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SWP
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31A/B
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Social Work Practice Seminar
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Based on the School's Mission, students are given an introduction to understanding and contextualizing the knowledge, skills and values used in their field practicum. Building on various theoretical perspectives, particularly in the community context, and with an emphasis on anti-oppression practice, students explore the various phases of social work practice, including assessment, intervention, advocacy, termination and evaluation. It provides opportunities for students to engage in reflexive practice and apply theory and practice for skill development.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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36A/B
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Field Practicum
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This first field practicum provides opportunities for students to have direct contact with service users. Each placement offers the student beginning level experience with an emphasis on understanding social work skills, values and ethics within the community, organizational and policy of context of practice. Most students attend placement two days a week for two semesters; alternate methods of completing this credit may be available to students with extensive prior experience or those undertaking an international placement.
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Lab: 7 hrs.
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SWP
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50A/B
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Advanced Social Work Practice Seminar
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This practice theory seminar emphasizes the integration of knowledge of social work practice, research and social policy. Social work practice theories will focus on direct application in work with individuals, families, groups and communities. This course emphasizes ethical considerations of client factors such as ethnicity, gender, race, culture, sexuality, age, etc. and student's personal and professional values in preparation for graduation and the assumption of roles as direct service practitioners in the community.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Corequisite: SWP 51A/B, Prerequisites: SWP 31A/B and SWP 36A/B and [SWP 38A/B or (SWP 538 and SWP 638)
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SWP
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51A/B
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Field Practicum
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The organization principles for the second practicum include the selection of field placements according to populations or natural groupings in the community (such as children and families, women, people with special needs, senior citizens, and equity groups) and a problem-based learning orientation. Within each population, students will engage in direct intervention and become involved in either a policy or research component. Students are in field placement three days a week for two semesters.
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Lab: 11 hrs.
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SWP
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130
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Foundations of Social Work I
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An examination of social work from Canadian and international perspectives, including its contexts, debates, values, ethics and principles of practice, functions and activities. Attention is given to the major theoretical frameworks within social work and how these influence its purpose and response to societal and human need. Drawing on critical and anti-oppressive perspectives, students will develop
beginning analytical skills in understanding social work and the promotion of social justice. (SWP 130 and SWP 131 replace former equivalent course SWP 13A/B).
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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131
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Foundations of Social Work II
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Framed within understandings of social work purpose, the course examines the cultural context of oppression. Theoretical perspectives on social problems and responses are examined including concepts of power and privilege. The course provides a critical review of the history of social work. Included within this review is an introduction to Indigenous peoples' perspectives; the social conditions of Francophone communities; and the challenges of contemporary power dynamics. (SWP 130 and SWP 131 replace former equivalent course SWP 13A/B).
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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302
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Social Policy: Welfare and Programs
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This course examines major concepts, roots, and social, cultural, political and economic trends shaping social policy and social welfare in Canada. It explores the increased needs for social protection and the desires for recognition by diverse groups and focuses on the impacts of the re-structuring of social systems and globalization on exclusion and structural inequalities. The discussions address social welfare programs, practices and current challenges for service users, social work and social change. (SWP 302 and SWP 402 replace former equivalent course SWP 22A/B).
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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331
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Social Work Theories of Practice
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The course explores theories that influence the practice of social work .These theories are examined within the context of anti-oppressive perspectives. Attention is given to the social and institutional arrangements that determine definitions of social problems and the social work responses to these problems. Students will critically analyze their social location, professional role and ethical responsibilities.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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335
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Power, Resistance and Change
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Theories of power and oppression, understandings of intersectionality, forms of resistance, and processes of social change will be examined in the course. Identified social issues and problems will be related to social work theory and practice. The course emphasizes skills of critical thinking, self-reflection, and dialogue and their relationship to social change processes.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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341
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Transformative Social Work Practices
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Building upon conceptual frameworks that inform social work practice, the course develops strategies, approaches and skills that reflect an anti-oppression perspective. Specific attention is given to centering the person in all interventive approaches; addressing issues of difference and power; drawing on people's strengths and understandings; solidarity building; addressing resistance; and developing critical consciousness. Specific skills will include: active listening, reframing, open-ended questions, advocacy, reflexivity.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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402
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Social Policy and Social Inclusion
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Building on SWP 302, this course focuses on approaches and tools for social action and social change, moving students from a theoretical knowledge of social policies to a practical, action-oriented focus on making social claims visible and building program capacity. It examines issues of governance, funding structures, voices, exclusionary processes, and experiences with the social welfare system. The course explores strategies of collaboration and citizen engagement for social inclusion and social change. (SWP 302 and SWP 402 replace former equivalent course SWP 22A/B).
