SWRC Lunch & Learn
Upcoming
April 30, 2026 - 12 pm to 1 pm - MS Teams
Spare the Child: Ending Childhood Corporal Punishment
Book presentation by Ailsa Watkinson, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Social Work, University of Regina. More details to come..
Past Recordings
2026
March 19, 2026 - Click to watch recording - Exploring the Experiences of Substance Use Professionals in Recovery. Presented by Dr. Gabriela Novotna
February 26, 2026 - Click to watch recording - Rebuilding and Finding Meaning in a Digital Era: How Online Activity Affects Women Experiencing Reproductive Loss. Presented by Jenna Corcoran, MSW Thesis
2025
November 27, 2025 - Click to watch recording - In search of home: Exploring addiction and recovery narratives through the lens of attachment. Presented by Regan Toni, MSW Thesis
October 30, 2025 - Click to watch recording - Improving Pain in Saskatchewan Study: Solutions-focused storytelling to promote people-centered care: challenging stigma with chronic pain and substance use through graphic medicine. Presented by Erin Beckwell, MSW, RSW, UofR Faculty of Social Work
March 25, 2025 - Click to watch recording - Current state of healthcare in rural Saskatchewan: is there a place for social workers? Presented By: Nuelle Novik, MSW, PhD, RSW
February 27, 2025 - Click to watch recording - Alcohol use among Saskatchewan social workers: a meeting between coping and conscience. Presented by Erin Redekop, MSW, RSW, University of Regina
2024
Dec 12, 2024 - Click to watch recording - The impact of disasters and displacement on breastfeeding practices of displaced mothers: a call to action on baby-friendly initiatives. Presented by Dr Shela Hirani, PhD, University of Regina
Nov 19, 2024 - Click to watch recording - Love in the age of rage: Conspiracy beliefs and Intimate Relationships. Presented by Kara Fletcher, MSW, RSW, PhD – Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina; Carlos Rosas, MScIH, MSc - PhD Candidate in Global Health, McMaster University; Jiaxing Li, MSc - MScSLP/PhD Student, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta
Oct 15, 2024 - Click to watch recording - Cannabis Use as a Cultural Conflict: Experiences of Chinese International Students. Presented by Kedi Zhao, PhD
May 23, 2024 - Click to watch recording - Leaders Under Pressure: Combating Burnout and Enhancing Well-Being for Leaders in Social Services Organizations. Presented by Dan Steenburgh (MHRM- Bethesda)
Apr. 18, 2024 - Click to watch recording - Attending to the Needs of Public Safety Personnel Families and a New Knowledge Mobilization Initiative. Presented by Dr. Nathalie Reid & Steffi Oberthier
Mar. 21, 2024 - Click to watch recording - What's collaboration got to do with it? Better responding to the complexities of child protection responses to intimate partner violence in Saskatchewan. Presented by Dr. Milne & Ratushniak
Feb. 15, 2024 - Click to watch recording - Walking in a Good Way Alongside Refugee and Immigrant Children’s Flourishing in Complex Times. Presented by Dr. Hang Tran
2023
Dec. 14, 2023 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Funeral Care Professionals and Medical Assistance in Dying in Saskatchewan: An Exploratory Study. Presented by Dr. Nuelle Novik and Dr. Janine Brown (Faculty of Nursing) (Sorry, no recording!)
Nov. 16, 2023 - Click to watch recording - Race and Emotions in Research: Methodological Reflection of a Racialized Researcher. Presented by Fritz Pino, MSW, PhD
Oct. 26, 2023 - Click to watch recording - International Students as Labour: Experiencing the Global Imaginary. Presented by Takhmina Shokirova, PhD from the University of Regina & Negar Valizadeh, PhD Candidate from the University of Ottawa.
Sep. 28, 2023 - Click to watch recording - Take a Walk in My Shoes: Skilled Immigrants' Experiences of Search for Professional Employment. Presented by Marina Morgenshtern, PhD, MSW & Uzma Danish, MSW, PhD Candidate (both from Trent University)
May 16, 2023 - Click to watch recording - The Lived Experience of Parental Stress of Fathers of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Presented by Cody MacSorley, MSW, RSW
Mar. 16, 2023 - Click to watch recording - Sandwiched Between Best Practice and Morality Policy: Harm Reductions Pursuit for Legitimacy on a Contentious Frontier. Presented by Rayna Fisher, MSW, RSW
2022
Dec. 6, 2022 - Click to watch recording - Cognitive Remediation Group Therapy for People Aging with HIV/AIDS. Presented by Andrew Eaton, PhD, MSW, RSW and Jenny Hui, MEd and Marvelous Muchenje, BSW, MSc, RSW
Nov. 22, 2022 - Click to watch recording - Reimagining the Orientation of International Graduate Students. Presented by: Takhmina Shokirova, PhD and Lisa Brunner, MA, RCIC
Apr. 19, 2022 - Click to watch recording - Sexual Identity-Behaviour Discordance Among Cisgender Men in Canada. Presented by: Andrew Eaton, PhD
Mar. 1, 2022 - Click to watch recording - Plants, People & Community: Cultivating collective resistance and joy through our relationships with nature and arts-based approaches. Presented by Jennifer Ma, PhD
Jan. 18, 2022 - Click to watch recording - Labour Migration as a Search for Power through Confirmation of Masculinity and Escape from Social Control: The Case of Tajik Migrant Workers in Russia. Presented by Takhmina Shokirova, PhD
2021
Nov. 16, 2021 - Click to watch recording - Deconstructing the Konkomba Epistemology of Disability and Personhood: Findings from an Interpretive Phenomenological Study. Presented by: Festus Moasun, BA, M.Phil., PhD
Oct. 19, 2021 - Click to watch recording- Queering Research Methods: Implications to Decolonial Qualitative Research Practices. Presented by Fritz Pino, MSW, PhD
Sep. 21, 2021 - Click to watch recording - A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry: Risk and Protective Factors for the Left-Behind Children in the Northern Shanxi Province, China with Gender Comparison. Presented by LIN GE, PhD, Faculty of Education, University of Regina
Apr. 27, 2021 - Click to watch recording - Moves to “Decolonize” & “Indigenize” Higher Education: A Critical Examination of Western Canadian Universities and the Trouble with Terms. Presented by: Dr. Cathy Rocke, Dr. Michele Sorensen, and Amanda Mihalicz
Apr. 6, 2021 - Click to watch recording - How can we support group home workers to provide trauma-informed care to adolescents? A tri-provincial study. Presented by Dr. Lise Milne
Mar. 23, 2021 - Click to watch recording - Dementia Supports in Rural Saskatchewan: Implementing a Collective Impact Approach. Presented by Dr. Bonnie Jeffery and Dr. Nuelle Novik
Feb. 23, 2021 - Click to watch recording - An Exploratory Study of the Collaborative Divorce Process from the Perspective of Collaborative Professionals. Presented by Erin McLeod, MSW
2020
Nov. 24, 2020 - Click to watch recording - Existing and Exacerbated Educational Inequities for Newcomer Students in COVID-19: School Settlement Workers Respond
Nov. 18, 2020 - Panel Event - Conducting Ethical Research with Vulnerable Populations
Oct. 27, 2020 - Click to watch recording - Mobilizing knowledge and resources for service providers working with vulnerable children and families in the midst of COVID-19: The Digital Connections Hub
Sep. 29, 2020 - Click to watch recording - Reflections from the VOICE Lab: Creative Community Research in Virtual Terms
Sep. 22, 2020 - Click to watch recording - Racialized Students' Accounts of Diversity and Inclusion in Their Quest of Becoming Helpers in Predominantly White Spaces