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Onthe one hand we are enjoying an excellent year particularly as judged by the approvalof the University to fill four faculty positions and the confidence thus placed by theAdministration in the School. On the other hand the new provincial government\u2019sresolute commitment drastically to reduce the public service and cut social programs islikely to have profound and devastating consequences for the poor and vulnerable inBritish Columbia.First though to the good news. Currently the School is engaged in recruitment forfour new faculty positions: an Assistant or Associate Professorship in Family Studieswith a focus on marital\/family dynamics and quantitative analysis; an Assistant orAssociate Professorship in First Nations Social Work, a second such position for theSchool; an Associate Professorship in Disability Studies, an area of study much indemand and new to the School\u2019s curriculum and a new Field Education Coordinator(Instructor or Assistant Professor) as a replacement for Helen Allen. These positionsform an essential part of the School\u2019s Academic Plan and represent either new orstrengthened developments for the future. That the School was able to secure thesepositions was in no small way attributable to the former Dean of Arts, Dr. Alan Tullywho has now moved south to take up the position of Head ofHistory at the University of Texas (Austin). During his deanshipAlan was committed in his support for the School, and themerger. He consistently provided well-considered advice andwas always alive and open to the developmental possibilities forour academic and professional programmes.Another noteworthy story has been the establishment of thenew College of Health Sciences at UBC largely due to theinspiration and tireless endeavours of Dr. John Gilbert, the firstPrincipal of the College. The School has played a full part alongwith other health and human services disciplines to ensure therealization of the College and its prime objective of fosteringinter-professional education and research at UBC. The Collegewill prove to be a significant breakthrough in ensuring thatsocial work students will have the opportunity to participatewith their fellow students from other professional disciplines in team taught inter-professional courses preparing them for the world of practice where professional caregivers work together. The evidence to date is that social work students participating insuch courses (with students from Nursing, Medicine and Pharmacology) cannot speaktoo highly of these new learning experiences. However, set against these propitious and forward looking developments on campus, Imust express grave concerns for the future of education, health and social services inB.C. While it is no doubt correct that the Province faces a significant deficit problem,the likely impact of the Provincial Government\u2019s severe spending restraint andVolume 4 Spring 2002continued on page 2two \u0002commitment radically to downsize the public service will be to set thesocial welfare clock back to residual times. What this means is that thecosts of attempting to balance the province\u2019s books by 2004\/5 will bedisproportionately borne by the poor and vulnerable, by middle andlow-income families and individuals, and by women. Social workerswill be losing their jobs and indeed we are already hearing from someof our part-time graduate students that their community basedpositions have been eliminated. It is clear that as publicly supportedsocial programs are eliminated or reduced so the pressures oncharitable relief will grow. Ironically of course, if unemploymentremains as high as it is today (9.7%) there will be a greater demand forhealth, income support and social programs. Reducing socialexpenditures at this time of greatest need will further destabilize theeconomy pushing back the time when recovery might take place.Students will be facing higher tuition fees and it may well be that postsecondary education, despite the injection of significant federalfunding support for new research initiatives, will once again be facingdifficult economic times. On a more positive note I would like tocommend the Social Work Student association for organizing inopposition to the cutbacks and, most importantly for standing up forthe rights of others.In my view it is important that the School engages in the ongoingpublic debate about the direction of family and social policy in thesevery critical times. Anticipating perhaps the harsher times that are nowupon us, Dr. Ernie Lightman, Professor of Social Policy in the Facultyof Social Work at the University of Toronto