In Personal support workers are the backbone of health care but the bottom of the power structure (originally published in The Conversation), Dr. Bharati Sethi (Assistant Professor, King’s School of Social Work, Western University) writes: “Sadly, it has taken COVID-19 to highlight the significant contribution to our collective well-being made by PSWs and other health-care workers. However, the voices of racialized PSWs remain at the margins of care discourse.”
In this webinar, co-guest editors Dr. Fiona Webster (Associate Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University) and Perri Tutelman (Clinical Psychology PhD Candidate, Dalhousie University) present the Canadian Journal of Pain Special Issue on Qualitative Research and Pain. The session will provide an overview of the contributions that qualitative methods can offer to pain research and will address three common controversies regarding qualitative research quality. Selected authors will present a sampling of studies published in the Special Issue that demonstrate novel theoretical and methodological advancements in the field.
PRESENTERS
Dr. Craig Dale (Assistant Professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto)
Dr. Nida Mustafa (Recent PhD graduate from the Social and Behavioural Health Sciences program, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto)
Dr. Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy (Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Brock University)
Dr. Francine Toye (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Joletta Belton (Writer at MyCuppaJo.com and co-founder of the Endless Possibilities Initiative)
London’s 2nd annual Place Matters Conference explores social constructs of place and community-driven, grassroots placemaking. It is a community-gathering hub to learn about enhancing our urban experiences and create a strong sense of place for all Londoners.
Virtual online conference Wednesday, September 23 – Sunday, September 27, 2020 More details and registration at placematters.ca
Each City Symposium event is situated around one of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. On September 14, the series explores the local relevance and implications of Goal #1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
Monday, September 14, 2020 6:40 PM – Pre-Symposium Mini-Concert 7:00 PM – Speakers and Presentations
Learn more about the City Symposium format and series.
Speakers include Dr. Abe Oudshoorn (Western’s School of Nursing), Susan Macphail (former director of CMHA’s My Sister’s Place), Amy Rathan (founder of ImpactLondon), Jonathan Rivard (Manager with the City of London’s Homeless Prevention department), and Malvin Wright (community developer). Hosted by Dr. Melanie-Anne Atkins (Western’s Centre for Teaching and Learning).
This week, the Voices from the Margins of a Crisis series features a podcast episode with Jeff Preston. Jeff is first joined by Michalia & Taylor Lee Walls from the Disability Studies program at King’s University College to talk about social isolation during the pandemic. After, Jeff chats with Toronto-based comedian Desiree Walsh, who considers some of the unexpected benefits for wheelchair users of a socially distanced life. Listen now.
