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Social Work Students Promote Pride in the UK

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Laura Macintosh and Kaleigh Heide at the "Northern Pride" event.

Laura MacIntosh and Kaleigh Hyde, two Bachelor of Social Work students, undertook practice placements in Durham, England, in the summer of 2011.  On Laura’s initiative, her work at an adoptions agency focussed on building the profile, support and services for same sex adopting parents.  In the photo above, Laura and Kaleigh work the booth for the agency at Northern Pride, marking the first time the agency had ever participated in any event with and for the LGBTTQI community.  Laura is displaying materials that she developed for the agency.

 

Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan inducted into NSHRF Decade Club

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Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan

Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan of the School of Health and Human Performance who will be inducted into the NSHRF Decade Club at a ceremony on February 8th, 2012.  The Decade Club recognizes individuals who have had an ongoing relationship with the NSHRF for 10 consecutive years, and have fostered and supported the NSHRF and the Nova Scotia health research community through serving as a volunteer, participating in NSHRF programs, holding an award and mentoring others.

Nursing Graduates serving in Afghanistan

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Dalhousie Nursing graduates serving in Afghanistan – (L-R) – Lieutenant (Navy) Shelli-Dawn White, Captain Lee Sample, Major Melissa Devine, Lieutenant (Navy) Derek Carter and Lieutenant (Navy) Dawn Henneberry.

Five graduates of the School of Nursing, currently serving in Afghanistan, recently took some time to get together and share how the nursing program and Dalhousie University prepared them for their careers.  Click here to read their story.

 

FHP Academic All-Canadians 2011

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Dalhousie will honour their top student athletes at the upcoming 13th annual Academic All-Canadian Luncheon.  They will be recognized in the presence of peers, professors and parents for their accomplishments.  According to standards set by Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), to qualify as an academic all-Canadian, students must maintain a GPA of 80 percent or better over the academic year while competing in a varsity sport.

Congratulations to the following students from the Faculty of Health Professions who have achieved this honour:

School of Health and Human Performance

  • Cassandra Banfield (BSc HPRO)
  • Maxwell Burt (BSc KINE)
  • Louis DeMello (BSc KINE)
  • Cara Groves (BSc KINE)
  • Amanda Henry (BSc HPRO)
  • Graeme Higgins (BSc KINE)
  • Emma Landry (BSc KINE)
  • Jocelyn LeBlanc (BSc KINE)
  • Benjamin MacAskill (BSc KINE)
  • Travis MacLean (BSc KINE)
  • Elizabeth Matheson (BSc KINE)
  • Martin McKend (BSc KINE)
  • Brett Plouffe (BSc KINE)
  • William Sandeson (BSc KINE)
  • Jilayna Stigter (BSc KINE)
  • Rebecca Sweet (BSc Recreation)
  • Andrea Vanderlaan (BSc KINE)
  • Alexander Veit (BSc KINE)
  • Brooklynn Winch (BSc HPRO)

School of Nursing

  • Lyndsey LeBlanc
  • Hannah Walker

College of Pharmacy

  • Benoit Gervais
  • Sean Higgins

Support the United Way

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United Way Co-chairs Peter Dykhuis and Gail Dechman

The United Way supports more than 50 community organizations in the HRM. Many are health focused initatives – organizations such as Veith House, the Learning Disabilities Association of Nova Scotia, the Halifax Sexual Health Centre and many others depend on United Way Funding. In the last 10 years, fewer and fewer of members of the Dalhousie community have donated to the United Way. In 2010, only 14% of employees gave to the campaign. This year, the aim is to increase the participation rate to 20% with a financial goal of $200,000. With your help, this is absolutely achieveable. In fact, if everyone contributed just $3 per month via payroll deduction, we would reach the $200,000 goal. Help us show that the Faculty of Health Professions supports the United Way, it’s not too late to go online and make your donation. Visit the Dalhousie United Way website to learn more.

Navigating Professional Identity in Interprofessional Health Care Settings

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Christine Le, Raewyn Bassett, Marilyn MacDonald and Marion Brown meet to discuss their project.

Calling students, faculty and practitioners of social work, nursing, occupational therapy and medicine!

