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Associate Dean, Academic
Associate Professor
Factor-Inwentash Chair in Social Work in Health and Mental Health
Associate Professor (status only), Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Cross-listed faculty, Women and Gender Studies Institute, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto
Maj. B. Sc. - McMaster University
Hon. B.A. - McMaster University
M.S.W. - University of Toronto
Ph.D. - University of Toronto
Phone: (416) 946-8225
Fax: (416) 978-7072
To schedule a meeting with Dr. Williams please contact her assistant.
Charmaine C. Williams is the Associate Dean Academic of Social Work and the Factor-Inwentash Chair in Health and Mental Health. Her research bridges practice and access and equity issues that affect access to primary health care for racial minority women, HIV prevention in the Black communities, discrimination against LGBTQ individuals in the international context, psychosocial interventions in the health care system and individual and family experience of living with serious and persistent mental illnesses. The majority of her practice experience has been in the mental health care system where she worked in inpatient and outpatient services, providing interventions for individuals, families and groups. She has also been involved in organizational change initiatives in the health care sector, developing and delivering professional education in the areas of anti-racism, cultural competence, mental health and addictions, and addressing policy, procedural issues and complaints as the Anti-Racism officer for the University of Toronto.
Dr. Williams teaches in the M.S.W. Year I program and in the specialization streams for Mental Health and Health and Social Justice and Diversity.
Research Interests:
- Illness, health and health care services
- Individual and family experiences associated with serious mental illness
- HIV Prevention and other health care issues in racial minority communities
- Diversity, access and equity in service provision
- Complementary research designs combining qualitative and quantitative methods
- Professional education and training
- Anti-racism, anti-oppressive practices and cultural competence
Funded Projects:
McCay, E. et al. (2011) Implementing and Evaluating Mindfulness Approaches in Community-based Primary Healthcare Settings. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant, $24,920.00
Williams, C.C., Khanlou, N., Gillis, L., Ross, L. & Massaquoi, N. (2011). Ain’t I a woman too? Looking at intersectionality’s relevance to the next generation of women’s health research. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Café Scientifique Program. $3000.
Ross, L. et al (2011). Pathways to Effective Depression Treatment for Sexual and Gender Minority Women in Ontario. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. $297, 451.
Nicol, N. et al (2011). Envisioning Global LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Human Rights. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Community-University Research Alliance sgrant. $1,000,000. Role: Co-investigator and leader of the Caribbean research team.
McKenzie, K.J., Archie, S., Kidd, S., Noh, S., Tuck, A, Golding, L., Kirmayer, L, Simich, L, Williams, C.C., Hamilton, H., Lurie, S., Tang, T. (2010). A comparative study of pathways to first episode care for psychosis in three ethnic groups in Ontario. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. $400,000.
Williams., C.C. (2009). Insight, internalized stigma and post-diagnosis identities in schizophrenia. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. $121,567.
Williams, C.C. (Principal Investigator), Newman P.A. , Massaquoi, N.A. & Tharao, W. (2008). The Toronto Black Women's HIV Prevention and Vaccine Research Forum. Canadian Institutes for Health Research. $25,000.
Newman, P.A., Williams, C.C. & Woodford, M. (2006). HIV vaccine trial participation and community engagement. Ontario HIV Treatment Network - $182,000.
Williams, C.C. (2005).An exploration of community responses to community crisis. Royal Bank Graduate Fellowship, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. $10,000.
Williams, C.C. (2004). Seen but not heard: subjective experiences of caregiving in schizophrenia. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. $69,786
Williams, C.C. & Massaquoi, N. (2004). A collaborative process to achieve access to primary health care for Black women and women of colour. Ministry of Health and Long-term Care. $469,300
Williams, C.C. (2003). Life Experiences of Siblings of People with Serious Mental Illnesses. Connaught Fund. $11,951
Williams, C.C. (2002). Disability and Recovery in Serious Mental Illness. Connaught Fund. $10,000
Newman, P.A., Williams, C.C. (Co-Pis), Sakamoto, I. & Massquoi, N. (2004). Promoting equity in access to post-trial HIV vaccines for Black Women in Canada: Risks, barriers and adoption intentions. Canadian Institutes for Health Research. $95,550.
Refereed Journal Articles:
Williams, C.C. & Tufford, L.A. (in press). Professional competencies for promoting recovery in mental illness. Psychiatry – Interpersonal and Biological Processes.
Mfoafo-M’Carthy, M & Williams, C.C. (2010). Coercion and community treatment orders: One step forward, two steps back? The Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
Williams, C.C. Newman, P.A., Sakamoto, I. & Massaquoi, N. (2009). HIV prevention and the social organization of risk for Black women in Canada. Social Science and Medicine, 68(1), 12-20.
Burnes, D.P.R., Antle, B.J., Williams, C.C. & Cook, L. (2008). Mothers raising children with sickle cell disease at the intersection of race, gender and illness stigma. Health and Social Work, 33(3), 221-228.
Williams, C.C. (2008), Insight, stigma and post-diagnosis identities in schizophrenia. Psychiatry: The Journal of Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 71(3), 246-235.
Newman, P.A., Williams, C.C., Massaquoi, N., Brown, M. & Logie, C. (2008). HIV prevention for Black women: Structural barriers and opportunities. The Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 19(3), 829-841.
Williams, C.C. (2007). Mixed method evaluation of continuing professional development: Applications in cultural competence training. Social Work Education, 26(2), 121-135.