presented two seminars(one at the School, the other in the Vancouver Public Library) on therelated topics of economics, social policy and the impact of neo-conservatism on social welfare in Ontario since 1995. The event at theVPL was attended by well over eighty people and was co-sponsored bySPARC-BC and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.Many congratulations to Anne Martin-Matthews for accepting theposition of Dean pro tem of the Faculty of Arts following Alan Tully\u2019sdeparture in December, 2001. It is good to see one of our own in thisprestigious but onerous position and we all wish Anne well until sucha time as a new dean is appointed. I would also like to commend JoHinchliffe, the School\u2019s Administrator, and President of theAssociation of Administrative and Professional Staff at UBC for beingasked to serve on the Faculty of Arts Search Committee for the newDean. We are expecting a great outcome!In the Fall 2001 Newsletter on behalf of the School I thanked RoopSeebaran for his many years of professorial contributions and service.It was clear that these sentiments were also held by many in thecommunity in light of the fact that over 170 friends, colleagues,community practitioners, social welfare policy makers, current andformer students and one former premier of the Province attendedRoop\u2019s multi-cultural farewell celebration in downtown Vancouver onJanuary 24\/02. It was a memorable occasion and a fitting tribute toRoop who throughout his career had expertly and tirelessly worked tobuild the bonds between the School and the community in theinterests of education and community development. In recognition ofhis teaching and contributions to furthering anti-racist social workeducation The Roop Seebaran Annual Prize has been established in hishonour, more information is further on in this newsletter.I would also like to extend the School\u2019s warmest wishes to SharonManson-Singer who has resigned her Associate Professorship in theSchool and will be embarking on a new stage in her career. Sharonjoined the School of Social Work in 1988 upon completion of herPh.D. from Brandeis in social welfare economics. Sharon\u2019s primaryarea of interest and expertise lay in health and social policies related tothe distribution of health and social welfare goods in marginalizedpopulations, particularly those persons affected with HIV. Sharon wasan effective and popular teacher an active researcher and one with astrong record of voluntary and public service. She served as Presidentof the Canadian Council on Social Development (1991-3) and since1997, while on leave of absence, has served as Deputy Minister ofHuman Resources and then of Children and Families under theformer NDP Government.Finally I would like to thank the Family Studies students led by AgnesTong, for contributing to the safety of the campus communitythrough their Class Act project for the Graduating class of 2002.Agnes and her fellow students have proposed the purchase of a streetlamp and the University and the School will match the funds raised.A worthwhile project.Once again, many thanks to Jo Hinchliffe and the editorial team fortheir work in putting together this newsletter and to KimberleyAzyan and the Alumni Association for their excellent and continuingsupport.Graham Riches has been the Director of the School since 1998. Editorial \u2013 Continued from page 1Ben Seebaran, Roopchand Seebaran, Krista Seebaran, Susan Johnstone, Andrew Seebaran \u2013 the family table atRoop\u2019s retirement gala.\u0002 threeFUNDRAISINGRoopchand Seebaran PrizeIn recognition and celebration ofProfessor Seebaran\u2019s significant con-tributions to community develop-ment, teaching and practice, and toanti-racist social work education dur-ing his academic career, the UBCSchool of Social Work and FamilyStudies is pleased to announce theestablishment of the RoopchandSeebaran Prize. The prize will beawarded on an annual basis to BSWor MSW student(s) whose work onthe subject of either communitydevelopment or anti-racist socialwork is judged to be of the highestquality. Donations to support theestablishment of the Prize are wel-come and can be directed to LindsayBrownlee, Development Office, 6253NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, V6T1Z1. Tax receipts will be issued. Family Studies ScholarshipFundFundraising is underway to establisha scholarship for family studies stu-dents. The FMST student associationas part of their Class Act 2001, theAssociation of Home Economists inBusiness in B.C. and the School hasprovided initial funds. Interestedalumni and friends can send theirdonations to Angela Halicki,Development Office, 