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When caring is not enough: Emotional labor and youth shelter workers
(1999-09)Organizations often dictate how their employees should behave through explicit rules and structures. In addition, sociologists and organizational theorists suggest that organizations invest energy, time, and money into ... -
A Deeper, More Social Ecological Social Work Practice
(University of Chicago Press, 2002-09)Although an ecological model of social work practice has been important to the profession since the 1970s, advances in ecological theory based on developments in deep ecology (Naess 1989) and social ecology (Bookchin 1980, ... -
A Reply to Geoffrey Greif
(2003-06)Replies to Geoffrey L. Greif's (2003) critique of the author's (2002) deeper ecological approach toward conducting social work. Greif's perception of Carol Meyer's & Edgar Auerswald's work as important for associating ... -
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Policy without Practice: Barriers to Enrollment for Non-Status Immigrant Students in Toronto’s Catholic Schools
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A Recovery Free Zone: The Toronto Bulletin
(Social Planning Toronto, 2010) -
Smoke and mirrors: How an allegedly inclusionary strategy perpetuates an exclusionary discourse
(2011)The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the meaning making theoretical perspectives underlying the creation and development of a public mentoring program, allegedly designed as an inclusionary strategy for ... -
Lost in the Shuffle: A support for Children Living in Shelters. Resource Manual & Workshop Guide
(Social Planning Toronto, 2012) -
A step further: How to improve a mentoring program to fully advance the labour market integration of internationally trained professionals
(2012)“A Step Further” is an evaluation of the Profession to Profession (PTP): Mentoring Immigrants program. Initiated in 2004, the PTP program matches City of Toronto employees (i.e. mentors) with skilled internationally trained ... -
Making the invisible visible: are health social workers addressing the social determinants of health?
(2013)This study explored the ways in which health social workers (HSW) address the social determinants of health (SDH) within their social work practice. Social workers (n = 54) employed at major hospitals across Toronto had ... -
Somebody to Lean On: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Youth Assisting Youth Peer Project
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Linked in: Social network analysis as a promising practice in assessing organizational equity and diversity policies
(2013)This paper argues for the methodological application of social network analysis (SNA), as an evaluation based approach in assessing organizational diversity and equity. Using concrete practice examples from a study exploring ...