Williams, C.C. & M’foafo M’Carthy. M. (2006). Care: Giving, meaning and receiving in the context of mental illness. Psychiatry: The Journal of Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 69(1), 26-46.
Williams, C.C. (2006). The epistemology of cultural competence. Families in Society – The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 87(2), 209-220.
Williams, C.C. (2005). Training for cultural competence: Individual and group processes. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 14(1/2), 111-143.
Williams, C.C. (2005). Ethical considerations in mental health research with racial and ethnic minority communities. Community Mental Health Journal, 41(5), 509-520.
Williams, C.C. (2005). Violence against women in the context of mental illness: Hidden costs of sisters’ caregiving. Canadian Woman’s Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme, 24(1), pp. 109-116.
Williams, C.C. (2004). Race (and gender and class) and child custody: Theorizing intersections in two Canadian court cases. NWSA Journal. 16(2), 46-69.
Cooper-Brathwaite, A. & Williams, C.C. (2004). Childbirth experiences of Chinese-Canadian women. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecological & Neonatal Nursing. 33(6), 748-755.
Williams, C.C. (2004). Discharge planning process on a general psychiatry unit. Social Work in Mental Health, 2(1), 17-31.
Williams, C.C. (2003). Re-reading the IPSS record. Social Science & Medicine, 56(2003), 501-515.
Williams, C.C. & Collins, A. (2002). Predicting insight in outpatients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Psychiatric Services, 53(1), 96-98.
Williams, C.C. & Collins, A. (2002). The social construction of disability in schizophrenia. Qualitative Health Research, 12(3), 297-309.
Williams, C.C. (2001). Confronting the racism in research on race and utilization of mental health services. Canadian Social Work Review, 18(2), 231-248.
Williams, C.C. (2001). Increasing access and building equity into mental health services: An examination of the potential for change. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 20(1), 37-51.
Williams, C.C. (2001). The angry black woman scholar. NWSA Journal,13(2), 87-97.
Garfinkel, P.E., Bagby, R.M., Schuller, D.R., Williams, C.C., Dickens, S., & Dorian, B. (2001). Predictors of success and satisfaction in the practice of psychiatry: A preliminary follow-up study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 46(9), 835-840.
Williams, C.C. & Collins, A. (1999). Defining new frameworks for psychosocial intervention. Psychiatry, 62(1), 61-78.
Book Chapters and Books:
Williams, C.C. (in press). Outcome measurement for cultural competence in social work practice. In K. Yeager & A.R. Roberts (Eds.), Social Work Desk Reference. New York: Oxford University Press.
Williams, C.C. & Chau, S. (2007). Notes on feminism, racism and sisterhood. In N. N. Wane & N. Massaquoi (Eds.), Under the Gaze: Centering Black feminist discourse in the Canadian feminist landscape (pp. 285-295). Toronto: Inanna Publications.
Williams, C.C. (upcoming, Dec 2005). Notes on feminism, racism and sisterhood. In Under the Gaze: Recentering Black feminist discourse in the Canadian feminist landscape. Edited by Njoki Nathani Wane, University of Toronto. Inanna Press.
Williams, C.C. (2005). Chapter 2 commentary: Reversing the Gaze. In Women’s Mental Health: A Life Cycle Approach (pp.32-33). Edited by Sarah E. Romans and Mary V. Seeman. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Williams, C.C. (2004). Is there an Asperger’s culture? In Children, youth and adults with Asperger’s syndrome: Integrating multiple perspectives (pp. 242-252). Edited by Kevin Stoddart, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Williams, C.C. (2003). Seeking cultural competence: What is it, how do you develop it, and how do you know when you’ve got it? In Shera, W. (Ed.), Emerging perspectives in anti-oppressive practice (pp. 265-278). Toronto: Canadian Scholar’s Press.
Other Publications:
Williams, C.C. & Tufford, L.A. (in press). Professional competencies for promoting recovery in mental illness. Psychiatry – Interpersonal and Biological Processes.
Williams, C.C., Massaquoi, N. & Chatterjee, S. (2011). Every Woman Matters: A report on the Collaborative Process to Achieve Access to Primary Health Care for Black Women and Women of Colour. Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre.
Williams, C.C. et al (2011). Cognitive-behavioural therapy for English-speaking people of Caribbean Origin. Toronto: Citizenship and Immigration Canada/Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Williams, C.C. (2010). Cultural competence in mental health services: New directions. Canadian Issues/Thèmes Canadiens, Canadian Issues/Themes Canadiens, Summer 2010, 55-58.
Newman, P.A., Williams, C.C., Massaquoi, N., Logie, C. (2009). Sisters, Mothers, Daughters and Aunties: A report on “Promoting access to post-trial HIV vaccines for Canadian Black Women”.
Williams, C.C. (2007). Book Review: Racism and Racial Identity – Reflections on Urban practice in Mental Health and Social Services. Social Work Education, 26(7), 743-744.
Williams, C.C. (August 22, 2005). Missing in action: If academics don’t deal with hate, intolerance will grow. The Bulletin: University of Toronto, 59(2), 12.
Williams, C.C. (2003). Deinstutionalization: Yesterday’s news still today’s headlines. Contemporary Psychology, 48(5), 583-584.
Williams, C.C. & Collins, A. (2000). Patients with schizophrenia value self-empowerment, understanding how self related to illness, and coping with relapse. Evidence-based Nursing, 3(1), 30.
Williams, C.C. & Collins, A. (2000). Defining new frameworks for psychosocial intervention. Compendium Series: Psychosis & Schizophrenia, January 2000, 18-19.