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SWP
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435
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Aboriginal Approaches to Social Work
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The course introduces students to issues confronted by contemporary Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Aboriginal perspectives on the origins of these issues and their resolution will be examined in the context of aboriginal self-determination. Students will examine the importance of world views, identity, and values of Aboriginal peoples and themselves in the provision of services. Aboriginal perspectives on the role of "helper", "healer", and "ally" will be addressed.
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SWP
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538
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Social Work Research: Part I
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This course provides an introduction to quantitative social research epistemologies relevant to an anti-oppression practice framework. The course explores ethics, ownership, research for and with marginalized communities, inclusiveness and critical reflexivity while designing and conducting research. It critically examines steps in the quantitative research process. As a strategy to effect change, students will acquire the knowledge and skill to conduct quantitative research and to critically assess research articles in the literature from an anti-oppression framework. (SWP 538 and SWP 638 replace former equivalent course SWP 38A/B).
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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638
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Social Work Research: Part II
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Building on Part I, this course provides an introduction to qualitative
research from critical, interpretive, anti-oppression and Indigenous
peoples' perspectives. The course explores ethics, ownership, research
for and with marginalized communities, inclusiveness and critical
reflexivity while designing and conducting research. Students will
acquire knowledge and skills to conduct qualitative research, program
evaluations and community-based research as a strategy for effecting change. (SWP 538 and SWP 638 replace former equivalent course SWP 38A/B).
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SWP
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900
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Race and Ethnicity
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This course examines current debates around the concepts of race and ethnicity in Canada. The historical and contemporary social context of race and ethnicity will be examined with respect to interrelated discourses of gender, class, sexual orientation, nation, and colonialism. Anti-oppression and anti-racism responses will be explored.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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901
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Youth and Social Justice
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The terms 'youth' and 'crime' are often used interchangeably. Young people are typically portrayed as threats, deviant, deficient, or dangerous. In recent years, such concerns have crystallized in a myriad of interventions, reform programs and policies designed to effect their compliance, discipline, guidance, protection, control and punishment and prevent 'anti-social' and 'undesirable behaviour. This course examines anti-oppression approaches to work with youth affected by these perspectives and interventions.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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This course presents a study of aging or social gerontology. Implications of legislation, policies and programs will be explored along with an examination of how structural inequalities and system issues impact a diverse Canadian population. The course will also explore ethical issues affecting an aging population and will place the aging process, within a historical context. The roles of professional helpers, issues around community care and care-giving, and factors affecting care-givers will be discussed.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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903
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Crisis Intervention
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This course will offer a background in theories and strategies of intervention in crisis situations. A number of important themes will be addressed including; the helper/client relationship, suicide intervention, violence against women, sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse and incest, recovery and aftermath of trauma, crisis related to substance abuse, illness, death and loss, poverty and homelessness, and community programs for crisis intervention. Students will have an opportunity to practice crisis intervention skills through role plays and vignettes.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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906
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Gerontology: Social Policy and Soc Security
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This course will explore the impact of social policies on aging populations. A Canadian perspective will be taken. The significance of changing Canadian demographic factors for social planning will be analyzed and the special needs of the elderly, relative to retirement, income maintenance and leisure will be explored in the context of the social process of aging.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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907
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Inequality, Oppression and Health
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The history of a people, cultural background and the social environment in which people grow, live, work and play have a powerful influence on health. These historic and societal factors determine why some people are healthy and others become ill. This course will enable students to understand and explain how inequality and oppression impact health. Strategies to address these health determinants across a diversity of health contexts will be explored.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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908
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Social Group Work
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This course focuses on the theory, context and practice of social group work. Different theoretical foundations for social group work are explored, as well as the impact of funding, agency mandates and socio-political climate. Social group work processes and activities are critically examined, including exploration, assessment, group design, implementation and evaluation. A commitment to social work values is stressed, along with the intersection of social location with social group work practice.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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909
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Social Work and the Law: Children and Family
