SWRC Lunch and Learn

Upcoming

Lunch and Learns will resume in the Fall 2025 semester.

If you are interested in attending, please register in advance.

Past Recordings

2025

Mar 25, 2025 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Current state of healthcare in rural Saskatchewan: is there a place for social workers? Presented By: Nuelle Novik, MSW, PhD, RSW NEW!

Feb 27, 2025 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Cannabis Use as a Cultural Conflict: Experiences of Chinese International Students Presented by: Kedi Zhao, PhD

May 23, 2024 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Leaders Under Pressure: Combating Burnout and Enhancing Well-Being for Leaders in Social Services Organizations Presented by: Dan Steenburgh (MHRM- Bethesda) 

Apr. 18, 2024 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Race and Emotions in Research: Methodological Reflection of a Racialized Researcher Presented by: Fritz Pino, MSW, PhD

Oct. 26, 2023 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: The Lived Experience of Parental Stress of Fathers of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder Presented by: Cody MacSorley, MSW, RSW

Mar. 16, 2023 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Reimagining the Orientation of International Graduate Students Presented by: Takhmina Shokirova, PhD and Lisa Brunner, MA, RCIC

Apr. 19, 2022 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Sexual Identity-Behaviour Discordance Among Cisgender Men in Canada Presented by: Andrew Eaton, PhD

Mar. 1, 2022 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Queering Research Methods: Implications to Decolonial Qualitative Research Practices, Presented by: Fritz Pino, MSW, PhD

Sep. 21, 2021 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Dementia Supports in Rural Saskatchewan: Implementing a Collective Impact Approach, Presented by: Dr. Bonnie Jeffery and Dr. Nuelle Novik

Feb. 23, 2021 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: An Exploratory Study of the Collaborative Divorce Process from the Perspective of Collaborative Professionals, Presented by: Erin McLeod, MSW

2020

Nov. 24, 2020 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: 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 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Reflections from the VOICE Lab: Creative Community Research in Virtual Terms

Sep. 22, 2020 - SWRC Lunch and Learn: Racialized Students' Accounts of Diversity and Inclusion in Their Quest of Becoming Helpers in Predominantly White Spaces