Dr. Marion Brown (Social Work) is leading a project called “Navigating Professional Identity in Interprofessional Health Care Settings”, along with team members Dr. Marilyn MacDonald (Nursing), Dr. Heidi Lauckner (Occupational Therapy), Dr. Joan Sargeant (Medicine) and Dr. Raewyn Bassett (Health Professions/CDHA).  This qualitative study is exploring the processes through which we are educated and become socialized within our “uni-professional” discipline while often concurrently educating and working within interprofessional contexts.  The project is currently recruiting students from the four programs named above and in the new year will be recruiting faculty members and pracitioners, so stayed tuned for your opportunity to share your thoughts!  This is a three-year study funded by the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation.

For more information or to get involved please visit: http://ipstudy.wordpress.com/

SWOT – Interprofessional Education Event

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 Please join students in Social Work and Occupational Therapy for the third annual presentation of their interprofessional learning activity called “the SWOT project.”  Professors Marion Brown (Social Work) and Brenda Merritt (Occupational Therapy) coordinate the activity in one of their classes and students will be on hand to answer questions about their learning processes.

Date:  Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Time:  9:30 – 11:30 am

Location:  Forrest Building, Rooms 213 and 201

For further information, please contact either Marion (marion.brown@dal.ca) or Brenda (b.merritt@dal.ca)

SHA Alumni host CHE Preparatory Workshop

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On October 26, the Alumni Association of the School of Health Administration hosted a very successful CHE Preparatory Workshop at Capital Health.  The workshop was facilitated by Pat Lee, CEO, Pictou County Health Authority; Catherine MacPherson, CCHL President (MHA 2007); and Reece Bearnes, Alumni President (MHA 2010).  Members unable to attend the onsite session could participate through WebEx, which was a great addition to the session.  The Alumni Association will be offering the CHE Workshop as one of their annual events.

Association of Health Administration Students host Professional Development Week

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The Association of Health Administration Students (AHAS), in partnership with the School and Alumni Association, presented Professional Development Week – November 14th – 18th, 2011.

Events included:

  • A screening of CBC’s “Staying Alive – An inside look at insite injection centres.”  The viewing was followed by a discussion session surrounding the issues raised in the film;
  • “Bad Decision Making:  The Ultimate Inefficiency” lecture was presented by Dr. Joe Byrne, Director.  The presentation highlighted essential mistakes to avoid, including miscalculating risk and cause, under-estimating the psychology of conformity and information bias, and overestimating public knowledge.
  • “Diversity and Inclusive Language for Health Administrators Workshop” with Lyndsay Anderson, Residency Life Manager.  The workshop addressed what kinds of diversity exist, how people may be unintentionally (or intentionally) excluded or discriminated against, how to use inclusive or inoffensive language, and what to do when you see people acting or speaking inappropriately.
  • On Friday, a potluck lunch was held with all monies raised going to Feed Nova Scotia’s Adopt-a-Family.

Congratulations to AHAS on a week well done!

Members of the School of Social Work support Occupy Nova Scotia

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Social Work students join the Occupy Nova Scotia Rally in Parade Square along with adjunct professor Paul O'Hara and community social worker Sharon Murphy.

A group of students and faculty from the School of Social Work joined the Occupy Nova Scotia rally at the Grand Parade on Friday, November 4th.  The group attended the rally to be a presence when the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers, represented by the executive director Robert Shepherd, members of the social action committee, and practising social workers came to speak out about the growing disparity between rich and poor, the erosion of the social safety net, the inadequacy of the neo-liberal agenda and the importance of this grassroots movement as an alternate voice in our society.  Included in the group were School of Social Work faculty members Dr. Carolyn Campbell, Dr. Marion Brown, Dr. Judy MacDonald and Dr. Merlinda Weinberg; instructors Paul O’Hara, David Williams and Jeanne Fay; as well as BSW and MSW students.  Members of the School of Social Work have provided ongoing support and concrete services to Occupy Nova Scotia.  Students are exploring ways to continue to work collaboratively with the movement, although the recent dismantling of their encampment in Victoria Park will pose significant challenges.

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