6253 NWMarine Drive, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1:Mary Hill ScholarshipFriends and alumni of the Schoolhave established a scholarship inhonour of Mary Hill. Under the lead-ership of Kathy Hamilton (BSW,MSW) a group of committedfundraisers have raised over $30,000 to endow a scholarship for studentsin Social Work who have an interestin the field of gerontology. Anyonewho is interested in contributing tothe scholarshipcan contact LindsayBrownlee, Development Office, 6253NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, V6T1Z1. Tax receipts will be issued. Front Row: Leslie Taylor, Hal Goodwin, Mary Hill, Kathy Hamilton, Pat Fulton,Shelagh Armour-GodboltBack Row: Marty Lund, Dick Splane, Lindsay Brownlee, Lynne Guinet(The Mary Hill fundraising group celebrating their success!)The School would like to thank the following individuals for beingfinancial supporters over the past few months.  We apologize toanyone whose name has been inadvertently left off this list. * Mr.Robert L. Adams * Mr. Gordon Anderson * Mrs. Sylvia Bartolic-Zlomislic * Mrs. Edythe Blake * Mrs. Elizabeth Blakely * Ms.Elizabeth Bristow * Miss. Joy Bryenton * Mrs. Phyllis H. Cairns * Mr.Collin Carlile * Mrs. Retta Chan * Mr. Richard James Clark * Mrs.Hida Darablan * Ms. Paulette Deveau * Miss. Joan Ellingham * Mr.G. H. Emery * Mrs. Doreen Ferraton * Miss. E. Jane Fisher * Ms.Helen Francis * Miss. Maurine Ellen Gelley * Mr. MichaelGildersleeve * Mr. Harold G. Goodwin * Ms. Joyce Mary Grant *Miss. Lynne Guinet * Dr. Gloria M. Gutman * Miss. Donna Hamar *Mrs. J. Lucie Hanson * Mr. Randal Harris * Mr. Rodwell Henry *Mrs. Annemarie Hickey * Mrs. Elaine Lucy Hooper * Mrs. KathleenPatricia Jacob * Mrs. Theresa Jiwa * Miss. Hilda Joasalu * Mr. CliffordStewart Jones * Mrs. R. Elaine Keen * Mrs. Deborah Keeve * Ms.Elsie Ilene King * Ms. Debra Kirchner * Miss. Audrey C. Lassila * Ms.Anne Lindsay * Mrs. Anita L. Lindsay * Mr. Israel Liquornik * Ms. AJean Macdonald * Ms. Lucy Martel * Ms. Darlene R. Marzari * Mrs.Mary McCallum * Mr. Francis Joseph McDaniel * Mrs. BarbaraMcDowell * Miss. Edith McLean * Mrs. Caroline B. Mervyn * Mr.Mark Daniel Mingail * Ms. Thelma D. Mulholland * Ms. Mary AnnMutter * Mrs. Barbara Norris * Ms. Susan M. Okuda * Mrs. MonaPacker * Mrs. Violet Pataky * Dr. Geoffrey Pawson * Mr. Harry L.Penny * Mr. Robert F. Phyllips * Ms. Marion S. Poliakoff * Mrs.Elizabeth Anne Pollard * Ms. Shirley Elizabeth Rogers * Mr.Alexander H. Ryan * Ms. B. Elaine Story * Ms. Rita Joan Swan *Miss. Beverley Taylor * Ms. Lesley Taylor * Mrs. Ruby B. Traill * Ms.Mish Vadasz * Mr. William Wallace * Mr. George Wellwood * Mr.Stephen Wernikowski * Mrs. Eleanor Wilkins * Ms. Irma Diana YatesDonors and Contributors:four \u0002Students: News&ViewsCommunity Health Initiative by UniversityStudentsThe Community Health Initiative by University Students(CHIUS) opened in April 2000 as an after-hours clinic inthe Downtown Eastside.  The impetus for developingCHIUS was the recognition of the value of service learning;that is, learning though structured practice and communityservice work.  Sharing a space with the DowntownCommunity Health Clinic, CHIUS, student initiated anddriven, provides health services to members of thecommunity while students gain valuable experience incommunity health in an interprofessional learningenvironment, one of its key objectives. Current disciplinesinvolved are social work, nursing, medicine, pharmacy,physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dentistry, and dietetics.CHIUS is open Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings,and Saturday and Sunday mornings, with Thursdayevenings dedicated to Women\u2019s Health.  Currently we haveover 300 student volunteers, the majority from Medicineand a significant number from Nursing and Pharmacy.Volunteers are encouraged to work with students from otherdisciplines through \"shadowing\", consultations andcollaborations and are \"supervised\" by members of theSupervisory Committee.  These individuals are also studentswho have been extensively involved with CHIUS, bothbehind-the-scenes and front-line.  Health care professionalsthat provide guidance and support to students at CHIUScurrently include nurses, physicians and a social worker.Students from the different disciplines also have anopportunity to be involved on an organizational level eitheron the Executive body or on one of the various committeessuch as Women\u2019s Health, Fundraising & Research, PublicRelations, Technical Support, Interprofessional,Programming, and Supervisors.  Funding for nurses, physicians, receptionists, the workingspace, and security is currently provided through theVancouver Coastal Health Authority.  