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This course will focus on the many areas of the law that social workers need to be familiar with in order to work with children and families (e.g. marriage, co-habitation, separation, divorce, custody, access, child protection and substitute decision-making). Students will be helped to understand their legal obligations as social workers and to become more comfortable with what might be expected of them in working with lawyers and in courts.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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910
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Queer Theory and Identities
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Same-sex affectional and physical expression has rarely been accepted in Euro-centric cultures. Social institutions have explicitly regulated and stigmatized specific sexual/emotional behaviours. The course examines these social dynamics and their consequences for people who express difference. The on-going organizing and strategizing of excluded people and communities is a central theme of the course. Social work responses will be explored with attention to diversity, with the aim of providing inclusive and relevant services.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisites: (SWP 302, SWP 331, SWP 335, SWP 341, SWP 402 and SWP 435) or Direct Entry, Antirequisites: SOC 633, POL 510
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SWP
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914
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Ethics and Values for Social Work
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This course examines the nature of values, ethics and human rights, discusses major sources of ethical misconduct, mistakes and dilemmas in social work, and seeks to assist students in developing and applying frameworks for ethical decision-making in practice. Theoretical orientations to ethics and the current context of values and ethics within our social/economic/political context are critically examined. Conflicts between personal, professional, workplace and public values and a critical evaluation of codes of ethics are explored.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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915
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Independent Study I
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This course provides students with an opportunity to engage in specialized scholarly and project work within the field of social work, where the content of the proposed studies is unavailable in the curriculum. The proposed area of study must be related to the research and field interests, and availability of a social work faculty member. A plan of study must be submitted by the student and approved by the faculty member prior to course registration.
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Lab: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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916
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Independent Study II
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This course provides students with the opportunity to continue studies from SWP 915 in greater depth, or to pursue another specialized area of scholarly and project work in the field of social work, where the content of the proposed studies is unavailable in the curriculum. The proposed area of study must be related to the research and field interests, and availability of a social work faculty member. A plan of study must be submitted by the student and approved by the faculty member prior to course registration.
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Lab: 3 hrs.
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| Prerequisites: (SWP 302, SWP 331, SWP 335, SWP 341, SWP 402, SWP 435 and SWP 915) or Direct Entry
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This course provides students with the opportunity to pursue advanced seminar studies on issues and themes of immediate and current significance in the field of social work, where the content of the proposed seminar is unavailable in the curriculum. Seminars will be offered where there is demonstrated student interest, and available faculty expertise in the subject.
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Lab: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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918
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Special Topics II
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This course provides students with the opportunity to pursue advanced seminar studies on issues and themes of immediate and current significance in the field of social work, where the content of the proposed seminar is unavailable in SWP 917 or in the curriculum. Seminars will be offered where there is demonstrated student interest, and available faculty expertise in the subject.
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Lab: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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919
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Substance Use and Abuse
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This course provides a framework for understanding fundamental concepts in substance use and critically examining addiction as a social construct. It addresses some key domains in the addiction field, including: underlying theories of addiction, stigma and its impact on diverse populations, pharmacology, screening and case management, Canadian drug policy, prevention and harm reduction. Students will gain a critical understanding of the scope of the addiction field and its relevance to direct practice and social policy.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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920
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Addressing Substance Use and Abuse
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This course focuses on current best practices in addiction treatment, with an emphasis on linking theory, research and practice. Assessment tools and research-based treatment interventions are critically examined for their relevance and application to diverse client populations. Self-help, alternative treatment approaches and methods of evaluating treatment outcome are also explored. Students will leave the course with core knowledge and skills in applying different treatment approaches to a variety of service settings and contexts.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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921
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Disability Issues and Social Work Practice
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This course examines disability issues within a socio-political context. Such a perspective contends that it is not the specific type of disability condition which is the major source of disadvantage to the individual, but the response that this condition evokes from the larger society. The course will challenge some of the traditional (and damaging) assumptions made about the needs of people labelled as being disabled and will present a framework for policy and practice designed to promote empowerment and inclusion.
