MA in Social Work

General information and program requirements - Master of Social Work

The Master's program is available in French only.

The purpose of the Master’s program in Social Work, available in French only, is to provide professional training focused on the analysis of social inequalities, minority contexts as well as the needs and characteristics of Ontario's francophone population. The program's objective is to train practitioners to assume leadership roles in the development, delivery, and evaluation of social policies and practices. The program also aims to promote, through social action, recognition of the rights of marginalized populations or those living in minority contexts, and their access to social services.

The Master's program takes a research-intervention approach. Contemporary health problems (including mental health), intervention with children, young people and families, community organization, the fight against various forms of poverty and social inequality, helping oppressed people become aware of their rights, problems specific to French-speaking minorities, the improvement of social services (at local, national and international levels), the fight against domestic violence and the problems of drug addiction and crime are the main themes addressed by the School.

Some information on the Master’s program:

• The program is offered entirely in French.
• It is accredited by the Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE).
• 98% of graduates of the Master's program find a job in social work within a few months of completing their studies.
• Two fields of specialization in research-intervention: Health and Family/Children.

For those with a bachelor's degree in social work, master's training can be completed in one year of full-time study (3-4 sessions). Students with a bachelor's degree in another discipline follow a 2-year full-time program (6-7 sessions).

The program offers close, personalized follow-up of students by faculty members (bi-monthly meeting with the supervisor for the research thesis, paired follow-up of internships, limited number of courses and seminars, etc.).

Options:

• Memory

PhD in Social Work

General information and program requirements - Doctorate in Philosophy Social Work

The PhD in Social Work, available in both French and English, prepares students to become autonomous and independent minded researchers and high-level professionals. Graduates will be equipped to analyze the relationships between the micro-level and macro-level dimensions of social work practice. They will be able to exercise a leadership role in their area of expertise and collaborate in direct intervention and policy development environments. They will also be able to contribute significantly, through the production of scientific knowledge, to the renewal of social work practice. The PhD program in Social Work also trains qualified specialists who aim to pursue a career in higher education and research.

The PhD program concentrates on the critical and contextual analysis of social intervention practices.

Subject to program availability, very good applications may be accepted after the deadline (without any guarantee).

The main research areas at the School include:

Health: Areas such as sociocultural aspects of mental health; social inequalities and social representations of health; social and health services in French-language minority contexts; use of psychoactives, sports as a psychosocial intervention tool; health movements and alternative health networks; social integration; risk factors; (de)pathologization; cross-cultural issues

Family-childhood: Areas such as intervention tools for troubled and at-risk youth, violence aimed at women and children, intergenerational relationships, Francophone youth in minority language context, making and remaking social relationships of gender, transition to adulthood, intervention tools for violent men, teenage parenting, redefining gender

Related areas: Topics such as complementary and alternative social intervention practices and tools, community organizing, social economics, evaluation of social practices, potential for social movements to bring about social change, social representations of work, globalization and social inequality, migration Particularly under the lens of a francophone minority context

Some information on the PhD program:

• Courses are offered in both French and English.
• Professors provide students with individual supervision and guidance
• Three main fields of research at the School of Social Work (health, childhood-youth-family, francophone minority contexts)

You will acquire the knowledge and skills you need to gain a better understanding of intervention practices and the mechanics of interventions and to contribute to positive changes to these practices.

Numerous career opportunities for graduates include university researcher and professor, researcher, evaluator, administrator or manager in social work or social services institutions, among many others.

Possibility of gaining teaching and research experience as a TA or research assistant with a professor or one of the research centres or institutes connected to the School.