Grants from both theHamber Foundation and the Teaching, Learning andEnhancement Fund have been used to enhance theinterprofessional and administrative component of CHIUSthrough supervision for interdisciplinary programs, databaseSocial Work students outside Premier Campbell\u2019s office makingtheir Views known about the news of government cut.maintenance & analysis, student supervisor training & support, and research &program evaluation to support ongoing program development.What has SW been involved with?Since its opening, two social work students have completed their field practicumat CHIUS and several students have volunteered their time, providing a valuedcomponent to the team.  These students have worked and are working to furtherdevelop the organization as an interprofessional team, enhance the social workrole, help orient new student volunteers from all disciplines, supervise dailyfunctioning of the clinic, and provide support to individuals from thecommunity who access the clinic.  Furthermore, two social work students wereinvolved in a research project investigating patient experiences at CHIUS thispast summer.  Recently, a social worker was hired part-time to help sustain thesocial work component at CHIUS and to provide a formal support to socialwork students who may want to volunteer.  This new addition will also helpfoster an understanding by other disciplines of the social work profession.CHIUS is always looking for more social work students who want to be involvedat any level!  For more information please visit CHIUS\u2019 website atwww.chius.ubc.ca--Erline Wong-Sing, 4th year BSWStudent Receives Honours and AwardsMarlene Atleo, FMST MA 1993, graduated November 2001 with herPh.D. in Adult Education from the Faculty of Education at UBC.The topic of her dissertation, research was \"Learning Models in theUmeek Narratives: Identifying an Educational Framework throughStorywork with First Nations Elders.\"   She is a member of AhousahtFirst Nation, Nuu-chah-nulth.  Her current position is Director &Principal, Umeek Human Resources Ltd.  In addition, she is anInstructor, First Nations Health: Historical and Contemporary Issues,IHHS Program, UBC.\u0002 fiveCongratulations to the following students whoreceived scholarships this past year.Neil Douglas McKay Scholarship: Matthew Brown, Nadia KybaHon. Thomas A. Dohm, QC Scholarship: Paul HeidebrechtLaura Holland Scholarship:  Debra SchmidtBeatrice Wellington Gonzales Memorial Scholarship: Kulbinder Kaur SinghLinda Smith Hawkes Scholarship in Social Work: Augusta LokhurstJack and Isabel Kirkpatrick Scholarship in Social Work: Lesli Matheson-Jennings, Tara McDowell, Tracy WhiteJean Jure Scholarship: Jennifer HillZella Collins Scholarship Fund: Karen SchiltrothBCASW Paschel-Weeks Memorial Scholarship: Meghan Fletcher, Katherine MacPhee, Ingrid McLaineSt. Leonard\u2019s Youth and Family Services Scholarship:Kamala SprouleGeorge Davidson-Harry Cassidy Prizes: Christina Campbell, Cynthia VooCharlotte Whitton Prize: Kit ChiuMAJennifer Holmes An Exploratory Analysis of EngagedIndividuals\u2019 Perceptions of their Marriage Preparation NeedsKaren Kester Ethnic Identification and Ethnic Identity ofImmigrant Chinese FamiliesMSW Nikki Asano An Evaluation of the Lady Slipper SupportGroup for Mentally Ill WomenAnna Mary Cahill Forty shades of grey: women in the Irishelectronics industryPatricia Christie The experience of women in the BritishColumbia fishery during a climate of crisis and changeAlison Hamper Missing Voices: A Critical Analysis ofAttachment Theory from the Standpoint of EverydayMothersChristopher Koth Exploring the Lives of Elder Gay Men: AFramework for Social Work PracticeSonia Manhas A Group Model of Practice with Girls of AsianEthnicityAlison Orr Dimensions of Power:  Older Women\u2019s Experienceswith Depression and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)Sutinder Sarna How the Experience of Being BatteredImpacts a Mother\u2019s Relationship with her son: threewomen\u2019s storiesNeale Taverner A Case Study:  One Father\u2019s Struggle toMaintain a Relationship with his Daughter after hisSeparationRecent Graduates: Thesis\/Graduating EssayTopics in the MSW and MA programs.Social Work  Alumni UpdatePresident\u2019s ReportBoard Members: Kimberley Azyan, Lynne Guinet, Brian O'Neill, Kathy Hamilton, Shahzina Karim, Carole Anne Soong.Activities of the Board over the last 6 months have been focused onour AGM in late October, the fall convocation of graduationstudents, and planning for an upcoming co-sponsored event withBCASW (March 27th).  I would like to thank all the Boardmembers for their time and commitment towards all these functions.  