Immigration Policy as a Framework for Social Work Practice
Dr. Luna Vives is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Research on Children and Families, 污污草莓视频 University. Her work focuses on how uneven power relationships between mainstream and racialized populations are perpetuated through differential access to public services. Dr. Vives鈥� areas of expertise include inter-national migration, human rights, public policy and knowledge trans-lation and transfer. Besides her research, Dr. Vives has experience teaching college and university-level courses, and has been involved in a number of grassroots community development initiatives in Canada and abroad.
Dr. Vives will give an example lecture tailored to a typical BSW class (SWRK 221 - Public Social Service in Canada with a focus on international migration). She will be speaking about 鈥淚mmigration Policy as a Framework for Social Work Practice鈥�.
International migration is the movement of people across national borders for the purpose of resettlement. Immigration policy regu-lates this movement, and at the same time grants and limits access to rights and public services for non-nationals. In this lecture, Dr. Vives will explore the role of immigration policy as a tool that governments use to respond to the challenges posed by an aging population; present the main categories of migration in Canada; and discuss their implications for Social Work practice. By the end of the class, students will have the tools to engage critically with this area of public policy.
Date: Thu, Oct 27 , 2016
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am
Location:
School of Social Work
污污草莓视频 University
3506 University Street
Wilson Hall, #326
RSVP: To be sent to Yong Hong Feng @ yong.feng [at] mcgill.ca
