Renison Alum Ajirioghene Evi (currently CEO of the Ontario Association of Social Workers) was one of two recipients of the King Charles III Coronation Medal last week at the Region of Waterloo.
Renison faculty member Dr. Vinh Nguyen has worked for years in the area of critical refugee studies. Throughout his academic career, he’s asked the question, “what is refuge?” and his award-winning 2023 book Lived Refuge, examined the lived dimensions of refuge via gratitude, resentment, and resilience. That work allowed Nguyen to turn his focus inward and examine his own experiences as a refugee in his memoir, The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse. Nguyen, his mother, and his siblings were among the millions of asylum seekers who fled Vietnam after the end of the war in 1975.
In honour of March being Social Work Month, we wanted to share the amazing and diverse placement experiences of some of our Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) students, in order to highlight the fact that social work is an incredibly wide-ranging field that extends into all areas of the community.
Meet Laura, an MSW student currently completing her placement at Shkaabe Makwa at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
Here's what she had to say about her experience at her placement, studying at Renison's School of Social Work, and the broader field of social work.
In honour of March being Social Work Month, we wanted to share the amazing and diverse placement experiences of some of our Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) students, in order to highlight the fact that social work is an incredibly wide-ranging field that extends into all areas of the community.
Meet Kristen, a BSW student currently completing her placement at Green Care Farms in Milton.
Here's what she had to say about her experience at her placement, studying at Renison's School of Social Work, and the broader field of social work.
In honour of March being Social Work Month, we wanted to share the amazing and diverse placement experiences of some of our Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) students, in order to highlight the fact that social work is an incredibly wide-ranging field that extends into all areas of the community.
Meet Ariel, an MSW student currently completing her placement at Saxion University in the Netherlands.
Here's what she had to say about her experience at her placement, studying at Renison's School of Social Work, and the broader field of social work.
In honour of March being Social Work Month, we wanted to share the amazing and diverse placement experiences of some of our Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) students, in order to highlight the fact that social work is an incredibly wide-ranging field that extends into all areas of the community.
Meet Laura, an MSW student currently completing her placement at a veterinary clinic in Edmonton.
Here's what she had to say about her experience at her placement, studying at Renison's School of Social Work, and the broader field of social work.
In honour of March being Social Work Month, we wanted to share the amazing and diverse placement experiences of some of our Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) students, in order to highlight the fact that social work is an incredibly wide-ranging field that extends into all areas of the community.
Meet Rosalie, an MSW student currently completing her placement at Saxion University in the Netherlands.
It is with deep sadness that we share news that long-time Renison professor Dr. Darrol Bryant has passed away.
Darrol was a professor at Renison for over 30 years, from 1973 until his retirement in 2005. During this period he also served as Acting Principal in 1997. After retiring, Darrol received the honour of Distinguished Professor Emeritus, and in 2010 became a Renison Senior Fellow.
With February being Black History Month, we wanted to highlight some Black community members who have made an impact at Renison.
Meet David, a 4th year Mechanical Engineering student and organizer of ABC Chill, a new event for African, Black, and Caribbean students.
In February, in honour of Black History Month, we are celebrating the achievements of the many Black Renison Community members, including Alum Ajirioghene Evi (SDS ’09, BSW ’11). Ajirioghene has recently become CEO of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) where she can have a positive impact on the lives of social workers across Ontario.
Ajirioghene has been in the position for a few months, so we asked her to tell us about the journey so far.