Our AGM turned out to be a lovely event with Roop Seebaran as our keynote speaker.  Roop also played a special part at the fallconvocation; he was entrusted with bringing forward the Class of '76time capsule (25 years) for opening by Class President, Farooq Rai.Sounds like it was quite fun.  Many of the alumni also attendedRoop's retirement dinner in January which was fantastic; a wonderfulopportunity to show our appreciation of Roop's incredible career incommunity development, as well as do a little networking of our own!!In regards to the Board itself, given our revised status (we no longerhave fundraising authority; this has been taken over by theUniversity), we have decided that, at least for now, we will no longerbe holding formal AGMs.  Rather, we hope to work with the schoolto arrange one to two major functions (speaker\/panel, etc) per year.This should interest and attract a larger and broader range ofattendees.  We are currently exploring possible speakers for an eventhopefully in late September (we understand that many alumni like toattend these events but find that evening events in late October\/November are difficult due to the rain, dark, etc).  The impact of allthe recent cuts and changes will certainly be part of the theme of thisevent.  We hope as many of you as possible will be able to attend.  Assoon as we have this pinned down it will be posted on the websitewww.swfs.ubc.ca.We have also now finalized the transfer of alumni board funds fromthe alumni association to the school.  The majority of these funds($5000) are the bequest of Jack McDonald and we are stillconsidering the most fitting way to use them.  Perhaps we may usethem towards a speaker's series if no other suggestions are made.As always, we are very interested in any news about Alumni that canbe shared, and any suggestions or feedback.  If anyone is interested inparticipating on the Board, please do not hesitate to contact me.Take care of yourself and each other during these challenging times.Remember, this is what we're all about.Kimberly Azyan graduated from UBC in 1992 ( BA\u201985, BSW\u201989,MSW\u201992) and has been President of the Social Work AlumniDivision since1997. six \u0002Field Education ProgramUPDATEAs we enter into the final few months of the academic year, it istimely to report on the activities of the field education program.Helen Allen left the position of Coordinator, Field Education inJuly 2001 leaving behind a well-organized system for the ActingCoordinator, John Hogg, to assume responsibility for in earlyAugust. At the same time, Marjorie Paukner stepped into the roleof Field Education Program Assistant, providing additionalexpertise and continuity, which has helped ease the transition foreveryone involved. We are now on target to complete the hiring ofa permanent, tenure track position of Coordinator- FieldEducation, with a July 2002 start date. This will provide thestability required to successfully develop the role of Field Educationfor the next several years.  Field education is an integral component of the BSWand MSW programmes. A fundamental component ofits success is the continued enhancement of ourvalued community partnerships. Currently, theseinclude:\u2022 Agreements with ninety-seven agencies, representing 120community professionals providing approved field instruction.\u2022 Practice opportunities across a wide spectrum of agenciesincluding: hospitals, child welfare organizations, family services,community practice with immigrants and refugees and manyDowntown Eastside organizations.\u2022 A growing opportunity for international practicums. Last year,two fourth year students were placed internationally. The currentyear has seen an agreement finalized with CUSO and a total offour students ready to begin four-month practicums in Ghanaand Tanzania, starting in May 2002.The field education component of the BSW and MSWprogrammes represents a focused opportunity for students to linktheory from the classroom with the realities of everyday SocialWork practice. The agency based Field Educators provide aninvaluable resource to ensure this learning is effective and qualitybased. This year marked the second annual \u2018Field Exposure Day\u2019 for thethird year students.  