Student Connect Event
The student connect event will bring together students and community stakeholders to support the unhoused population in Edmonton. There are 2 main parts of the project, the first is that the student will consult with inner city organizations to understand how students at MacEwan University (across various faculties) can contribute their skills to assist in addressing the housing crisis. The second part of this project involves collaborating with students, professors and stakeholders at MacEwan University who are interested in these supports and services.
A Scoping Review on the Knowledge Gaps in the Current Literature Critical Race Theory and Anti-Black Racism Framework in Social Work Education, Research, and Practice - Winter 2024
This proposed research is a scoping review. This type of methodology seeks to undertake a comprehensive search of the breadth and scope of all available literature pertaining to the research topic and question. The main purpose of conducting a scoping study is to identify gaps in existing literature, to summarize and synthesize research findings from existing literature. The data will be amassed from published peer-reviewed academic publications in English from 2000 to 2022 through key word searches such as ‘social work and critical race theory and education ,’ and ‘social work and anti-Black racism and research’ in order to extract relevant data. Some of the electronic databases that would be used are EBSCO and ProQuest. The abstract of articles will be reviewed to ensure they meet the keyword search criteria. Those that are not a good fit will be eliminated at this stage. This process will be followed by an extensive review of the articles’ content to complete the final selection of eligible articles. This will be followed by the charting of emergent themes. The scoping review will be concluded with a written report of the findings.
How to identify and respond to racism: An environmental scan of existing resources
Immigrants may find it challenging to tell whether they have experienced discrimination based on their race or ethno-culture. Based on past working experience, and conversation with several staff from community agencies serving immigrants, Lun and McKenzie propose to work on a project in this area. This project aims to search and document existing materials (e.g., manual, brochure, video) regarding how to identify and respond to racism experienced by immigrants in Canada. At the end of this project, we will have a list of available resources, which will be shared with community agencies in Edmonton. Besides, we will also identify the gaps in supporting immigrants to deal with situations and conversations when they experience racism.
A Scoping Review on the Knowledge Gaps in the Current Literature Critical Race Theory and Anti-Black Racism Framework in Social Work Education, Research, and Practice
This proposed research is a scoping review. This type of methodology seeks to undertake a comprehensive search of the breadth and scope of all available literature pertaining to the research topic and question. The main purpose of conducting a scoping study is to identify gaps in existing literature, to summarize and synthesize research findings from existing literature. The data will be amassed from published peer-reviewed academic publications in English from 2000 to 2022 through key word searches such as ‘social work and critical race theory and education ,’ and ‘social work and anti-Black racism and research’ in order to extract relevant data. Some of the electronic databases that would be used are EBSCO and ProQuest. The abstract of articles will be reviewed to ensure they meet the keyword search criteria. Those that are not a good fit will be eliminated at this stage. This process will be followed by an extensive review of the articles’ content to complete the final selection of eligible articles. This will be followed by the charting of emergent themes. The scoping review will be concluded with a written report of the findings.
Case Management: Complex care coordination of clients accessing services for complex issues Phase #2
This study has been initiated by our team in collaboration with the The Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN), a community agency that supports immigrants and refugees in Edmonton through its programs and services. We are completing a needs assessment to support the agency with the development of a case management model for clients accessing service.
Case Management: Complex care coordination of clients accessing services for complex issues.
This study has been initiated by our team in collaboration with the The Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN), a community agency that supports immigrants and refugees in Edmonton through its programs and services. We are completing a needs assessment to support the agency with the development of a case management model for clients accessing service.
Partnership Developer - Network of Community Agencies Project
We would like to create a network of community agencies in Edmonton supporting older adults from ethnocultural backgrounds. Through the project, we plan to build the relationship with different agencies, to develop potential collaboration and partnership opportunities. In the future, we will work with several community agencies to develop community-based research projects. Therefore, this connection and collaboration stage is fundamental for future work.
PHASE II Social Work Student Led Clinic
Positions available: 4 We are collecting information in order to propose a Social Work Student Led Clinic at MacEwan University. We will be assessing student needs on MacEwan campus and any gaps in services to help support our partners on campus and the need for a Student Led Social Work Clinic at MacEwan. They will also be reviewing analyzing reports/data collected by BSW pilot project. Students may also be reading/compiling reports/data generated by MacEwan programs that identify student needs for supports such as mental health, increased wellness services etc..
Post secondary education and youth who have been involved with CFS
The project goal is to learn more about ways in which post-secondary institutions can support students who have been involved with child and family services. There is significant evidence that that young people who have been involved with child and family services are the least likely group to attend and/or complete post secondary.
Indigenization of social work from International Social Work Context
The main goal is to conduct a scoping literature review about social work education and practice in Burkina Faso and indigenous social work in Canada as a new phase of the International Social Work project . Students will also contribute to narrative interviews transcription as supplementary information for the literature review. The literature review on Indigenous social work in Canada will be articulated to the context of International Social Work and to Indigenous Beading work as a practice. As outcomes the project will provide the stand of existing content and facilitate the development of themes and frameworks that will inform curricula, research and practices in the field of International Social Work education and practice.
Level UP: Social Work Mentorship 2
There are up to 7 positions (5 of the positions are reserved for social work students, 1 position for a communications student and 1 position for a design student) available for students to work together as a team to strengthen social work preceptorship. In phase 1, students developed 3 main ideas: Design a workshop for 4th year BSW students to support their transition into the workforce; promote the profession in the community and development of orientation materials for social work students with a focus on professional social work development. Design students will help to develop online and print documents. Communication students will help develop strategies to disseminate information.
PHASE I Social Work Student Led Clinic
Positions available: 2 PROJECT: We are collecting background information on Social Work Led Student Clinics. The first phase of this project is exploring existing School of Social Work led clinics in North America and similar disciplines like Psychology.
International Social Work Research and Educational Exchange
The main goal is to conduct seminal work search and a scoping literature review about International Social Work in Canada and in Germany (after the year 1990). As outcomes the project will provide the stand of existing content and facilitate the development of themes and frameworks that will inform curricula, research and practices in the field of International Social Work education.
Level UP: Social Work Mentorship
There are 5 positions available for students to work together as a team to design a post graduate mentorship program for Bachelor of Social Work students as they transition into the workforce. This program will identify the needs of recent graduates and design a program that will support recent graduates in their professional social work development and identify. There will be a focus on strengthening the culture of mentorship in social work.