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Expanding the Mind - and Courses -- At Continuing Ed |
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| Date posted: November 9th, 2011 | ||
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At Continuing Ed, we believe in expanding the mind, the courses we offer and even the times we offer them. Our groundbreaking Mindfulness Meditation program keeps on growing rapidly in response to ever-increasing demand; we’ve launched an entirely new program in Solution-Focused Coaching and we’ve started a new series of Sunday workshops. More. |
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Powered by Learning |
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| Date posted: November 9th, 2011 | ||
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High school students from U of T’s Summer Mentorship Program learned what it means to be a social worker this past summer – and some of them began to consider a social work career as a real possibility for themselves. More. |
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Everybody Needs A Buddy |
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| Date posted: November 9th, 2011 | ||
| The Buddy System works. Just ask 1st year MSW student Lara Awoleye how much it’s meant to her. Being paired up with 2nd year MSW student Christine Mitchell under this innovative new program has completely changed the way she has begun her classes. More. |
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Imagine We All Work Together |
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| Date posted: November 9th, 2011 | ||
| 1st year MSW student Kan Cheung is starting the academic year with some added responsibilities. He’s just been appointed co-director of an extraordinary – and entirely student-run -- clinic which provides free healthcare to people without ID or OHIP. More. |
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It's Always Good to Connect |
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| Date posted: November 9th, 2011 | ||
| Susan Blight, Academic Coordinator at U of T’s First Nations House, understands how important it is for all students to feel a sense of community. The more connected students feel, the more likely they are to stay in school, something that is particularly important for Aboriginal students. Blight aims to decrease that sense of isolation. Each Monday from noon to 4 she is at the Faculty in room 430 providing academic and financial counselling to Aboriginal students and information on Aboriginal subjects to anyone who drops by. This is a new initiative at U of T and ours is the first Faculty that First Nations House has connected with in this way. |
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Now We're Teaching Arts and Science Undergrads |
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| Date posted: November 9th, 2011 | ||
| There’s an exciting new initiative at U of T, designed to help undergraduates have a richer learning experience. The idea is to increase the teaching of undergrads by graduate faculty and that’s why two professors from the Faculty, Ramona Alaggia and David Brennan, are now teaching undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Arts and Science. More. |
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Neurobiology Workshop Attracts Overflowing Crowd |
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| Date posted: November 9th, 2011 | ||
| The room was packed for this stimulating Nov. 4th workshop as Dr. Dennis Miehls, associate dean and professor at Smith College School for Social Work, familiarized participants with the latest theories in neurobiology, focusing on implications for clinical practice. This successful event was co-sponsored by the Factor-Inwentash Chair in Children’s Mental Health, associate professor Ramona Alaggia, and the Margaret & Wallace McCain Family Chair in Child & Family, professor and dean Faye Mishna. |
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Fall Convocation |
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| Date posted: November 9th, 2011 | ||
| Fall convocation ceremonies for MSW, PhD and Advanced Diploma in Social Service Administration students take place at 6 pm on November 10th at Convocation Hall, followed by a dinner reception for graduates and their families at the Gallery Grill in Hart House. |
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Why Is Resilience So Important? |
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| Date posted: November 9th, 2011 | ||
| Resilience – an important concept which is gaining increasing recognition for its enormous potential – will be explored at this Nov. 25th workshop for school social workers. More. |
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Continuing Ed Courses are Responsive and Relevant – They’re also |
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| Date posted: May 6th, 2011 | ||
| Continuing Education attendance has boomed this past year, due to the popularity of such relevant, wide-ranging – and successful -- course offerings as the recently sold-out Custody Evaluations workshop, Solution Focused Coaching and the ever-expanding Mindfulness program. More. |
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Learning How to Stand Out From the Crowd in a Competitive Job |
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| Date posted: May 6th, 2011 | ||
| Preparing our grads for a competitive job market by honing their interview and writing skills was the focus of three well-attended workshops sponsored by the Alumni Mentoring Program. More. |
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Growth Spurts |
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| Date posted: October 20th, 2010 | ||
| We got used to the sound of jackhammers over the summer as construction crews descended on the Faculty to build new classrooms and transform existing space. More. |
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Milestones |
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| Date posted: October 20th, 2010 | ||
| Congratulations to Tahany Gadalla for receiving tenure, to Esme Fuller-Thomson upon becoming a full professor and a huge thank you to Ted McNeill, Deborah Levine, Malcolm Stewart and Les Fleischer, each of whom has just marked ten years as sessional instructors. |
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| Date posted: October 20th, 2010 | ||
| Congratulations and the best of luck to the stellar group of Faculty PhD students who successfully defended their dissertations this year. More. | ||
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| Date posted: October 20th, 2010 | ||
| Thirty-six African-Canadian and Aboriginal Ontario high school students spent two July days thinking about their own futures while gaining first-hand experience about what it means to be a social worker, as part of the Faculty’s participation in the Summer Mentorship Program sponsored by the Faculty of Medicine. More. | ||
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| Date posted: October 20th, 2010 | ||
| The next generation of individuals to lead social service agencies needs to be trained now. That’s why, in response to conversations with community leaders, we’ve started an Advanced Diploma in Social Service Administration, geared to people with Master’s degrees currently practising in the social services field. |
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Become an Alumni Mentor |
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| Date posted: October 20th, 2010 | ||
| Mentoring is an easy way to give back and help the next generation of social workers ease into the field. Share your experience and a little bit of time by mentoring a graduating student. Contact Terry Gardiner. |
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