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Learning series for students interested in community-based professions now open for registration

The  School of Social Work Field Education Office, Community & Legal Aid Services Program (CLASP) and  Complex Communities has launched a new learning series titled, From Learning to Action: An Applied Learning Series for Future Social Work and Allied Health Professionals, open to all LA&PS students.  This enriching five-session series is designed for students interested in fields such as social work, healthcare and other community-based professions. The series is led by instructors with […]

91ÑÇÉ« U Alumni Awards celebrates LA&PS graduate 

The 91ÑÇÉ« U Alumni Awards celebrate graduates who embody the principles of 91ÑÇÉ« and have made exceptional contributions in their professions and communities. This year, five alumni will be honoured at a ceremony on Nov. 10.   This year, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) alumna Shayla S. Dube has been named a recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award, which goes to an […]

Faculty joining LA&PS bring scholarship on diverse disciplines

This story is published in YFile’s New Faces feature issue 2026. Every September, YFile introduces and welcomes those joining the 91ÑÇÉ« community.

LA&PS student Kiara Leveridge caps historic career with first women’s basketball playoff win in seven years

91ÑÇÉ« women’s basketball has a proud legacy, shaped by athletes who have left a distinctive mark on the team. This season, that legacy has been carried forward by a team that includes all-star player, Kiara Leveridge, a soon‑to‑be graduate of the Social Work program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). Known […]

Soma Chatterjee debuts new book with workshop and two engaging public events

Soma Chatterjee, a professor in the School of Social work, has published a new book that she will be discussing at a series of upcoming events. Her book, Skills to Build the Nation: Immigrant Labour Market and Canadian Nationalism (University of Toronto Press, 2025), explores how ideas of skill and training shaped immigrant integration practices in […]

Scholars bring diverse insights to Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies welcomes 10 new full-time, permanent members this fall.

LA&PS researchers advance community impact with support from SSHRC

Four professors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) have been awarded funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), receiving Connection Grants and Partnership Engage Grants. Jake Pyne from the School of Social Work received $23,498 in funding for his project No for now: Building educator capacity to simultaneously […]

School of Social Work research team develops new protocol for online surveying

A research team in the School of Social Work, led by assistant professor Kinnon Ross MacKinnon, has developed a new protocol to identify and remove fraudulent responses from web-based surveys. The team noticed suspicious responses while recruiting for a research study on detransition experiences among LGBTQ2S+ people in Canada and the U.S. They started to apply a new […]

School of Social Work Alumni harnesses healing power of equine therapy

In the quiet paddocks of her 22.5-acre farm, Lyndsey McKeown offers a therapeutic experience that is deeply personal and grounded in nature.

Toronto: A city of crossings?

In the fall of 2023, School of Social Work professor Soma Chatterjee embarked on a fascinating journey with the undergraduate students from the course Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees. Exploring the complex landscapes of global migration through readings and other media, the students sought to understand the deeper reasons behind why people move and […]