injury, Spirituality, and Job Retention, for Alberta Emergency Services Workers Boynton, H. M., Cobbina, M., Raine, T., McGreer, S., Wilson, A., Smith-MacDonald, L., Vis, J., Carleton, N., Malloy, D.,Drolet, J.

Research Posters - Virtual

  1. Undergraduate Students’ Knowledge, Use, and Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Esmaeili, S., Archer-Kuhn, B., Gulbrandsen, C., Johnson, P., Sabbaghan, S.
  2. Suppression of Palestinian Liberation Movements by Canadian Institutions: Implications for Social Work Education & Practice Burger, T., Bozalioglu, T. S., Matharu, A., Morris, L., Nabors, N.
  3. Working with People Who Cause Harm: Developing a Practice Framework in Community-Based Restorative Justice Wakatsuki, L., Vasquez, M. S., Collins, T.
  4. Bridging the Gaps: Reimagining Assessment for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Wright, K., Jansen, D., Sesma-Vazquez, M., Collins, T., Lintott, L., Thornhill, R., Fakih, A., Ismail, M., Hammond, N., Laing, J.-L., Shen, J., Wakatsuki, L.
  5. * A Review of Interventions for Children and Youth with Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Smith,C., Jenney, A.
  6. The Meaning of Homelessness in Later Life: Loss, Stigma, and Struggle for Survival Diomedi, P., Kometa, G., Hoselton, J., Walsh, C. A.
  7. * A Quilted Journey: Braiding Stories of Learning, Land, and Community Campbell, D., Corcilles-Herring, D., Emkeit, L., Holmes, A., Joseph, J., Keizer, B., Kennedy, J., Kimble, J., Klym, T. R., Lamouche, R., Lapotac, A., Nepoose, P., Pinkoski, K., Potts, L. M., Stamm, S. L., Woodward, H., Mavin, A.
  8. Cross-cultural Social Work Exchange: Examining Systemic Inequality through the Sustainable Development Goal 6 Wallace, N., Walsh, C. A.
  9. Layers of loss: Exploring experiences of grief among older adults at the intersection of homelessness and elder abuse Villiers, B., Walsh, C. A., Hoselton, J., Canham, S. L.
  10. * Listening Between Cultures: Cultural Humility in Mental Health and Substance Use Work Ahmad,S.

Virtual Symposium Recording

This recording features the online portion of the Faculty of Social Work’s 17th Annual Research Symposium. The virtual program brings together researchers, practitioners, students, and community partners to explore how collaboration across global and local contexts can support meaningful social change

Program

Welcome, Opening and Blessing
Faculty leadership and Elder Kerrie Moore

Global Social Work Keynote Address
Dr. Linda Kreitzer, Professor Emeritus
Moderator: Jill Hoselton

Panel: Global Social Work Research
Dr. Christine Walsh
Dr. Ajwang’ Warria
Dr. Monica Sesma-Vasquez
Dr. Julie Drolet
Moderator: Dr. Aamir Jamal

Virtual Poster Session
Moderated by Dr. Dora Tam