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The course provides a critical examination of understandings of violence as experienced within families. Drawing on feminist perspectives within the field of gender based violence; forms of violence are identified along with societal and social work responses. The course examines, but is not limited to, domestic/intimate violence, sexual/physical assault, harassment, neglect and emotional abuse. Also included is a critique of practice approaches in working with survivors of violence.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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SWP
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924
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Strategies for Addressing Conflict
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Conflict is a natural and common phenomenon in social interaction. Depending on how conflict is dealt with, the results can be positive or negative. This course is designed to provide students with practical skills and specific strategies for dealing with conflict in a variety of social work contexts: between individuals and social systems, between family members, between groups, between co-workers, and between participants of the public policy development process. This course will help the student to identify when different types of strategies may be more effective and how to implement them. Students will participate in hands-on case studies and role plays. They will be given an opportunity to re-explore real life conflicts from their own experiences.
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SWP
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925
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Strong Helpers' Teachings
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Ogitchita Luwatilihunyunih (Aboriginal Translation) is designed to build upon the content and learning from SWP435. It provides students with an understanding of an anti-colonial theoretical framework when approaching social work with Aboriginal peoples. Students examine how social policies and research inform social work practice with Aboriginal peoples, with an emphasis on self-determination/sovereignty and Aboriginal research methodologies. They gain an understanding of the strengths of Aboriginal worldviews in helping others and address how to integrate these into their practice.
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SWP
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926
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Critical Practice with Queer Populations
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LGBTTIQ2 (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Transsexual, Intersexed, Questioning, Two Spirited). The course examines and explores the historical and contemporary role of social work practice and research as it understands and relates to sexuality and gender and the social dynamics of heterosexism and homophobia. Critical self-reflection is one of many approaches used to identify those strategies that influence the social, political and professional contexts of social work practice within this domain.
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SWP
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927
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Advocacy in Social Work
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This course will focus on social work advocacy, building upon an anti-oppressive, structural approach to social work, addressing social location, privilege, power-over, power-with, conflict and social change. More specifically, various types of advocacy will be analyzed with reference to social movement mobilization, transformative change, and social work values. Students will be offered an opportunity to participate in advocacy, as part of the on-going advocacy processes in the community.
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928
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International Social Work
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This course provides students with knowledge of social work practice in an international context with a focus on developing countries. The course is framed within the historical and contemporary social/political/cultural realities that impact social work and community work in developing countries. Consequently, concepts such as colonialism, globalization, wars, genocide and other forms of structural and systemic oppressions will be introduced as a means of understanding the complexities and challenges in international social work.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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929
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Working in Marginalized Communities
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This course is focused on examining the discourses on communities and populations that contribute to their marginalization and social exclusion. Through this examination, the impact of discourses that are produced through systemic policies, programs and practices by the media, educational, criminal justice, social welfare and other institutions will be explored. Anti-oppressive strategies, approaches and principles that support personal and social transformations are also addressed.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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930
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Spirituality in Social Work
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This course emphasizes the interrelationship between spirituality and social work practice among diverse individuals, families, communities, cultures and religions. This course provides a framework of knowledge, values and skills for spiritually sensitive social work practice. From a critical reflective approach, students are prepared to respond to diverse spiritual perspectives. The role of religion and spirituality in supporting or impeding individual strengths and social justice is considered.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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931
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Human Rights for Social Workers
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This course reviews social work approaches to human rights and analyzes issues, concepts, policies, and legal and institutional structures associated with equity and human rights in Canada aimed at forwarding social work practice. The course will incorporate reference to the circumstances of Indigenous Peoples and other marginalized groups from a human rights perspective.
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Lect: 3 hrs.
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Course Weight: 1.00
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932
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Evaluating Social Work Practices
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Given the increasing concern with accountability in the social services, social workers are consistently being asked to evaluate their practice effectiveness. This introductory course provides students with an opportunity to critically explore traditional and emerging approaches to evaluation. Various evaluation methodologies are reviewed, along with the political, ethical and contextual aspects of evaluation research. Students will develop the skills necessary for designing and implementing evaluation studies that include needs assessments, process evaluations and impact studies.
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