We thank Mount Pleasant NeighborhoodHouse for once again opening their doors to host this veryinformative day. Presentations from sixteen different communityagencies helped the third year group begin the challenging processof deciding on the practice settings that would best meet theireducational and career goals. All of these students have beensuccessful in arranging their two-day\/week practicums, which runfrom October 30th, 2001 to May 8th, 2002. This year also saw the transition to a block placement for thefourth year BSWs. This has involved a four-day\/week practicumfor the full time students in this programme. The field componentstarted in early January for this group and will end the secondweek in May. While this change has presented some organizationalchallenges, early indications are that the increased continuity ofexperience offered by a block placement is being received well byboth students and field educators. Thirteen students in the fourthyear group are completing their field education with the Ministryof Children and Families. Those students pursuing a Child Welfarespecialization have benefited from an enhancement of thepartnership between the Ministry and the School. This partnershipwill continue to ensure improvements can be made for next year\u2019sstudents. All of the fourth year students are commended for theirresilience, while finding themselves in the middle of somesignificant challenges during these transitions. April to June of this year marks the beginning of preparations fornext year\u2019s field placements. Orientation and communitypresentations for both next years fourth year students and theincoming MSWs will be arranged during this time.  We lookforward to ensuring the feedback received on these processes isutilized to further enhance the placement process for everyone. The School continues to support the efforts of the Council ofHealth and Human Services Fieldwork Committee. This includesefforts to move towards a University wide approach to fieldeducation and greater recognition of all professionals involved inthis process. An increase in the level of interdisciplinaryunderstanding and collaboration is seen as a central role of theSchool of Social Work and Family Studies.Finally, this year represented the second offering of the FieldInstructor\u2019s Course. This year\u2019s course has involved five half-daysessions running from January to March 2002. The course exploresvarious aspects of adult education, preparing curriculum for thefield, developing and using a variety of teaching tools, teachingethics, developing skills in cross-cultural practice and bringingeffective closure to the field education experience. Interest in thisyear\u2019s course resulted in the need to establish a wait list, withparticipation from twenty-one community Field Educators. It hasbeen offered off campus at the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Center.This will be an ongoing initiative offered by the School to continuethe promotion of quality based field education and to providerecognition and support for the many dedicated communityprofessionals who partner with the School each year. John Hogg is the Acting Field Coordinator.  John received his BSWfrom UBC and his MSW from McGill.  He is currently practicing as aprivate consultant.\u0002 sevenResearch FlourishesThe University of British Columbia prides itself on its research accomplishments. You need only turn to UBC\u2019s web page (UBC Facts and Figures, 2001)to understand the source of this pride. For example, \"UBC faculty members receive upwards of $200 million annually in research funding fromgovernment, industry and non-profit foundations. Faculty conduct more than 4,000 research projects annually. UBC has 151 Royal Society fellows, anhonor regarded as the country's premier academic achievement.\" The School of Social Work and Family Studies shares the pride of the University in itsoutstanding scholars and researchers. Listed below you will find some recent examples of our continuing accomplishments in research and scholarship.\u2756 SUSAN CADELL, a new faculty member, haspublished two journal articles; one on post-traumatic growth in HIV\/AIDS caregivers inQuebec and the other on \u201cCommunity, Empower-ment and Resilience: Paths to Wellness\". Inaddition, she has received an HSS-UBC grant tofurther investigate post-traumatic growthphenomenon.\u2756 CAROLE P. CHRISTENSEN continues to analyzedata while writing the final report on \"AssessingBarriers to Health Care for Visible MinorityImmigrant\" as part of the Center of Excellence forWomen's Health funded by Health Canada.\u2756 EDWARD KRUK continues his work in the area ofchild custody reform, and his recent paper, \"ChildCustody Conflict Resolution: Simplicity in theContext of Complexity\" (prepared for a conflictresolution symposium at Carleton University)postulates a new formula for Canadian childcustody, which brings together the principles ofharm reduction, equality and self-efficacy withina framework of shared responsibility andprotection from violence and abuse for childrenof divorce. He recently made a presentation atthe Humanities Storefront, \"Canadian Patriotismin Times of War,\" which explored the themes ofpower as an addiction, the ethical aspects ofmediation and peacemaking, and patriotism ascompassion for affliction. His recent publicationsinclude \"Mediation as Harm Reduction\" (inResolve), \"Divorce From the Father's Perspective\"(in A C Resolution), and \"Mediation with Spirit:Harm Reduction as the Core of ConflictResolution\" (forthcoming in Interaction).\u2756 PAULE MCNICOLL has a forthcoming paperentitled \"Current innovations in social work withgroups to address issues of social justice.\"  InLang, N. (Ed.) Social Justice through Personal,Community and Societal Change with HaworthPress of New York. Dr. McNicoll with co-authorJocelyn Lindsay, has recently concluded work onsocial work education in group work that will beappearing in the Canadian Social Work Review.Indeed, she has been successful in the 2001triennial competition of the Aid to Research andtransfer Journals Program administered by theSocial Sciences and Humanities ResearchCouncil in receiving a substantial grant for theperiod 2002-2005. \u2756 SHEILA MARSHALL, Kelli Sullivan, a recentgraduate of the MA program, and Kim Schonert-Reichl (Education) are publishing an article \"Doexpectancies influence choice of help-giver?Adolescents' criteria for selecting an informalhelper.\" in the Journal of Adolescent Research. InDecember, Sheila Marshall was an invitedmember of a workshop on adolescent females'smoking hosted by the Center of Excellence inWomen's Health.  The workshop, funded by theCanadian Institutes of Health Research, broughttogether researchers from across Canada toestablish an agenda for future research.Recently, Dr. Marshall and White teamed up on apaper on philosophy of science and ethicalissues published in the Journal of Marriage andFamily. \u2756 BRIAN O\u2019NEILL has recently completed work onexperiences of gay clients and heterosexism andpolicy issues. His paper \"We didn't connect at all\":Experiences of a gay client\" will appear in theJournal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services andthe policy paper \"Heterosexism: Shaping socialpolicy in relation to gay men and lesbians\" will beappearing in an edited volume entitled CanadianSocial Policy (3rd ed.) with Wilfrid Laurier Press.\u2756 DAN PERLMAN is co-editor of a special issue ofthe journal of personal relationships that will dealwith how contextual factors affect relationships.In the fall of 2002, he will be visiting theNetherlands Institute for Advanced Studyparticipating in a group concerned with \"Lifestrategies of elderly people in the Westernworld.\" \u2756 JIM PONZETTI is currently collecting data for astudy on how family members interface withhome computers and changing patterns of familyinteraction. In addition, Dr. Ponzetti is the Editor-inChief for McMillan Publishing\u2019s new InternationalEncyclopedia of Marriage and Family.\u2756 GRAHAM RICHES has written a chapter entitledThe Human Right to Food, which will appear thisyear (2002) in D.Lamberton (Ed.) Managing theGlobal: Globalization, Employment and Quality ofLife published by I.B. Tauris\/Toda Institute forGlobal Peace and Policy in London.\u2756 MARY RUSSELL continues work with the VictoriaFamily Violence Prevention Society collectingdata on her SSHRC-funded research, Develop-ment of a Relationship Beliefs Scale.  Thepreliminary work on this study has now beenpublished in Bridging the Gap: 2000 ConferenceProceedings of the BC Association of Counsellorsof Abusive Men.  In May, she will be presenting aworkshop at the Vancouver Violence AgainstWomen Symposium, together with Linda Light ofthe BC Ministry of Public Safety and SolicitorGeneral, on the previously completed study,Measures of Empowerment in Justice SystemUtilization for Women who are Victims ofViolence. \u2756 RICHARD SULLIVAN will return to Ireland in May2002 where he will continue his research on\"Achieving Continuity & Consistency in Domesticand Inter-country Adoptions\".  \u2756 FRANK TESTER is currently completing work, inthe form of a series of reports for Novib (a DutchNGO responsible for the delivery of much ofHolland's Overseas Development Assistance) andCUSO - a Canadian NGO funded in part, by theCanadian International Development Agency.This is based on an enquiry into developmentfunding and development work in northernTanzania.\u2756 JAMES  M. WHITE, graduate student JamieWood and Dr. Sheila Marshall are working on aresearch project on family structure based ondata from the Survey of Approaches toEducational Planning (SAEP1). The SAEP is anational survey conducted by Statistics Canada'sSpecial Surveys Division and sponsored byHRDC's Learning & Literacy Directorate. Theresearch will be presented as a working paper atan April, 2002 symposium in Ottawa. \u2756 Post Doctoral Researcher: LAURA HURD CLARKEis conducting an ongoing qualitative study ofremarriage in later life and intergenerationalrelations.  In November 2001, she had an articleentitled \"Older Women\u2019s Bodies and the Self: TheConstruction of Identity in Later Life\" published inCanadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology,Volume 38 (4).  She has an upcoming articleentitled \"Beauty in Later Life: Older Women\u2019sPerceptions of Physical Attractiveness\" whichwill be published in Canadian Journal on Aging,Volume 21 (4). She has also written an entryentitled 'Later life families' for the Encyclopediaof Marriage and Family forthcoming withMcMillan Publishing, New York. \u2756 Post Doctoral Researcher: KAREN KOBAYASHI,together with Deborah O\u2019Connor and JoAnnPerry, currently has two research projects underway. The first, \"Dementia Caregiving in JapaneseCanadian Families: A MultigenerationalPerspective,\" is funded by an Alzheimer Societyof British Columbia Time-Limited Grant. Thesecond project, \"Reconceptualizing FamilySupport Groups: How Do They Work?\" issupported by a Social Sciences and HumanitiesResearch Council of Canada Standard ResearchGrant. A co-authored article with Andre Smith,\"Making Sense of Dementia in an Inter-generational Context: The Case of a JapaneseCanadian Nisei (Second Generation) Family,\" hasbeen accepted for publication in the summerissue of Dementia: The International Journal ofSocial Research and Practice. In addition to herresearch in aging, she is co-authoring thechapter, \"Ethnicity, Immigration, and Language inCanadian Society: Dimensions of Inequality andInsecurity,\" with Ellen Gee and Steven Prus forpublication in J.R. Kesselman and D. Green (eds.),Handbook of Inequality in Canada. Editorial committee:  Jo Hinchliffe, John Hogg, Kimberly AyzanSchool of Social Work and Family StudiesUniversity of British Columbia2080 West Mall, Vancouver B.C.  V6T 1Z2phone 604-822-2255 fax 604-822-8656webpage: www.swfs.ubc.caCheck out our new and improved website and let us know what you think!The next edition of The Bridge will be published in the Fall of 2002.  Please sendany comments, questions or items of interest to Jo Hinchliffe at the addressabove.MISSION STATEMENTThe UBC School of Social Work and Family Studies is committed throughits teaching, research and community service to excellence in thedevelopment, dissemination and application of knowledge, values and skillsrelevant to social work and family studies. Consistent with the School'straditions, faculty, staff and students are committed to principles of socialand economic justice, equity and respect for the realities of diverse culturesand the strengths of civil society.ALUMNI REPLY FORMLet us know what you are up to.Due to the new working relationship with the School, membership fees for Social Work Alumni have been suspended for thetime being.  However, any donations would be gratefully received and used to support Alumni events.Name ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Address___________________________________________________________________________________________________________e-mail ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Does this match your mailing label? ____ Yes ____ NoYour news:  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Return to:  Brian O\u2019Neill, 2080 West Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z2Dr. Jan Hare will be joining the School July 1, 2002 as an Assistant Professor.  Her keyresponsibility is to the First Nations Studies Program in the Faculty of Arts and she willalso be teaching in Family Studies.Did You Know?\u2026\u2026Mrs. Mary G. Alexander is enjoying retirement onTexada Island.  Susan J. Higginbotham is a social worker at the KiwanisCare Centre (North Shore).  Arend Visser is currently the Coordinator ofthe Residential School Research Project in Fort Frances Ontario. LyndaE. Turner is spending January to June in Kenya researching post-secondary education.  She will also be heading up a literacy program for600 10-12 year olds. David Kirk is still working with First Nations youthin the Coquitlam School DistrictQuick PicksInterested inVolunteering??The Alumni Reading Room is looking for volunteersto help out Monday to Friday between 11:00 and3:00.  Social Work and Family Studies alumni arewelcome to get involved.  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